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Madison Square Park is a six point two acre green space at the heart of New York City that has been public land since 1686. Over the centuries, it has played a part in the…
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Dec 13, 2021 | Art
Landscape and Memory Evokes Park’s Buried Topography With Five Large-Scale Bronze Sculptures Set into Landscape and Flowing with Water New York, NY | December 13, 2021—In spring 2022, Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias will unearth the…
Dec 20, 2021 | Community
As we close out this year, please join Madison Square Park Conservancy in reflecting on the great range of special moments that happened in the park. As we know, public space is essential to our…
Apr 2, 2021 | Park
Once known as the Madison Square Depot, Madison Square Garden’s legacy began adjacent to Madison Square Park, located at the northeast corner of 26th Street and Madison Avenue. The first (1876-1889) and second (1890-1925) Madison…
Apr 2, 2021 | Horticulture
Our Arboretum In January 2018, Madison Square Park was awarded level 1 accreditation by the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program. This program approves Madison Square Park as an internationally recognized arboretum, or tree museum. The ArbNet…
Mar 31, 2021 | Sustainability
Many people flock to Madison Square Park to experience the lush greenspace and take a respite from city life. But the park isn’t just a backyard and playspace for our community—it’s a vital space for…
Through September 22, 2024 | Art
This newly commissioned public art exhibition by Rose B. Simpson is on view simultaneously in Madison Square Park and Inwood Hill Park. Seed is part of the milestone twentieth anniversary of Madison Square Park Conservancy’s…
There are many other ways to make a lasting contribution to our park, from lending a hand as a volunteer, to dedicating a park bench to someone you love.
In preparation for the spooky season, we connected with Ami McKay, author of The Witches Of New York, to discuss why she chose to set her enchanted Gilded Age tale in and around historic Madison…
January 16 – March 17, 2024 | Art
Ana María Hernando creates sculpture in an abundance of tulle—the sumptuous fabric netting—inspired by natural forms and transformed through the sewing process. Across the lawns in Madison Square Park, the artist has realized a series…
Mar 30, 2021 | Sustainability
September 21- 27 is Climate Week NYC 2020. During this time, the Climate Group, in association with the United Nations and the City of New York will host conversations between business and government leaders in New…
02/22/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Bench Hours In Madison Square Park | Tuesday, February 22, 12 – 1:30 PM | Reflecting Pool Benches Come meet Executive Director Holly Leicht for February Bench Hours in Madison Square Park. On February 22…
May 23, 2023 | Horticulture
Since last May, Madison Square Park Conservancy volunteers have spent 225 hours working in the Park’s gardens! Our horticulture team is so grateful for this dedicated group of individuals who give their time to our…
Oct 24, 2022 | Ecology, Sustainability
While several bat species have been observed in New York City, identifying which species have passed through the park can be difficult due to the fact that bats are small, fast, and most active at…
Oct 5, 2022 | Ecology, Sustainability
We’re excited to announce that Madison Square Park has been added as a site on The New York State Birding Trail, connecting our park with all of the best birding locations across the state. Birding…
Feb 8, 2023 | Horticulture, Plant Collections
OUR NATIONALLY ACCREDITED HAMAMELIS COLLECTION WAS JUST FEATURED IN PUBLIC GARDEN MAGAZINE. New York City may be the urban jungle, but no one ever expects it to be a place of botanical wonder. Nestled in…
Oct 17, 2022 | Community
Throughout the year, Madison Square Park will be highlighting some of our amazing Associate Board Members. Their contributions and work as park ambassadors help to ensure that the park remains clean, green, beautiful, and appreciated…
Dec 20, 2023 | Horticulture
In 2023, NYC Parks is recognizing and cataloging the great trees in our city that make up our urban forest. In the second interaction of The Great Tree Search, New Yorkers across the city have…
Oct 4, 2023 | Community
You may have noticed during past autumns a temporary, wooden structure with a branched roof on the north end of Madison Square Park. This structure is called a sukkah, a principle element of the Jewish…
Mar 1, 2021 | Community, Hello From..., Support
Hello, my name is Daniel Humm, and I am the chef and owner of Eleven Madison Park. Madison Square Park means so much to me: not only does our dining room overlook the beautiful trees…
Mar 30, 2021 | Horticulture
Late summer and fall are some of the best times to plant new perennials in the garden. The cool temperatures and rain help plants to set out strong roots for the next year. This fall,…
Nov 28, 2022 | Community
Throughout the year, Madison Square Park will be highlighting some of our amazing Associate Board Members. Their contributions and work as park ambassadors help to ensure that the park remains clean, green, beautiful, and appreciated…
Introducing Tasha, whose Mad. Friend owner, Violet Foo, gave us the lowdown on this playful Mad. Sq. Dog! Introduce us to Tasha Tasha is a 4-year-old Havanese. Havanese dogs are known for their engaging personalities,…
Aug 25, 2022 | Art
Proposal to Park is a new series focused on documenting the progression of project artists’ proposals into exhibitions for Madison Square Park Conservancy’s public art program. Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder’s Topsy-Turvy was on view…
Our mission is to protect, nurture, and enhance Madison Square Park, creating an environment that fosters moments of inspiration. As stewards, we strive to engage the community through our beautiful gardens, inviting amenities, and world-class…
Sep 19, 2022 | Community
Throughout the year, Madison Square Park will be highlighting some of our amazing Associate Board Members. Their contributions and work as park ambassadors help to ensure that the park remains clean, green, beautiful, and appreciated…
One of the questions we often hear at Madison Square Park Conservancy is “what happens to the commissioned works of art following their stay in the park?” The answer lies in an informal network of…
With Maya Lin’s tower grove of Atlantic white cedar trees killed by saltwater infiltration now removed from Manhattan’s Madison Square Park and set to begin their second lives as boats, and Hugh Hayden’s multifaceted Brier…
January 17 – June 4, 2023 | Art
Artist Shahzia Sikander has created a major new project on the theme of women and justice for a multimedia exhibition, Havah…to breathe, air, life, in Madison Square Park and the nearby Courthouse of the Appellate…
Mar 30, 2021 | Hello From..., Support
Hello, my name is Daniel Humm, and I am the chef and owner of Eleven Madison Park. Madison Square Park means so much to me: not only does our dining room overlook the beautiful trees…
Feb 28, 2022 | Community
Throughout the year, Madison Square Park will be highlighting some of our amazing Associate Board Members. Their contributions and work as park ambassadors help to ensure that the park remains clean, green, beautiful, and appreciated…
May 2, 2022 | Community
Throughout the year, Madison Square Park will be highlighting some of our amazing Associate Board Members. Their contributions and work as park ambassadors help to ensure that the park remains clean, green, beautiful, and appreciated…
Jan 3, 2023 | Ecology, Sustainability
We’re excited to announce that we will be teaming up with our neighbors at NYC Audubon this year to learn as much as we can about the birds of Madison Square Park—and we invite you…
Join us in the park for all-you-can-eat barbecue, cocktails, music and more! All funds raised support Madison Square Park Conservancy, the non-profit that raises 100% of the funds to operate and program Madison Square Park…
The generous support of our community provides the foundation for our park's maintenance, operations, exhibitions, and free public programs.
Apr 5, 2022 | Community
Throughout the year, Madison Square Park will be highlighting some of our amazing Associate Board Members. Their contributions and work as park ambassadors help to ensure that the park remains clean, green, beautiful, and appreciated…
04/02/2024 6:00 pm | Calendar
Madison Square Park Conservancy Presents: PARTY IN THE PARK 2024 Honoring Danny Meyer and Lynden B. Miller April 2, 2024 This year’s Party in the Park will honor Danny Meyer, Founder of Madison Square…
06/21/2023 3:00 pm | Calendar
In partnership with Make Music New York, visit Madison Square Park for a piano-based marathon, and a 90th birthday celebration for beloved NYC composer and educator Paul Sheftel. Pianists of all ages and levels will…
12/06/2023 4:30 pm | Calendar
Wednesday, December 6 | 4:30 – 6 PM | Northern Reflecting Pool Did you know the first public Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the country’s history took place in Madison Square Park? Celebrate the 111th…
Jul 18, 2022 | Art
Proposal to Park is a new series focused on documenting the progression of project artists’ proposals into exhibitions for Madison Square Park’s public art program. Leonardo Drew’s City in the Grass was on view in 2019.…
Madison Square Park Conservancy is the non-profit responsible for caring for the park. We are dedicated to nurturing our public space by focusing on the following areas:
Mar 13, 2023 | Art
Proposal to Park is a series focused on documenting the progression of project artists’ proposals into exhibitions for Madison Square Park’s public art program. Shahzia Sikander’s Havah . . . to breathe, air, life is…
Designer and architect Maya Lin is getting ready to unveil a new art project in May called Ghost Forest, a tree installation about the effects of climate change in Madison Square Park. The piece, which was…
Feb 28, 2023 | Community
Party in the Park is Madison Square Park Conservancy’s annual fundraiser. The event gathers friends and neighbors for an evening under the stars and honors our community members, longstanding supporters, and beloved artists. We are excited to…
Jul 6, 2022 | Park
In June 2022, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation began a year-long reconstruction of Madison Square Park’s pavers at the southern end of the park. This work will be occurring in four phases, through…
Nov 8, 2021 | Art
Ghost Forest May 10 – November 14, 2021 Madison Square Park, New York Throughout the world, climate change is causing vast tracts of forested lands to die off. They are being called ghost forests; they…
October 2 – 30, 2009 | Art
Acting his role as The Vigilant Groundsman in his Madison Square Trapezoids, performance and video artist Bill Beirne turns the quotidian acts of horticultural maintenance and wildlife documentation into aesthetic, absurdist actions centered around designated zones of artistic…
The work “Brier Patch” by artist Hugh Hayden is an installation on view through April. If you pass by Madison Square Park you’ll notice about 100 wooden elementary school-style desks sprouting tree branches—a somewhat eerie…
Mar 3, 2022 | Art
Brier Patch, Hugh Hayden’s most ambitious project to date, features 100 elementary school desks that erupt with tree branches. Visually stunning and loaded with inherent tensions, Brier Patch has prompted viewer reflection on educational inequity…
Aug 29, 2022 | Horticulture
This year, Madison Square Park’s water garden—located in the Reflecting Pool—is filled with lotuses, papyrus, and canna! Featuring many bright pinks and yellows, it is currently bringing light touches of reflective color to the park.…
Introduce us to Sadie. Sadie is a 10-year-old Anatolian Shepherd and Akita mix who, through her combination of beauty, grace, and unmistakable ‘it’s my world you just live in it’ manner, has earned the sobriquet…
Conversations with Artists is a podcast series across 2024, the twentieth anniversary year of our public art program. Beginning on January 24, listen on the third Wednesday of each month to twelve artists who reflect…
