Photo: Gabriel Willow
The Spring Awakening is here! Feathered friends are returning from their winter abodes to nest and nurture their young. Our green community of plants is budding, blooming, leafing, flowering.
Join herbalist and author Liz Neves and urban naturalist Gabriel Willow as they combine their knowledge to lead a unique and exciting walk in Prospect Park.
We’ll explore the interconnected relationship of birds and plants at a peak time in the year, at the convergence of both spring migration and plant emergence.
Space is limited.
Masks and pre-registration required.
$40 per adult. Children 12 and under free.
We’ll meet at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to the park.
Gabriel Willow is a naturalist with a particular passion for birds and urban spaces. He is an environmental educator and ecological tour guide in NYC, where he leads tours and teaches classes for NYC Audubon and Wave Hill. His tours focus on seeking out the overlooked and ignored elements of wildness hiding all around us, ranging from boat trips on the East River, to kayaking on Newtown Creek, to seeking the elusive Peregrine Falcons nesting on skyscrapers near Wall Street. He has created programs for Lincoln Center, the Morgan Library and Museum, the NY Botanical Garden, and more. He is also an artist, illustrator, and DJ.
Liz Neves is an herbalist, reiki and healing drum practitioner, dream guide, meditation instructor, and mama living and teaching in Lenapehoking (mainly Brooklyn, NY). She’s the author of Northeast Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 111 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness (Timber Press). Her classes are inspired by herbalism, earth-based spirituality, and ancient wisdom teachings. She has come to this path led by her experiences - of leaving the corporate world, of becoming a mother, of guidance from dreams. Liz believes we learn our greatest lessons directly from the natural world, from dreams, from the plants, and from our own internal guidance.
Photo: Gabriel Willow