Arverne East Native Plant Nursery
A new community owned and operated native plant nursery, to locally grow native shoreline plants for the coastal dunes of the Rockaway peninsula.
Arverne East Native Plant Nursery
RISE is currently developing a new Native Plant Nursery, Seed Bank, and Educational Garden at Beach 44th Street in Far Rockaway, New York.
This spring, we had our first planting events to get the community involved in creating an educational garden adjacent to the new Arverne East Welcome Center. Residents, visitors, students, civic organizations, and local businesses are encouraged to help with the plantings!
RISE hosts K-12 educational programs at Arverne East Welcome Center during the week. Teachers interested in signing up for a Living Classroom workshop can register directly on our website.
RISE will host community stewardship events throughout the year to plant the Native Plant Nursery, with the intent of growing native shoreline plants from seed, exclusively for "Greater Rockaway" Coastal Resilience Plan. Keep an eye out for future plantings on our Events calendar. Click on Arverne East Nature Preserve to learn more.
RISE also has been training a team of local residents (aka the "Dune Squad") to assist with maintenance and plantings for the dune restoration project and Native Plant Nursery. If you are interested in being involved, e-mail us at programs@riserockaway.org.
Special thanks to Booth Ferris Foundation for capital funding for construction of the Native Plant Nursery and to City Parks Foundation NYC Green Fund for supporting a training program/paid crew to establish the Nursery, Seed Bank, and Educational Garden.