Dec 12, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Composting can be a very rewarding way of making a positive impact on the environment, because the results are easy to track. Every pound of food scraps collected by GrowNYC in the park each Wednesday…
Feb 16, 2022 | Art
Proposal to Park is a new series focused on documenting the progression of project artists’ proposals into exhibitions for Madison Square Park’s public art program. Diana Al-Hadid’s Delirious Matter was on view in the park…
Below a hill in Hunts Point, the Bronx River glistens, offering an escape from the city. Herons and egrets glide above the water and the air is fresh. A 20-foot sailboat slices through the calm…
Aug 10, 2022 | Park
The Madison Square Park Conservancy has announced former HUD and Empire State Development Corporation leader Holly Leicht as its next Executive Director. Leicht comes to the position with over 25 years of experience in urban planning and open space…
Jan 10, 2023 | Horticulture
Measuring Tree Health At Madison Square Park Conservancy, we make every effort to save our trees, if possible, and to increase tree diversity in new plantings within the park to ensure a healthy canopy for…
05/16/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Interested in learning more about the statue of William Seward in Madison Square Park and why it was installed? Join Jeffrey Ludwig, Director of Education at the Seward House Museum, for a virtual program about…
Support Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Horticulture program is made possible by Credit Suisse Americas Foundation, Con Edison, Columbia Property Trust, Sony Corporation of America, Greenacre Foundation, Bailey Nurseries, Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust, Madison Green Condominium,…
Introduce us to Maggie. Magnolia (aka “Maggie”) is an 11-year-old Chocolate Labrador Retriever. She was born on a farm in West Virginia, but transitioned to city life at 10 weeks old. She is named after…
Jun 14, 2021 | Dogs
Introduce us to Romeo. My daddies George and Bill say they always thought that if they ever got a dog, it would be a black, long-haired dachshund with tan markings. Like me! So when they…
04/11/2022 12:00 am | Calendar
Mark your calendars: Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Party in the Park is returning this year on April 11! Join us for a celebratory evening under the stars as we honor Executive Director Keats Myer and…
03/28/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Mark your calendars: Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Party in the Park is returning this year on March 28! Join us for a celebratory evening under the stars as we honor MSPC Trustee Leslie Spira Lopez, President & CEO…
Mar 21, 2022 | Art
Proposal to Park is a new series focused on documenting the progression of project artists’ proposals into exhibitions for Madison Square Park’s public art program. Iván Navarro’s This Land is Your Land was on view in…
June 13 – October 8, 2017 | Art
In Prismatic Park, Josiah McElheny’s minimal painted wood and prismatic glass structures forge new spaces for cultural production: a curvilinear, translucent blue sound wall for experimental music; a circular, reflective green floor for vanguard dance;…
Feb 8, 2023 | Community
MAYOR ADAMS COMMITS TO BROADWAY VISION PLAN IN ‘STATE OF THE CITY’ ADDRESS On January 26, New York City Mayor Eric Adams outlined a “Working People’s Agenda” in his second State of the City address,…
04/19/2021 5:00 pm | Calendar
Join us to launch sustainability at Madison Square Park. Discover what the Conservancy is doing to protect and nurture Madison Square Park. —Keats Myer, Executive Director, Madison Square Conservancy —Stephanie Lucas, Deputy Director of Horticulture,…
An immersive installation that visualises the bleak effects of climate change by the US artist and environmental activist Maya Lin, which was slated to open in June last year, will open at Madison Square Park…
Apr 22, 2022 | Sustainability
The health of Madison Square Park is inextricably bound with the health of the local environment. Nurturing the park’s trees, plants, and wildlife is vital to supporting the city’s ecosystems. But even small shifts in…
Mar 29, 2021 | Horticulture
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) It seems like not too long ago, spring was just beginning to sprout from the frozen winter earth. Now, at the tail end of the fall season, cutbacks and fallen leaves…
Introducing Willow! The lovable Pembrooke Welsh Corgi of Mad. Friends David and Alexandra. 1. Introduce us to Willow. Willow is our almost three-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi. She loves to take naps on / under our…
Feb 21, 2024 | Dogs
Introduce us to Maizey. Maizey is an 8-year-old English cream golden retriever. She moved to her forever home in Gramercy Park when she was 12 weeks old. She is extremely smart and incredibly sweet, but…
May 9, 2022 | Horticulture
Go Public Gardens is an American Public Gardens Association (APGA) initiative focused on celebrating public gardens throughout the country. During the Go Public Gardens Days event from May 6 to May 15, APGA members like…
Aug 16, 2021 | Art
Tom Reidy, the Conservancy’s Deputy Director of Finance and Special Projects, had the unique opportunity to speak with both Forester Bob Williams of Pine Creek Forestry who helped the Conservancy identify and source the Atlantic…
Jul 10, 2022 | Community
Throughout the year, Madison Square Park will be highlighting some of our amazing Associate Board Members. Their contributions and work as park ambassadors help to ensure that the park remains clean, green, beautiful, and appreciated…
10/16/2021 9:00 am | Calendar
In collaboration with Natural Areas Conservancy and accompanying Ghost Forest, Madison Square Park Conservancy and artist Maya Lin will coordinate the planting of 1,000 trees and shrubs in five public parks throughout October. Volunteers will…
May 10 – November 14, 2021 | Art
Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest, a towering stand of forty-nine haunting Atlantic white cedar trees, is a newly-commissioned public art work. Lin brings her vision as an artist and her agency as an environmental activist to…
06/13/2023 6:30 pm | Calendar
An homage to the weekend-long Block Parties of years past, Celebrate Barbecue is a new, one-night-only barbecue and bourbon tasting event in support of Madison Square Park. On June 13, enjoy cocktails and ‘cue from…
Madison Square Park offers an ideal setting for film shoots that combines lush lawns and gardens with an iconic city backdrop. One of the nation’s oldest public spaces, Madison Square Park is maintained through a…
June 1 – December 4, 2022 | Art
On June 1, Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias unearthed the forgotten terrains and geographic history of Madison Square Park in a newly commissioned public art installation, her first major temporary public art project in the United…
Jan 10, 2022 | Community
Throughout the year, Madison Square Park will be highlighting some of our amazing Associate Board Members. Their contributions and work as park ambassadors help to ensure that the park remains clean, green, beautiful, and appreciated…
June 26 – December 10, 2023 | Art
Artist Sheila Pepe has created her first outdoor exhibition, My Neighbor’s Garden, which opened on June 26 in Madison Square Park. Through her crochet practice, Pepe brings color, unexpected materials, and optimism to the site.…
To begin our Meet the Mad. (Madison Square Park) Dogs series, we were able to spend some time with Maddy and his owner, Carol Holt, who live near the park. They share a remarkable story,…
At the heart of the Conservancy are the professionals dedicated to the preservation, care, and upkeep of Madison Square Park. Their extensive experience in park and non-profit management, horticulture, art curation, and communications is helping…
January 18 – May 1, 2022 | Art
Artist Hugh Hayden has realized his most ambitious installation to date with a new public artwork commissioned by Madison Square Park Conservancy. Presented across four separate lawns in the park, Brier Patch features a total…
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Mar 6, 2023 | Community
This year’s gala will honor someone very important to all of us at Madison Square Park Conservancy. Leslie Spira Lopez has been a pillar of the NoMad neighborhood for years. As a longtime Conservancy Trustee…
Nov 29, 2021 | Art
Over the past months of pandemic, protest, and political turmoil, Madison Square Park Conservancy has witnessed the adaptability of public space. Families, neighbors, workers, artists, students, athletes, protesters, and travelers have all come to this…
Jun 27, 2023 | Community, Sustainability
Over 1,500 pounds of trash and recycling are collected daily in Madison Square Park. A majority of this waste accumulates in the afternoon when neighbors and tourists visit the park to enjoy lunch. Luckily, there…
Jun 7, 2022 | Art
On June 3, artists and art world leaders met at the SVA Theatre for Unearthing Public Art, Madison Square Park Conservancy’s annual symposium. Inspired by Cristina Iglesias’ Landscape and Memory, this year’s symposium considered the…
Public Art in Public Space Twentieth Anniversary of the Art Program Video Documentary
Brier Patch was recently featured in a news segment on NY1, where artist Hugh Hayden and Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Deputy Director and Martin Friedman Chief Curator, discussed the exhibition in detail. Watch the full segment…
Jan 26, 2023 | Dogs
Introduce us to Cooper. Cooper is a three-year-old mixed breed. He is mostly German Shephard and Labrador Retriever and has some Boxer, Chow Chow, and Golden Retriever in him. His parents adopted him when he…
May 3, 2022 | Ecology, Sustainability
Thank you to all of the citizen scientists who joined us during the 2022 City Nature Challenge in Madison Square Park. From Friday, April 29–Monday, May 2, over 450 cities across 50 countries joined the…
10/14/2023 10:00 am | Calendar
Saturday, October 14 | 10 – 1 PM | Northern Reflecting Pool This City of Forest Day, celebrate Madison Square Park, Manhattan’s only accredited arboretum. This annual event is a citywide celebration of the city’s…
Dec 13, 2021 | Sustainability
Despite the holiday lights and decorations, New York City winters can sometimes feel dark and dull. One of the reasons for this is due to a lack of colorful blooms. As the weather gets colder,…
Sep 20, 2021 | Sustainability
In August 2021, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Sixth Assessment Report. In this report, hundreds of scientists confirm that human induced climate change is impacting climate and weather patterns in…
Feb 21, 2023 | Art
Shahzia Sikander has long brought innovation and experimentation to her work, conceptually, philosophically, and through materials. In her exhibition Havah…to breathe, air, life, now on view in the park and on the rooftop of the Appellate Division…
Sep 14, 2021 | Art
In collaboration with Natural Areas Conservancy and accompanying Ghost Forest, Madison Square Park Conservancy and Maya Lin will coordinate the planting of 1,000 trees and shrubs in public parks in the five boroughs of New…
Apr 2, 2021 | Park
Background The Flatiron Public Plazas and Worth Square expansion was implemented in August of 2008 as temporary spaces, stretching from 22nd Street to 25th Street between Fifth Avenue and Broadway. The project was initiated by the NYC…
09/21/2023 12:00 pm | Calendar
Thursday, September 21 | 12 – 1 PM | Northern Reflecting Pool Join birding experts from NYC Audubon to explore Madison Square Park. Discover why our Park is on the New York State’s Birding Trail!…
Mar 30, 2021 | Horticulture
Since 2018, Madison Square Park has been an arboretum. Caring for an arboretum is no small feat. Our seven-acre park, housing over 300 trees, requires special attention in protecting and caring for our canopy—maintenance and…
Jan 17, 2024 | Horticulture
Did you know winter is one of the most important times to work in the garden? Just as humans are cozying up on the couch with a warm blanket and a cup of tea –…
Sep 21, 2022 | Art
Landscape and Memory June 1 – December 4, 2022 Madison Square Park, New York In my work, I have created refuges in cities and public spaces. Places of gathering for people to be together or…
Jul 12, 2023 | Dogs
Introduce us to Bailey. Bailey is a 2.5 year old Mini Australian Labradoodle. She was born in Duxbury, MA but has lived in Manhattan since she was 8 weeks old. Bailey is a very sweet…
Nov 8, 2021 | Sustainability
Fall is a beautiful time in Madison Square Park. The air is crisp and cool and the leaves begin to change color as our tree canopy begins sporting a wonderful mix of reds, yellows, and…
Oct 17, 2021 | Dogs
Introduce us to Walter. Hello! My name is Walter (or Walt or Walty for short). I’m an 8 year old Shorkie (Shih-Tzu and Yorkie mix), who gets mistaken for a puppy all the time. There’s…
March 19 – April 23, 2009 | Art
Inspired by Madison Square Park’s horticulture, diverse publics, and myriad uses, Shannon Plumb’s The Park captures the range of lived and visual experience in the park. Plumb’s twelve short films on four outdoor video screens track…
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Mar 21, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Nearly 18,000 pounds of trash and recycling are collected in Madison Square Park each month. This waste is challenging for staff to manage, and can harm the plants and wildlife living in the park. Managing…
On the same piece of land that once housed the grand first and second Madison Square Gardens, on Madison Avenue between 26th and 27th streets, rose the New York Life Building. Famed architect Cass Gilbert…
May 2 – September 8, 2013 | Art
Red, Yellow and Blue, featuring Orly Genger’s use of intricately hand-knotted nautical lobster rope covered in paint, transforms three of the park’s lush lawns into colorfully-lined chambers. Each distinct undulating structure — one red, one…
Aug 9, 2022 | Park
Madison Square Park Conservancy has appointed Holly Leicht as its next Executive Director, effective September 6, 2022. Holly brings 25 years of experience leading urban planning, preservation, and development initiatives, joining the Conservancy from Empire…
Mar 30, 2021 | Hello From..., Support
Hello, I’m Linda Armyn, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Bethpage Federal Credit Union. For the last 75 years, Bethpage has met the needs of our members, employees, and the communities we serve by…
Apr 2, 2021 | Hello From..., Support
Hello, my name is Paul Teti, and I am thrilled to have recently joined the MSPC board. I am an Executive Vice President at Columbia Property Trust which is headquartered just a block east of…
Mar 6, 2023 | Community
Madison Square Park Conservancy is proud to honor Daniel R. Garodnick, Chair of the City Planning Commission and Director of the New York City Department of City Planning, at our 2023 spring gala. Dan has…
Jul 19, 2022 | Ecology, Sustainability
Over the next few weeks, a Columbia University Master’s of Ecology student will be conducting research in the park on native bee movement. Bees involved in the study will be captured, marked with a small…
May 14 – September 3, 2018 | Art
In Diana Al-Hadid’s Delirious Matter, six female figures — the freestanding 14-feet high walls titled The Grotto and Gradiva; a conical work, Citadel; and three figures called Synonym — commune as they face the central…
Mar 29, 2021 | Hello From..., Support
Hello, my name is Nick Combemale and I am the Head of School at The Montessori at Flatiron and The Montessori in SoHo. The Montessori at Flatiron has been a part of this community for…
Introduce us to Radley Radley is a 4-year-old Brussels Griffon – who was born in Florida and arrived in NYC during the beginning of the pandemic (a true Pandemic-Puppy). She resides at The Stanford and…
04/14/2021 9:00 am | Calendar
Each year on Arbor Day, we take time to appreciate our trees and all that they have to offer. Madison Square Park is home to over 300 trees. They provide shade on hot summer days…
Jun 27, 2023 | Community, Sustainability
Plastic Free July is here at Madison Square Park! As we begin our campaign here in the park, our staff, partners, and volunteers will raise awareness about reducing single-use and other plastic waste by reusing,…
Aug 31, 2022 | Community
For nearly a decade, Keats Myer has stewarded Madison Square Park Conservancy as Executive Director, transforming the park into a world-class community resource. Join her now as she reflects back on her incredible tenure with…
Mar 29, 2021 | Horticulture, Sustainability
Native plants and animals have lived in Madison Square Park for decades, becoming a vital part of our ecosystem. Join us in exploring the park’s plants and wildlife by participating in our seasonal Scavenger Hunts.…
10/21/2023 11:00 am | Calendar
Saturday, October 21 | 11 – 2 PM | Western Gravel Imagine a crisp autumn afternoon in Madison Square Park. Join us on the southwest end of the park for live music as we host…
09/24/2021 12:00 am | Calendar
On Friday, September 24 – 26, join us to support the Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz campaign. Celebrate pollinators across the country and raise awareness as parks play a key role in protecting and preserving pollinators…
The James Madison Tree is a Red Oak that was taken from the former President’s estate in Virginia and replanted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Madison Avenue. It can be found on the park’s…
Feb 23, 2024 | Horticulture, Plant Collections
You may first notice the subtle beauty of witch hazels (Hamamelis spp.) in passing as their thin, ribbon-like flower petals provide bright bursts of color among the shades of brown, green, gray, and white that…
10/20/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for Shadow of the Sea, a new performance project by Beau Bree Rhee conceived in dialogue with Cristina Iglesias’s Landscape and Memory exhibition, and presented in partnership with The Kitchen and Madison Square…
Jun 3, 2021 | Horticulture
We are proud to announce that Madison Square Park’s arboretum has been designated a Level 2 Arboretum by The ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program and The Morton Arboretum. Joining 143 institutions worldwide that meet strict standards…
Mar 7, 2022 | Art
Brier Patch January 18 – May 1, 2022 Madison Square Park, New York Raised In Texas and trained as an architect, my work arises from a deep connection to nature and its organic materials. Little…
October 27, 2020 – January 31, 2021 | Art
A response to history and the present, Abigail DeVille’s Light of Freedom reflects the despair and the exultation of the pandemic, protests, and political turmoil of 2020. DeVille answers the question of how public art can respond…
March 1 – April 7, 2013 | Art
Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder’s Topsy-Turvy: A Camera Obscura Installation reimagines one of the world’s oldest moving-image devices into a life-sized, ten-by-ten-foot structure. Park visitors could enter the interactive, large-scale installation, which utilizes the physical properties of…
September 25, 2018 – April 28, 2019 | Art
Arlene Shechet’s first major public art project, Full Steam Ahead, features a series of new sculptures in porcelain, wood, steel, and cast iron installed in and around the park’s emptied circular reflecting pool. Her work straddles function…
Introducing Lucky, whose Mad. Friend owner, Maddy Stoller, gave us the lowdown on this playful Mad. Sq. Dog! Introduce us to Lucky On February 21, 2011 I got Lucky—literally. He was 12 weeks old and…
Mar 30, 2021 | Sustainability
iNaturalist is a free nature app used to identify the plants and animals around you. Scientists from around the world use the iNaturalist database to better understand the natural environment to protect ecosystems. By recording…
May 10, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Madison Square Park comes alive at lunchtime. Each day neighbors meet for coffee, friends catch up over a meal, and workers stop by to enjoy the fresh air while grabbing a quick bite before returning…
Apr 17, 2012 | Horticulture
Our ornamental cherry and apple trees are presently in peak bloom, here at Madison Square Park. Flowers usually only last a week so you better catch them before they’re gone. For thirteen hundred years Japan…
06/01/2022 12:00 am | Calendar
Summer’s sights and sounds have arrived in Madison Square Park. Our warm-weather species are busy playing their important role in maintaining the park’s ecosystem. From birds to bees, flowers to fungi, join us in exploring…
June 1, 2015 – January 10, 2016 | Art
Teresita Fernández’ Fata Morgana consists of 500 running feet of golden, mirror-polished discs that create canopies above the pathways around the park’s central Oval Lawn. In nature, a fata morgana is a mirage that forms across the…
Sep 7, 2022 | Horticulture
For years conservationists had been warning us that monarch butterfly populations are approaching terrifyingly low numbers—then, earlier this year, they were listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List. While this news is…
04/15/2024 12:00 am | Calendar
April 15 – 30 | Throughout the Park Celebrate Arbor Day by thanking the park’s trees for all that they do. As an accredited, Level II Arboretum Madison Square Park has over 300 trees and…
October 24 – November 17, 2008 | Art
Pulse Park, an interactive light installation, is Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s debut in the United States. The mechanics of Pulse Park interact with the biology of visitors. Attendees’ heart rates are monitored by a heart-rate-sensor; heartbeats activate pulses of…
Mar 28, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
On March 25, 130 9th Grade students from the United Nations International School (UNIS) helped us kick off our waste management initiative by taking part in a pop-up event in the park. Students helped us…
11/18/2021 9:00 am | Calendar
Join us on Thursday, November 18th for our third annual horticulture symposium. Madison Square Park is located on Lenapehoking, the ancestral homeland of The Lenape (Delaware) people. We recognize that this land was forcibly taken,…
09/19/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Tuesday, September 19 | 6 – 7 PM | Farragut Lawn Please join us for an evening of crafting in Sheila Pepe’s My Neighbor’s Garden. Inspired by Pepe’s project which will drape colorful, crocheted canopies…
05/20/2024 5:30 pm | Calendar
Join us for an all-you-can-eat barbecue extravaganza and fundraiser to support the programming and maintenance of Madison Square Park! Tickets go on sale in early April. Monday, May 20, 2024 Early Access at 5:30 PM General…
10/12/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for Shadow of the Sea, a new performance project by Beau Bree Rhee conceived in dialogue with Cristina Iglesias’s Landscape and Memory exhibition, and presented in partnership with The Kitchen and Madison Square…
06/22/2023 5:00 pm | Calendar
June 19-25 is Pollinator Week, an annual international celebration to raise awareness of pollinator health. This year, Madison Square Park Conservancy invites ecology enthusiasts, the bee community, and nature lovers to learn about pollinators that…
09/21/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for the premiere of Shadow of the Sea, a new performance project by Beau Bree Rhee conceived in dialogue with Cristina Iglesias’s Landscape and Memory exhibition, and presented in partnership with The Kitchen…
Introducing Bella, whose Mad. Friend owner gave us the lowdown on this beautiful Mad. Sq. Dog. Introduce us to Bella. Bella is a purebred English Mastiff from a line of champions. In July 2016 we drove to Beowulf…
06/21/2021 9:00 am | Calendar
This month, we celebrate the pollinators of Madison Square Park. Discover the bees, bats, birds, and butterflies that work hard to keep the park’s gardens healthy and vibrant. Join expert-led tours for a BioBlitz on…
Feb 15, 2022 | Ecology, Sustainability
Since the pandemic began, birding has become an increasingly popular hobby for many New Yorkers. Birding is a great way to enjoy the outdoors and connect with nature. It also provides an opportunity to join…
Aug 16, 2022 | Park
Madison Square Park hosts dozens of events every year, ranging from musical performances to guided tours to educational activities and more. Oftentimes the Conservancy relies on generous volunteer photographers to capture these events. By lending…
Aug 9, 2021 | Horticulture
It has been a hot summer in New York City. While many of us see hot days as a time to relax in the park, extreme heat temperatures can cause people to experience heat exhaustion,…
Neighborhood Perks Mad. Friends members at the Mad. Sprout level or higher enjoy valuable perks from local businesses. Present your membership card at the time of purchase to redeem offers, and be sure to check…
Sep 7, 2021 | Sustainability
The park’s delicate ecosystem is rapidly changing. With the help of our community, we can monitor how these changes impact the species living in our park. In recent years, the park has faced environmental challenges…
Feb 21, 2023 | News
The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation continue their year-long reconstruction of Madison Square Park’s pavers at the southern end of the park. To date, their contractor has completed work on the east side and…
12/17/2023 8:00 am | Calendar
Want to help scientists better study birds in our neighborhood? Join experienced ornithologists and casual enthusiasts for the 124th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, the longest-running in the nation, here in Madison Square Park. The…
Nov 7, 2022 | Art
Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Art Council is a group that brings together art enthusiasts and professionals to support the strength and future of the public art program in Madison Square Park. Through monthly events, members…
Mar 13, 2023 | Community
A year-long study of bat activity in Madison Square Park is now complete. The purpose of this study was to fill knowledge gaps about bats in Madison Square Park by collecting data on bat activity and…
09/28/2022 6:30 pm | Calendar
Join us for Taste of Asia, a tasting event celebrating New York’s AAPI communities. Featuring a curated selection of 40 restaurants serving Asian-inspired bites in Madison Square Park, this night honors unity through appreciation of…
12/21/2023 1:30 pm | Calendar
Kalimba Magic | Thursday, December 21 | 1:30 – 3 PM | Southern Fountain Join Kalimba master Kevin Nathaniel to learn all things Kalimba and to turn Madison Square Park into a tranquil music garden.…
Introducing Gustavo! The friendly dog of Mad. Friend Peter. Introduce us to Gustavo. Gustavo is a true New Yorker: friendly, open-minded to all, and appreciative of a great city. How long has Gustavo been visiting…
Mar 30, 2021 | Sustainability
As a managed green space, Madison Square Park is a vital source of food and shelter for native and migrating fauna throughout the year. As the spookiest season of the year takes center stage, it’s…
November 16, 2017 – March 25, 2018 | Art
Whiteout by Erwin Redl is comprised of 900 transparent spheres, each embedded with a discrete, white LED light and suspended from a square grid of steel poles and cabling. The orbs are opportunistic, gently swaying with…
June 26 – December 10, 2023 | Horticulture
Artist Sheila Pepe has created her first outdoor exhibition, My Neighbor’s Garden, which opened on June 26 in Madison Square Park. Through her crochet practice, Pepe brings color, unexpected materials, and optimism to the site.…
04/30/2021 10:00 am | Calendar
Join us for the 2021 City Nature Challenge in Madison Square Park. This international event brings communities together to gather observations of wildlife. Help us uncover the most species to compete against over 300 cities…
Apr 4, 2023 | Horticulture, Press
In Madison Square Park and other green spaces in New York City, plants such as the witch hazel collection are reaching their peak bloom earlier then ever before. While parkgoers may be enthused by the…
Mar 30, 2021 | Horticulture
In the early 2000s a new garden bed was introduced in the Park by renowned garden designer Lynden Miller. This new bed located in front of Shake Shack featured an evergreen understory of Japanese wintercreeper and…
12/07/2022 4:00 pm | Calendar
Join us around the Madison Square Park Holiday Tree for a festive evening of family-friendly fun. This year marks the 110th anniversary of the first holiday tree lighting in the park, which occurred in 1912.…
10/20/2022 12:00 pm | Calendar
Gabriel Willow returns to Madison Square Park to lead the final Wildlife Walk of the year. Join him on this tour of the park as we approach the end of the fall bird migration season. Gabriel is an environmental…
Jul 6, 2021 | Sustainability
Every 17 years, Brood X cicadas emerge from the ground. While the arrival of these rather strange looking insects can be alarming and quite loud, have no fear—cicadas are not harmful to pets or humans.…
04/29/2022 12:00 am | Calendar
Join us for the 2022 City Nature Challenge in Madison Square Park. This international event brings together 443 cities from around the world to gather observations of wildlife. This year, Madison Square Park will join…
Mar 30, 2021 | Hello From..., Support
Hello, I’m John Ballay, CEO and Co-Founder of Knot Standard. Through innovative technology, enhanced personalization, an unparalleled level of customer service, and the hard work of our team, Knot Standard works tirelessly to reinvent the…
10/13/2023 11:00 am | Calendar
Friday, October 13 | 11 – 2 PM | Jemmy’s Dog Run Photo contest ends October 30 On Friday the 13th, we welcome all our furry friends and their pet parents to celebrate the start…
Sep 21, 2021 | Art
With public art, the private act of looking becomes a shared, civic experience. Since Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest opened, parkgoers have gathered under the cedars, absorbing the gravity of the meaning of the stark, leafless…
04/24/2024 8:00 am | Calendar
April 24th | 8 AM – 9 AM | Reflecting Pool Take a second to reflect and practice mindfulness this Arbor Month. Parkgoers are invited to join Nancy Kopans, certified forest therapy guide and founder…
04/17/2024 5:30 pm | Calendar
April 17th | 5:30 PM – 6:30PM | Reflecting Pool Take a second to reflect and practice mindfulness this Arbor Month. Parkgoers are invited to join Nancy Kopans, certified forest therapy guide and founder of…
May 4, 2021 | Horticulture
Each Arbor Day, we thank our trees for all of their hard work. They provide clean water, shade on hot summer days, and habitats for our favorite animals. They clean our air and keep carbon…
Jun 3, 2021 | Sustainability
When we think of pollinators, we often think of bees, but they are not the only species pollinating the plants in Madison Square Park. Did you know that flies, hummingbirds, and beetles are important pollinators,…
Setting new standards for sustainability is essential for our park and our planet. We see the effects of climate change every day in our park. We are committed to becoming leaders in sustainable practices, and…
04/26/2024 3:00 pm | Calendar
April 26th | 3PM – 6PM | In the Park Take in over 11,000 spring blooming bulbs and get a sneak peek of this year’s upcoming public programs with live music, lawn games, and other activities.…
Introducing Junior! Junior’s parents, fellow Mad. Friends, gave us the inside scoop on all things he loves about Mad. Sq. Park! Introduce us to Junior! Junior is a three-year-old mix, rescued from a Los Angeles…
May 16, 2016 – April 2, 2017 | Art
Big Bling, the largest temporary outdoor sculpture that the revered sculptor Martin Puryear has constructed, confirms how human experience is key to understanding his work. At forty-feet high, Big Bling achieves colossal scale and elicits a…
October 25, 2012 – February 25, 2013 | Art
Leo Villareal’s BUCKYBALL, inspired by the work of Buckminster Fuller, applies fundamental concepts of geometry to a thirty-foot-tall illuminated sculpture. BUCKYBALL includes two nested, geodesic sculptural spheres comprised of 180 LED tubes arranged in a series of…
June 1, 2004 – March 1, 2005 | Art
Mark di Suvero’s three sculpture exhibition inaugurates the public art program overseen by Madison Square Park Conservancy. The works on view demonstrate the expressive range of di Suvero’s epic steel-beam constructions, from the classically vertical Double…
Madison Square Park is proud to be a place that welcomes everyone and connects communities.
03/07/2024 10:00 am | Calendar
Thursday | March 7 | 10 AM | Southern Fountain Connect with Madison Square Park Conservancy and your neighbors over a cup of Birch Coffee while hearing about Ana María Hernando’s To Let The Sky…
When Shahzia Sikander served on the New York Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments and Markers in 2017, the Pakistani American artist became more highly attuned to the lack of female representation across the public landscape.…
09/13/2019 6:30 pm | Calendar
The Kids Fest fun starts EARLY with our first ever: Kids Fest: Circus in the Circle featuring WATERBOMBS! with Acrobuffos September 13 | 6:30-7:30PM Draw your swords and laugh the night away with this FREE…
September 26, 2013 – February 9, 2014 | Art
Three 30-foot tall bronze trees fool the eye in Giuseppe Penone’s Ideas of Stone (Idee di pietra) as massive boulders sourced from the Orco River near the artist’s studio in Turin, Italy, are cradled in…
April 9 – May 14, 2010 | Art
Surveillance, a four-channel video work by noted filmmaker Ernie Gehr is installed at the southern end of the Park and takes inspiration from a philosophically-incompatible theme: the fundamentally recreational character of lively public parks in contrast…
Jul 27, 2021 | Art
Artist Hugh Hayden (American, b. 1983) will realize Brier Patch, a newly commissioned public art project, opening on January 18, 2022. One-hundred elementary school-style desks will be installed. The placid surfaces of the tabletops and…
06/16/2022 12:00 pm | Calendar
Join urban naturalist Chris Kreussling on this tour of Madison Square Park to discover the wildlife that makes our urban greenspace so ecologically rich. Chris is an avid native plant and habitat gardener. He has…
January 16 – May 10, 2020 | Art
To realize Monument, Krzysztof Wodiczko collaborates with twelve resettled refugees to the United States. Their filmed likenesses and spoken narratives are superimposed as a twenty-five minute video projection onto the 1881 monument to Admiral David…
June 3 – December 15, 2019 | Art
Leonardo Drew’s first public art project, City in the Grass, presents a topographical view of a cityscape atop a patterned panorama. The installation extends over 100 feet long with a richly textured, vibrantly colored surface. Drew’s…
Congratulations to Maya Lin on being named one of Time‘s 100 Most Influential People of 2022. Lin’s Ghost Forest exhibition was on view in Madison Square Park in 2021, and featured 49 Atlantic white cedar…
Apr 18, 2022 | Horticulture
Every fall we begin preparing tulips for their journey to our gardens by planting bulbs in the park. Curious visitors sometimes ask our team of horticulture experts and volunteers if we are sowing crops of…
Mar 30, 2021 | Hello From..., Support
Hello, my name is Simon Kim and I’m the proprietor of Cote Korean Steakhouse, the world’s first Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse, located at 16 West 22nd Street. I have also proudly served on the Associate Board…
February 10 – April 20, 2014 | Art
Three water towers, staples of the New York skyline, merge with the street-level landscape of the park in Ivan Navarro’s This Land Is Your Land. The exhibition title is from the beloved 1940 Woody Guthrie…
March 21 – May 1, 2007 | Art
The challenge of siting sound art in an urban park lies in the necessity for the art to coexist with the high level of ongoing dissonance. Bill Fontana’s Panoramic Echoes finds the cacophony of the park…
05/24/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Madison Square Park Conservancy wants to ensure that the community is aware of everything happening at the park and everything the park has to offer. Join us for our Community Update to learn more about…
04/24/2024 5:30 pm | Calendar
April 24th | 5:30 PM – 6:30PM | Reflecting Pool Take a second to reflect and practice mindfulness this Arbor Month. Parkgoers are invited to join Nancy Kopans, certified forest therapy guide and founder of…
With our award-winning playground and family-friendly programming, there's something for people of all ages in our park.
Feb 6, 2023 | Sustainability
Hi, I’m Emily….the Senior Sustainability Manager at Madison Square Park Conservancy. I help develop programming and online resources that encourage community members to do things like reduce plastic waste, compost or dine at environmentally responsible…
04/17/2023 12:00 am | Calendar
Celebrate Arbor Day by thanking the park’s trees for all that they do. As an accredited, Level II Arboretum Madison Square Park has over 300 trees and a rich diversity of species to enjoy. Show…
03/12/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Tuesday | March 12 | 12 PM – 12:30 PM | Northern Reflecting Pool Have you ever noticed the daffodils that bloom every spring in the park? Witch hazels in the winter? These plants are…
Jun 14, 2021 | Sustainability
It’s important to protect the pollinators that keep our park healthy. From what we plant, to how we care for our lawns, we’re taking steps to protect these vital species, their habitats and food sources. …
03/05/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Tuesday | March 5 | 12 PM – 12:30 PM | Northern Reflecting Pool Have you ever noticed the daffodils that bloom every spring in the park? Witch hazels in the winter? These plants are…
Sep 6, 2022 | Horticulture
You may have noticed while walking through the park that our witch hazel collection has some interesting growths on its leaves. These are called “witch hazel cone gall,” and they are created by witch hazel…
September 14 – October 28, 2007 | Art
William Wegman’s Around the Park is a new video work on four outdoor monitors near the park’s popular food kiosk, Shake Shack. The seven minute long video stars Wegman’s cast of canine characters as they enjoy a fall…
Worth Square sits in the vicinity of many great restaurants, desirable shopping locations, and iconic city landmarks, including the Flatiron Building. Located at 25th Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue—and on top of the burial…
May 1 – August 15, 2009 | Art
Flooded Chambers Maid is a site-specific project installed on and around the Oval Lawn by the genre-bending sculptor, painter, and installation artist Jessica Stockholder. For over two decades, she has realized an independent and hugely influential…
Madison Square Park Conservancy is excited to announce that Jemmy’s Dog Run has officially reopened! Over the past few months, we have been working hard to renovate and improve the space to make it into…
07/26/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Enjoy a free performance by the Grammy- and internationally award–winning Aizuri Quartet. Known for passionate performances and innovative programming, this exceptional ensemble recently dazzled audiences during Carnegie Hall’s 2022–2023 concert season. Enjoy their gifts in this…
07/19/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for Aeolus Quartet’s performance! Based in New York City, the award-winning ensemble places new and lesser-known works side by side with the time-honored masterworks of the medium. The quartet performs at a wide…
Jun 28, 2022 | Horticulture
Over 100 species of cut flowers are grown in the United States, and American Flowers Week—which takes place from June 28 to July 4—is a holiday dedicated to celebrating all of them. It’s also an…
Below, please find contact and relevant information for how to report quality of life issues within our neighborhood. Non- Emergency Quality of life issues Calling 311 is the best way to report non-emergency quality of…
07/12/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Enjoy a free performance by the Grammy- and internationally award–winning Aizuri Quartet. Known for passionate performances and innovative programming, this exceptional ensemble recently dazzled audiences during Carnegie Hall’s 2022–2023 concert season. Enjoy their gifts in this…
Oct 24, 2022 | Horticulture
Fall is the perfect time to celebrate the strange and unusual. While our gardens are preparing for their deep winter sleep and displaying their finest, fiery fall foliage, here are some of the “creepiest” plants…
An American garden classic, Madison Square Park’s hydrangeas bloom from June till August. The park features over 350 hydrangea plants on the grounds, creating a vibrant summertime cloud of white, pink, purple, and pale blue…
The witch hazel collection in Madison Square Park consists of over 70 varieties. Between November and March, when most of the park’s plants are dormant, the witch hazel’s vivid blooms emerge to complement the fall…
Once upon a time in New York City, rivers and streams ran through the island of Manhattan, bringing fresh water and life to its inhabitants. Then, with industrialization, humanity literally moved earth to accommodate city life. In…
03/06/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Wednesday | March 6 | 12 PM – 12:15 PM | Southern Fountain Through her atmospheric tulle sculptures installed in Madison Square Park, artist Ana Maria Hernando brings vibrant color to the city’s harsh winter…
Jan 13, 2022 | Horticulture
Madison Square Park has added a pop-up native plant garden near the Fountain this year. Here you can learn about seasonal native plants and see them in all their glory. Whether you are interested in…
Oct 4, 2021 | Horticulture
This summer, the park’s gardens transported visitors to the Pine Barrens, a unique regional ecosystem in New York and New Jersey. As the horticulture exhibition comes to a close, here are two things we can…
Jun 6, 2022 | Horticulture
June 6 is National Garden Exercise Day, and Madison Square Park is the perfect place to celebrate! Gardening is known to be great exercise, with many muscle groups getting a workout. The best part about…
September 18, 2014 – February 8, 2015 | Art
Tony Cragg’s Walks of Life consists of three colossal bronze sculptures installed on three lawns. His sculptural innovations are considerable: he disregards the categories of abstraction versus figuration and makes bronze into a sensuous, malleable material.…
01/24/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Wednesday | January 24 | 12 PM – 12:15PM | Southern Fountain Through her atmospheric tulle sculptures installed in Madison Square Park, artist Ana Maria Hernando brings vibrant color to the city’s harsh winter landscape.…
May 18, 2021 | Community
The New York EDITION is happy to announce that they have reopened their doors. Known for their residential-style accommodations, tasteful event spaces, distinctive bars and Michelin-starred restaurant, The Clocktower, the hotel is also a sustainability…
Mar 7, 2023 | Horticulture
For the past three years visitors have submitted their letters in celebration of Madison Square Park trees. These handwritten notes each have their own individual expression. Some included letters of thanks, others composed poems, some…
02/21/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Wednesday | February 21 | 12 PM – 12:15 PM | Southern Fountain Through her atmospheric tulle sculptures installed in Madison Square Park, artist Ana Maria Hernando brings vibrant color to the city’s harsh winter…
Our community volunteers give to the park with their time, effort, and commitment. Volunteers work hand-in-hand with our trained staff to plant, rake, and paint, keeping our grounds clean and beautiful throughout the year. Their…
Madison Square Park’s plant collection is composed of a variety of plants chosen for their aesthetic value, historical significance, or contributions to the park’s ecosystem. The collection is part of our world-class public garden first…
Our trees give our park life. When you step beneath our canopy from the busy city streets you’ll instantly feel a refreshing change of atmosphere. With over 300 trees and a rich diversity in species,…
05/14/2024 5:30 pm | Calendar
May 14 | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Reflecting Pool Take an evening tour with our team of horticulture experts. We’ll stroll through the carefully cultivated park gardens and learn about all the different…
Oct 7, 2022 | Horticulture
This October 15, we’re celebrating the inaugural City of Forest Day in NYC to bring awareness to the urban forest and how each New Yorker can play a part in caring for and advocating on…
As construction on Madison Square Park’s newly renovated Jemmy’s Dog Run begins to wind down, our excitement to unveil it to parkgoers and their four-legged friends this August continues to grow. In the meantime, we…
03/01/2022 12:00 am | Calendar
After a long hard winter, our favorite species have begun showing themselves in our park. As flowers bloom and bird songs grow more frequent, it’s becoming clear: spring is upon us. From birds to bees,…
Jul 19, 2021 | Sustainability
It’s National Moth Week! This annual event happens at the end of July each year celebrating the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of these creatures. Moths are often thought of as the dark and drab…
Apr 23, 2022 | Art
Since it opened on January 18, parkgoers have been inspired and challenged by Hugh Hayden’s Brier Patch—a visually stunning public project that features 100 elementary school desks, 75 of which erupt with tree branches. Visitors…
04/15/2022 12:00 am | Calendar
Trees are vital elements of our park. They clean our air, filter our water, shade us from the sun, and provide shelter for our wildlife. But they are also incredible natural landmarks that grace the…
03/01/2021 12:00 am | Calendar
Flowers blooming and birds chirping signal that spring is upon us. After a long hard winter, our favorite species have begun showing themselves in our park. From birds to bees, flowers to fungi, join us…
Nov 22, 2021 | Art
As Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest exhibition was coming to a close, we began to think about the Ghost Forest trees and what would happen next. How could we best repurpose the tree material while maintaining…
07/15/2022 11:00 am | Calendar
Bring a blanket and pull up a chair for Picnic in the Park! Join us for a lunchtime performance from western swing band The Brain Cloud, and a B The Method exercise demo from Lia…
Introducing Rooney, an almost three year old brown and white Portuguese Water Dog. Rooney’s Mad. Friend mom gave us the low down on this playful canine: How did Rooney get his name? There were 11…
My God, we all needed a bit of cheering up at the start of 2021. Much of the world was in the midst of its worst coronavirus wave, and life was as dull and grey…
The Worth Square Monument is the final resting place of General William Jenkins Worth. It’s the second oldest monument in New York City and one of only two monuments in the city that also acts…
This Red oak was transplanted from the James Madison estate to the park in 1936. It was dedicated by the Fifth Avenue Association, to commemorate the first 100 years of Madison Avenue’s completion. Funnily enough,…
May 5 – August 14, 2011 | Art
Towering forty-feet above the central Oval Lawn, Jaume Plensa’s Echo is a monumental sculpture that depicts the head of a nine-year-old girl from the artist’s Barcelona neighborhood. The work, marking Plensa’s New York City public space debut,…
Jan 27, 2023 | Horticulture
Throughout 2022’s summer, New Yorkers united to squash a new invasive pest, the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula. First documented in 2014, this pest of many agricultural crops has been spreading throughout the northeastern United States. …
On a sultry summer day the trees across the street from my Bronx apartment are deep in conversation. Trees are, science tells us, social beings and do some of the same things we humans do,…
Jul 5, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Support for Madison Square Park Conservancy’s sustainability initiatives helps us ensure that our efforts are making a real difference. As we kick off Plastic-Free July, we want to highlight our friends and neighbors at The…
March 26 – April 15, 2010 | Art
Thirty-one life-sized self portraits cast in iron and fiberglass are installed on the sidewalks and across the parapets of skyscrapers in and around Madison Square Park for Antony Gormley’s Event Horizon. Gormley’s work is distinguished…
03/16/2024 10:00 am | Calendar
Sabádo | 16 de Marzo | 10 AM – 10:30 AM | Fuente Sur A través de sus atmosféricas esculturas de tul instaladas en Madison Square Park, la artista Ana María Hernando aporta colores vibrantes…
Mar 30, 2021 | Community
Madison Square Park Conservancy and the Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership met to address public health and safety concerns in the neighborhood. Joined by City Council Member Carlina Rivera, the NYPD, and a number of the…
September 17 – December 31, 2009 | Art
Mel Kendrick’s Markers, five new cast concrete sculptures, is both a bold departure from the artist’s characteristic use of wood as his primary medium and a natural evolution of the formal motifs and self-evident processes that…
03/12/2024 5:00 pm | Calendar
March 12 | 5 PM – 6 PM | Oval Lawn Madison Square Park Conservancy and Ballet Tech partner to bring a dynamic performance in conjunction with Ana Maria Hernando’s To Let the Sky Know/ Deja…
Apr 18, 2023 | Horticulture, Plant Collections
This spring, Madison Square Park is sporting a hyacinth-focused display. Around the fountain, hyacinths in many colors dazzle in Fibonacci-inspired patterns. Hyacinths are fragrant, spring-blooming bulbs that are planted in the fall here in the…
04/28/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join Candice Howard from Duchess Farms and Chris Losee from Silverpetals Farm as Madison Square Park’s four-part horticulture webinar series continues with Journey to the Bouquet: Local Growers. This conversation will highlight the incredible work…
Apr 25, 2022 | Horticulture
The first American Arbor day was held on April 10, 1872, when Julius Sterling Morton organized the planting of one million trees throughout the state of Nebraska. His son Joy Morton would later found the…
03/09/2023 6:30 pm | Calendar
Join our friends from NYC Audubon for an educational session on bird watching. The free webinar, Intro to Birding with Tod Winston, will cover basic birding techniques that new and seasoned bird watchers alike can…
Jun 6, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Have you ever found yourself unsure of what to do with unwanted clothes or household items? Not only does it feel wrong to throw these things away, but tossing items that could be reused contributes…
In a new commission from the artist and architect Maya Lin, the wide, flat lawns of Madison Square Park have been transformed into a forest of cedars, tall and stately. It’s an incredibly striking display—a…
05/23/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Shahzia Sikander, Twelve Gates Arts and Madison Square Park Conservancy are thrilled to announce a collaborative event with prominent artists in conjunction with Sikander’s Havah…to breathe, air, life on Tuesday, May 23 from 6 to…
Jun 20, 2022 | Horticulture
Madison Square Park Conservancy is celebrating Pride Month with a colorful display of painted alliums. The LGBTQ community has made countless contributions to the field of horticulture, and this month we would like to recognize…
“Just watch your eyes,” the sculptor Hugh Hayden warned as he circumnavigated the wooden school desk he had made from cedar logs, their branches still attached. The limbs erupted from the seat and desktop, in…
10/18/2023 5:30 pm | Calendar
October 18 | 5:30PM – 6:30PM | Farragut Lawn Join neighbors for a conversation with artist Sheila Pepe and Stephanie Lucas, Director of Horticulture and Operations; Jessica Kaplan, Horticulture Manager; and Aiyanna Milligan, Horticulture Associate;…
Nov 22, 2021 | Horticulture
Spring is a very special time at our Park. Imagine walking into the park and seeing beautiful bright blooms that welcome you into warmer days. These displays don’t naturally happen; they are planned far in…
10/10/2023 5:30 pm | Calendar
Tuesday, October 10 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM | Northern Reflecting Pool Join us for the final Garden Walk of 2023 with our team of horticulture experts! We’ll stroll through the carefully cultivated park gardens…
Oct 25, 2021 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
It’s safe to say that New Yorkers love food, but as a city, we waste a lot of it! In fact, food makes up nearly 18% of all waste collected in the city. As a…
Jun 7, 2023 | Horticulture
“As I walked through Brooklyn last summer, I couldn’t help but notice the startling number of browning and dead trees lining our city streets,” noted Stephanie Lucas, Director of Horticulture and Park Operations at Madison…
Introducing Winston! The adorable english bulldog of Mad. Friends Scott & Sinead. 1. Introduce us to Winston. Winston is a handsome English Bulldog born on Valentine’s Day 2014. He lives in the neighborhood and can…
09/12/2023 5:30 pm | Calendar
Tuesday, September 12 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM | Northern Reflecting Pool Take an evening tour with our team of horticulture experts. We’ll stroll through the carefully cultivated park gardens and learn about all the…
Jul 10, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Did you know that over 40% of the things New Yorkers throw away are items that are only used once before disposal? Each day in the park, our team manages nearly 1,000 pounds of waste,…
Jan 31, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Did you know that over one-third of NYC’s residential waste is compostable? One of the most important things we can do to protect the environment and benefit our city is compost our food scraps. We’ve…
May 7 – September 7, 2014 | Art
Folly marks Rachel Feinstein’s first outdoor art exhibition in the United States. The artist’s installation of three sculptures directly references follies—a type of decorative 18th-century building often found in gardens and parks of the aristocracy.…
April 12 – 30, 2021 | Horticulture
8,000 vivid tulips are currently on view in Madison Square Park, as we welcome back spring with the Garden Jewels exhibition. From the Reflecting Pool to Seward Monument, the Fountain to Conkling Monument, nearly every…
05/15/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
May 15 | 12PM – 12:15PM | Sol LeWitt Lawn Rose B. Simpson brings seven eighteen-foot-high steel sentinels convening in a semicircle around a female figure emerging from the earth in her newly commissioned project…
Apr 13, 2022 | Horticulture
Over the past three years we have held a Letters to the Trees event in the park, which allows visitors to celebrate Madison Square Park’s trees with personal, handwritten notes. Each message shared during Letters…
04/17/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
April 17 | 12PM – 12:15PM | Sol LeWitt Lawn Rose B. Simpson brings seven eighteen-foot-high steel sentinels convening in a semicircle around a female figure emerging from the earth in her newly commissioned project…
It’s rare to walk through any park in New York City and not see a London plane tree. They account for more than 15% of New York City’s tree population, and more than 50% of…
Our two English elms date back to the original layout of Madison Square Park. Both trees stand proudly at the north end of the park, one on the oval lawn and the other behind the…
04/09/2024 5:30 pm | Calendar
Tuesday | April 9 | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | Reflecting Pool Take an evening tour with our team of horticulture experts. We’ll stroll through the carefully cultivated park gardens and learn about all…
04/11/2023 2:30 pm | Calendar
Did you know there are many mathematical patterns, calculations, and shapes that exist in nature? This spring’s horticulture exhibition, The Geometry of Flowers, utilizes our landscape to showcase artistically arranged flowers and the natural patterns…
02/06/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Artist Shahzia Sikander and human rights attorney Becca Heller will join in a public conversation on Monday, February 6 at 6 PM at Sony Square (25 Madison Avenue at 25th Street). Justice Judith Gische, who…
Mad. Sq. Eats was a 5-year concession agreement between NYC Parks, Urban Space, and Madison Square Park. This agreement has come to an end. Please stay tuned for information about a future market at Worth…
May 25 – October 18, 2021 | Horticulture
The park’s gardens this summer will be transport you to the Pine Barrens, a unique regional ecosystem found in New York and New Jersey. Prior to urbanization, Madison Square Park once had similar plant communities…
May 1 – September 30, 2020 | Horticulture
Come and tour the world in Madison Square Park. Our summer display, Global Gardens, features plants native to five continents from around the world, and Park visitors can browse our curated collection. Cultures throughout the…
06/04/2021 9:00 am | Calendar
For its sixth annual public art symposium, Madison Square Park Conservancy invites artists, environmentalists, journalists, and cultural leaders to explore how art today considers and addresses the urgent crises facing our environment, including climate change…
October 21, 2010 – February 28, 2011 | Art
Comprised of three parts, Jim Campbell’s Scattered Light blankets Madison Square Park’s Oval Lawn with a 3-D matrix of LED lights. Scattered Light, the largest of the three pieces, incorporates almost 2,000 LEDs to construct a vibrant grid spanning…
Aug 30, 2021 | Horticulture
The Reflecting Pool at the northern end of Madison Square Park features a seasonal native water garden. White and blue flowers are nestled within the reflective black water creating beautiful reflections mixed with local architecture…
During the warm months, the Fountain, situated just south of the Oval Lawn, is a popular destination for parkgoers. The ornamental, three-tiered fountain is made from North Jay granite and features urns planted with flowers…
September 22 – December 31, 2011 | Art
Feallan and Fallow includes six works by Alison Saar, an artist distinguished for sculpture and installation — often of the female form — that consider issues of race, gender, and heritage. Inspired by the cyclical forces…
08/24/2023 1:00 pm | Calendar
Put what you’ve learned during the Plastic Free July Campaign to the test at Madison Square Park’s Plastic Free Picnic! Challenge your family, friends, or office staff to pack a plastic-free picnic lunch to enjoy…
The American hornbeam is a native tree that has an unusual ability to tolerate lots of shade. This makes it the perfect specimen to live underneath our canopy of trees at Madison Square Park. The…
07/06/2023 7:30 pm | Calendar
(Due to unpredictable weather this evening, the Fireflies at Dusk Watch Party will be postponed until Thursday, July 6th.) As the sun sets on summer nights in Madison Square Park, fireflies emerge, magically lighting up…
05/16/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
May 16 | 12PM – 1PM | Reflection Pool In partnership with NYC Audubon, join us for a Wildlife Outing, where we’ll search for and identify the various animals that make Madison Square Park their…
Camellia’s show stopping pink and white flowers are a burst of bright color amidst Madison Square Park’s fall foliage. While camellias typically bloom from October through May, ours are fall bloomers, as the New York…
Aug 29, 2023 | Horticulture
The Street – Tree system was created in New York City by the Parks Department in the 1870s, and according to the Million Trees NYC project, we share the city streets with over 592,000 trees…
06/15/2023 12:00 pm | Calendar
Next week is Pollinator Week! Join us in an early celebration as we explore Madison Square Park for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. June’s Wildlife Outing will be led by Sarah Kornbluth, a bee biologist,…
04/18/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Thursday | April 18 | 12 PM – 1 PM | Reflecting Pool In partnership with NYC Audubon, join us for the first Wildlife Outing of the year, where we’ll search for and identify the…
Mar 15, 2023 | Community, Horticulture
This spring, the horticulture team is celebrating all things math! Fibonacci was the guiding inspiration for the Geometry of Flowers exhibition. Our friend Fibonacci spent time pondering the concept of Pi. With its constant being…
11/13/2021 11:00 am | Calendar
Join us on November 13 from 11 AM to 2 PM for our annual leaf fest event. Spend the afternoon with your community and the Madison Square Park Conservancy team as we rake and collect…
Feb 21, 2022 | Horticulture
Since 2018, Madison Square Park Conservancy has hosted at least one horticulture exhibition each year. Our team of expert horticulturists curate exhibitions from scratch. The design of these temporary interpretive gardens help tell the stories…
Jul 13, 2021 | Horticulture
Last month, I discussed why I wanted to bring awareness to how a simple action like replacing native plants with ornamentals can have a big impact on our ecosystem. Through my role at the Conservancy,…
09/09/2022 11:00 am | Calendar
Madison Square Park Conservancy is thrilled to have been able to renovate Jemmy’s Dog Run, turning it into a world-class space that all our parkgoers and their pups can enjoy. Join us as we officially…
Madison Square Park Conservancy will participate in “NYC Homecoming,” a citywide cultural celebration running from August 14–22. Featuring live concerts, movie screenings, cultural activities, and public art, the weeklong of events will highlight New York…
Aug 23, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Madison Square Park Conservancy launched its sustainability initiative in 2020 to actively nurture the park’s delicate ecosystems, reduce carbon emissions from operations, and provide community leadership to reduce waste and consumption. As we work towards…
10/15/2022 11:00 am | Calendar
Come enjoy the beauty of Madison Square Park’s Level 2 arboretum in the heart of Manhattan! Join us for an afternoon of family-friendly tree tours and other activities as we celebrate our love of NYC’s…
05/13/2023 10:00 am | Calendar
Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with the NYC Audubon in Madison Square Park. Enjoy a morning of bird watching from your favorite park bench, and chat with birding experts to find the best spots to…
Nov 22, 2013 | Horticulture
As the gardens wind down with the coming of winter many gardeners start looking for plants to help extend the growing season. Camellias were once thought of as the jewels of the southern gardens but…
Congrats to the winner Olive! This year, in lieu of our annual “Howl-o-ween” Mad. Sq. Dogs event, we hosted a virtual fall photo contest to celebrate the holiday. Rules: Send us a picture of your…
Introducing Cotton, an 8-year old Maltese. Cotton’s Mad. Friend mom gave us the low down on this super cute pup: Introduce us to Cotton. Cotton is an approximately 8-year old Maltese from Metropolitan Maltese Rescue,…
Jun 21, 2021 | Sustainability
Calling all citizen scientists! To honor the birds, bees, beetles, and butterflies that keep the park healthy and vibrant, we are taking time to learn as much as possible about these species and their habitats. …
Jan 3, 2023 | Horticulture
Looking back at 2022, the park was continually filled with horticultural fun! Our Spring Forward, into Summer exhibition, brought the beauty of cutting gardens to New York City. Dahlias, zinnias, cosmos, and lavender were a…
Mar 30, 2021 | Horticulture
Each year, our team completes a thorough tree inspection and assessment to determine the health of our trees. This allows us to identify which trees need extra care and which require pruning (see Caring for…
Renovating a historic building is rarely simple, whether it’s a Brooklyn brownstone or, in this case, the $120 million overhaul of Smith College’s century-old Neilson Library. As any architect can attest, a venerable building’s emotionally…
April 14 – October 18, 2022 | Horticulture
Spring Forward, Into Summer explores the utilitarian art, cyclical themes, and cultural significance of the cutting garden. Cutting gardens feature flowers that are planted and then cut for arrangements. Cut flowers allow for indoor access…
11/16/2022 9:00 am | Calendar
Gardens are dynamic spaces that improve our mental and physical health, provide beauty, build ecosystems, increase the value of our communities, and grace us with endless environmental benefits. Without dedicated stewards, these spaces lack the…
11/17/2022 1:00 pm | Calendar
Gardens are dynamic spaces that improve our mental and physical health, provide beauty, build ecosystems, increase the value of our communities, and grace us with endless environmental benefits. Without dedicated stewards, these spaces lack the…
Ambitious museum shows in Tulsa, Richmond, and Louisville left an imprint. Jasper Johns, Maya Lin and Latino artists shone. And the high quality of gallery shows of women was dizzying and gratifying. Most Memorable Art…
Throughout the world, there is an inextricable link between education, equity, and economics. It is also widely believed that education is the greatest weapon against inequity and injustice. Sculptor Hugh Hayden’s new work Brier Patch,…
Aug 15, 2022 | Horticulture
Each season, Madison Square Park features a pop-up native plant garden, highlighting a different group of native plants that are best-suited for that time of year. Here you can learn about seasonal native plants and…
01/19/2021 11:00 am | Calendar
Join us to preview the forthcoming Art21 short film featuring DeVille’s sculpture, on view in the Park through January 31, 2021. A discussion on documenting public art amongst Madison Square Park Conservancy alumni artists and the…
02/09/2021 11:00 am | Calendar
Join Madison Square Park Conservancy artists for a discussion on creativity as they review studio life during the pandemic, political turmoil, and protests. Feinstein’s Folly was on view in 2014 Saar’s Feallan and Fallow was on view in 2011…
The Star of Hope was built to commemorate the first public Christmas tree lighting ceremony in our country’s history, which took place in Madison Square Park in 1912 “as a gift to the less fortunate…
Chinese fringetrees were common in Madison Square Park up until the 1970s. Specimens such as this one are now being replanted to honor the park’s historical layout. This variety of fringetree is known as the…
Chinese fringetrees were a common sight in Madison Square Park up until the 1970s. Specimens like this one are now being replanted to honor the park’s historic layout. This tree is a variety known as…
Mar 15, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
In New York City, only half of the items accepted for recycling actually end up in recycling facilities. When items are thrown away dirty or not sorted, they end up in landfills along with the…
A forest of dessicated trees will rise amid the verdant canopy of Madison Square Park in a forthcoming project by the American artist and environmental activist Maya Lin. In the immersive work, Ghost Forest, which…
Black locusts are known for their patterned bark, lacy leaves, and beautiful flowers. They capture nitrogen from the atmosphere and grow up to four feet a year. They are a member of the pea family,…
May 10, 2022 | Horticulture
Madison Square Park’s Spring Forward, Into Summer horticulture exhibition has started off with a brilliant display of colorful tulips in a wide range of colors. Tulips are fantastic cut flowers that require some thoughtful planning—bulbs…
03/31/2022 1:00 pm | Calendar
Conservancy staff work hard to make the park a more welcoming place for wildlife, cultivating native plants and working hard to reduce harmful waste. However, when animals are sick, injured, or distressed, we call upon…
Feb 28, 2022 | Horticulture
At Madison Square Park, we do not apply pesticides. Oftentimes the toxicity and broad application of chemicals can be detrimental to pollinators and other beneficial insects, especially if used incorrectly. And occasionally, these chemicals still…
Apr 4, 2022 | Food & Waste, Sustainability
Oftentimes when recyclables are thrown away dirty or not properly sorted, they end up in landfills along with the rest of NYC’s trash. In landfills, the recyclables that do break down release harmful greenhouse gasses.…
Our Chinese elm is often the last tree to leaf out in spring. Luckily, they are also one of the few species of elm with a resistance to the lethal Dutch elm disease. Chinese elms…
12/02/2020 4:00 pm | Calendar
For the last 108 years, Madison Square Park has celebrated its annual Mad. Sq. Holiday tree lighting ceremony in the Park for all to see. Although it looks a little different this year, we are…
Apr 2, 2021 | Community, Families & Kids
107 years ago, in December of 1912, Madison Square Park was the site of the country’s first public Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The idea of a public Christmas tree was first proposed by Emilie D.…
May 16, 2022 | Horticulture
Each season, Madison Square Park features a pop-up native plant garden, highlighting a different group of native plants that are best-suited for that time of year. Here you can learn about seasonal native plants and…
11/16/2023 12:00 pm | Calendar
Wildlife Outing | Thursday, November 16, 12 PM | Reflecting Pool In partnership with NYC Audubon, join us for the final Wildlife Outing of the year, where we’ll search for and identify the various animals…
Apr 24, 2023 | Horticulture, Plant Collections
Redbuds usher in springtime around the city in a subtle yet striking way. You may notice them gradually as the tiny, colorful clusters of flower buds along their woody trunks, stems, and branches begin to…
The Littleleaf linden is a fragrant shade tree native to Europe. Lindens once blanketed Madison Square Park, but have declined significantly over the decades. Only one of the five original lindens is still present today,…
Ghost Forest will see 49, 15-metre-tall trees from the Pine Barrens in New Jersey planted like telephone poles in the park. Foresters located a stand of trees that had been afflicted by saltwater inundation and…
Apr 26, 2021 | Horticulture
Our friends at Eataly joined us in celebrating the park’s trees for the Letters to the Trees program. As sponsors of the Sustainability Initiative, Eataly’s support helps us give our trees the love they deserve.…
07/13/2023 4:00 pm | Calendar
This Plastic Free July, community members will have the opportunity to learn how to reduce single-use plastics and donate items around family, pets, lunch, and lifestyle. To kick off the month, we ask our community of…
09/01/2021 12:00 am | Calendar
Fotografiska New York presents Maya Lin: Ghost Forest, a companion exhibition to Ghost Forest. On view from September 21 through November 9, the show features preparatory drawings and materials as well as photographs of the…
06/01/2021 12:00 am | Calendar
As part of Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest, Madison Square Park Conservancy invites the public to share ideas on climate change by responding: “How has climate change altered your daily life?” Answers will be shared on a…
At the eccentrically daft dinner parties that Hugh Hayden stages regularly, guests are showered with hospitality and hobbled by irksome constraints. Much thought and care goes into these culinary installations, which he has been presenting…
Jul 4, 2023 | News
This past winter, swathes of the park’s signature Prunus laurocerasus hedges, also known as cherry laurel, sustained significant damage. The combination of summer drought, a warm winter, and extreme fluctuations in temperature stressed plants to…
07/12/2023 12:00 pm | Calendar
Artist Shelia Pepe brings color, unexpected materials, and optimism to Madison Square Park. Join us for a free 15-minute tour of My Neighbor’s Garden exhibition every Wednesday at noon, beginning July 12 running through November 29, 2023. …
Madison Square Park boasts 35 varieties of redbuds, among the most beautiful native trees of the Northeast. They blossom in the park during April, when clusters of stunning pink flowers along their stems and branches…
Aug 16, 2021 | Horticulture
Native plants have gained the reputation for looking messy or weedy and ornamental plants are known for their aesthetic appeal. However, what some people don’t know is that many natives are in fact varieties of…
Aug 7, 2023 | Horticulture, Plant Collections
New York is a city of small shared gardens, many often found in reclaimed spaces. Private gardens adorn balconies and backyards, while some gardens remain hidden from view on rooftops. There are over 550 community…
09/13/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Wednesday, September 13 | 6 -7 PM | Farragut Lawn Join us for a seminar-style presentation and dialogue with artist Sagarika Sundaram as she discusses her practice and Sheila Pepe’s outdoor exhibition, My Neighbor’s Garden,…
Apr 2, 2021 | Horticulture
A public garden is defined by theAmerican Public Gardens Association as: “An institution that maintains collections of plants for the purposes of public education and enjoyment, in addition to research, conservation, and higher learning. It must be…
01/01/2023 8:00 am | Calendar
Madison Square Park Conservancy and environmental non-profit GrowNYC partner to reduce waste in our community. Composting is easy, free and great for the environment. Visit us every Wednesday from 8 AM – 1 PM by…
Wednesdays | 8AM-1PM | Western Gravel Madison Square Park Conservancy and environmental nonprofit GrowNYC are partnering to reduce waste in our community. GrowNYC’s Food Scrap Drop-Off makes it easy for our neighbors to recycle their…
Jul 26, 2021 | Horticulture
The London plane tree is a large, shade tree and the most common street tree found in New York City. In fact, it was beloved by former NYC Department of Parks & Recreation Commissioner Robert…
May 16, 2023 | Horticulture
From May 12–21, 2023, gardens across the Americas will be opening their doors for visitors in celebration of Go Public Gardens Week! A public garden is an institution that maintains plants for the purposes of…
Over the last eight months, our Mad. Sq. Dog community has grown and Jemmy’s Dog Run has had many new furry friends. The Conservancy has heard your comments and will be expanding Park fencing to create…
My name is Sadie. I am a 3.5 year-old Stafford Terrier mix and was adopted from Bide-a-Wee shelter at about 3 months of age. Since relocating to NoMad from Alabama, I’ve grown to enjoy the…
12/01/2022 12:00 am | Calendar
Join us in exploring the park’s plants and wildlife by participating in our Winter Scavenger Hunt. From birds to bees, flowers to fungi, every observation made will help us identify what’s living in and around…
Jun 16, 2021 | Sustainability
Our five bee homes provide a safe place for the park’s native bees to lay their eggs during nesting season. Unlike a honey bee, cavity dwelling bees like our Leafcutter, Mason, and Carpenter bees do…
07/21/2022 8:00 pm | Calendar
Fireflies can make the park feel magical as they light up the skies on warm, summer nights. Join us for free, family-friendly programming to watch fireflies twinkle across the park. Learn about what makes these…
05/21/2022 11:00 am | Calendar
Bees aren’t the only pollinators out there—hundreds of species contribute to the pollination process, including birds, beetles, flies, and more. These pollinators are vital to both our ecosystem and the park. During our free, family-friendly…
Mar 30, 2021 | Horticulture, Park
Traditional urban horticulture once saw fallen leaves as an unsightly place where harmful fungi, pests, and other nuisances would reside. Today, we understand that leafless beds not only keep out harmful insects and fungi, but…
Yellowwoods are beautiful native trees of North America. Even in the wild, they are rare trees to find, which makes seeing them in the park all the more special. Not a large tree by any…
07/20/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us on the Oval Lawn from 6 PM–7:30 PM as the Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet perform an instrumental concert inspired by artist Cristina Iglesias’ Landscape and Memory exhibition. Part of the free Carnegie Hall Citywide Series,…
07/27/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us on the Oval Lawn from 6 PM–7:30 PM as the Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet perform an instrumental concert inspired by artist Cristina Iglesias’ Landscape and Memory exhibition. Part of the free Carnegie Hall…
05/17/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for a seminar-style presentation and dialogue with Eileen Myles on the Redbud lawn in Madison Square Park to discuss Shahiza Sikander’s outdoor exhibition, Havah…to breathe, air, life. Myles (they/them, b. 1949) is a…
Horse chestnut trees were once a prominent feature of Madison Square Park. And are still familiar sights in public spaces and streets across the world. Natives of Eastern Europe, when mature, these trees can grow…
Daffodils are the official flower of New York City and 43 varieties of this beloved flower call Madison Square Park home. An array of white, green, and pink daffodils can be found blooming in our…
04/26/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for a seminar-style presentation and dialogue with art writer and critic Aruna D’Souza on the Redbud lawn in Madison Square Park to discuss Shahiza Sikander’s outdoor exhibition, Havah…to breathe, air, life. D’Souza writes…
07/13/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us on the Oval Lawn from 6 PM–7:30 PM as the Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet perform an instrumental concert inspired by artist Cristina Iglesias’ Landscape and Memory exhibition. Part of the free Carnegie Hall…
01/17/2023 5:00 pm | Calendar
Artist Shahzia Sikander has created a major new project on the theme of women and justice for a multimedia exhibition, Havah…to breathe, air, life, in Madison Square Park and the nearby Courthouse of the Appellate Division,…
May 11 – November 24, 2019 | Art
Martin Puryear represents the United States at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. Puryear is recognized for a fiercely independent visual language of object making that has developed over a half-century,…
02/29/2024 9:00 am | Calendar
From The Ground Up | Thursday, February 29 | 9 AM – 4 PM | Hill Country, 30 W 26th Street At our sixth annual horticulture symposium, join us for an exciting day of soil…
Mar 30, 2021 | Hello From..., Support
Hello, my name is Marco Oppedisano and I am the Store Director of Eataly NYC Flatiron. Ever since we opened our doors in August of 2010 at 200 Fifth Avenue, we have looked for ways…
12/03/2020 10:20 am | Calendar
Join Abigail DeVille whose newly-commissioned sculpture Light of Freedom was inspired by the arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty which were on view in Madison Square Park from 1876 to 1882, and Professor Edward Berenson, whose scholarship on the…
12/09/2021 4:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for the 109th annual holiday tree lighting. Madison Square Park is home to the nation’s first public holiday tree. This ceremony has been a longstanding tradition since 1912. Join us in a celebration…
“This is the squirrel condo,” Maya Lin says, pointing to an English elm tree pocked with holes, a ring of almond shells tossed like so many used takeout containers around its base. She’s standing in…
What began as a story about a building, however, ultimately became about how so much can change in the course of one fateful year. On that crisp February morning in which we met last year,…
In a scene that seems ripped from the pages of a fantasy novel, a wooded forest has sprung up overnight in the urban jungle that is New York City. But this is not the design…
A staunch abolitionist and one of only two presidents to be inaugurated in New York City, Chester A. Arthur has earned his place in the history of the city and his place in the northeast…
May 17, 2021 | Horticulture
When most of us think of gardens, we think of them as areas of nature––they are wild in ways but cultivated for human enjoyment through aesthetic principles. We import plants that we think have the…
Jun 29, 2021 | Art
In collaboration with Carnegie Hall, Music on the Green is a free concert series inspired by Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest that brings artists from the Hall’s Ensemble Connect to reflect on the nature themes of…
06/30/2021 12:00 am | Calendar
Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, join summer interns Molly Malczynski and Jaiden Sanchez for a free 15-minute tour of Maya Lin’s Ghost Forest. Discover the work that the artist conceived just for Madison Square Park.…
On Earth Day, Maya Lin and I stood in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park surrounded by dead trees. The artist and architect had just completed Ghost Forest, an installation of fifty lifeless cedars cleared from New Jersey’s…
06/02/2023 9:00 am | Calendar
Join us on Friday, June 2 for our annual symposium Transforming Public Art. Inspired by Shahzia Sikander’s Havah . . . to breathe, air, life and Sheila Pepe’s My Neighbor’s Garden, this year’s symposium considers…
When certain privately funded monstrosities, like Thomas Heatherwick’s shiny Vessel in Hudson Yards, were completely at odds with their surroundings? Nor were they in any sense political. One exception is Fritz Koenig’s 9/11-battered Sphere at the World Trade Center;…
Apr 11, 2023 | News
In a recent article by The AMP, an online publication of the Asian American Arts Alliance (A4), Shahzia Sikander discussed her work and current exhibition. In an interview with Shannon Lee, Sikander considers the evolution…
05/24/2023 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for a seminar-style presentation and dialogue with Laura Raicovich on the Redbud lawn in Madison Square Park to discuss Shahiza Sikander’s outdoor exhibition, Havah…to breathe, air, life. Raicovich is a New York City-based…
02/22/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join Hugh Hayden, Leilah Babirye, Alex Da Corte, Hannah Levy, and Kathleen Ryan as they reflect on the impact of their art education on their practices. By sharing first-hand accounts, the artists contribute to larger…
Spanish sculptor Cristina Iglesias is having a Mayfair moment this summer, with a large-scale commission for the Royal Academy’s Annenberg Courtyard and her first solo exhibition with Gagosian, where she is presenting new and recent…
Four lawns in New York’s Madison Square Park are now sites of a sprawling and insightful public installation by artist Hugh Hayden. On view through April 24, “Brier Patch” is comprised of 100 small wraparound desks arranged in…
March 31 – May 15, 2011 | Art
Kota Ezawa’s new film, City of Nature, knits together fleeting excerpts of popular films featuring flora and fauna in order to offer a six-minute cinematic comment on the juxtapositions between nature and culture. Incorporating approximately seventy clips, City of…
A rather large tree growing to a height of up to 45 feet, this lovely cultivar is named for its uniform branching and pyramidal shape. Situated in a shadier spot along Madison Square Park, this…
03/15/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Please join us on the Oval Lawn in Madison Square Park on Tuesday, March 15 at 6:00 PM for a conversation between artist Hugh Hayden and Dr. Carla Shedd, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban…
The Kwanzan cherry is Madison Square Park’s most abundant variety of cherry tree. They grow to be 30-40 feet tall, and are prized for their spring blossoms. Their pink flowers bloom in clusters during April,…
Nov 21, 2022 | Horticulture
Today is Fibonacci Day, which is held in celebration of one of the most important mathematicians of the Middle Ages: Leonardo Bonacci. Bonacci, later known as Fibonacci (“the son of Bonacci”), invented a sequence of…
Nov 14, 2022 | Horticulture
As land managers continue to look for ways to utilize more sustainable, ecologically-sound land practices, many of the processes that were developed by Native Americans have come to the foreground. Because the relationship between Native…
Hackberry trees have a very distinctive bark covered with rough scales and ridges. They tolerate a wide range of conditions, from dry soils to high winds and air pollution. They are one the best trees…
04/14/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join Molly Oliver from Molly Oliver Flowers, Delilah Dominguez from Stolen Magnolia, and Farrah Maxwell from Floral Symbiosis as they kick off Madison Square Park’s four-part Horticulture webinar series with “Journey to the Bouquet: NYC’s…
February 19 – April 19, 2015 | Art
Paula Hayes’s first outdoor sculpture exhibition in New York City, Gazing Globes, features eighteen transparent polycarbonate spheres that hold the remnants of contemporary culture, including up-cycled radio parts, industrial materials, acrylic wands, and other pieces…
Sep 19, 2022 | Dogs
Madison Square Park Conservancy is thrilled to see so many pups and their owners enjoying Jemmy’s Dog Run. To ensure that everyone has a safe and happy experience, we ask that all our visitors abide…
04/13/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Saturday | April 13 | 12 PM – 3 PM | Cherry Lawn (Rain Date: April 20) Donations Accepted: 11am – 2pm Back again! Stop ‘N’ Swaps are a great way to reduce waste by…
May 25, 2021 | Art
Artist Maya Lin created Ghost Forest Soundscape, a 13-minute complement to the exhibition’s call to action focused on climate change. The audio program highlights sounds and calls of various native species once common to Manhattan…
The park’s Swamp white oaks are durable trees with attractive bark. They are frequently planted across the country as shade trees for lawns, golf courses, and parks. Their two-toned leaves are deep green on the…
09/01/2022 12:00 am | Calendar
As the leaves change and creatures begin to prepare for hibernation, we document the vital role each fall species has on our ecosystem. Join us in exploring the park’s plants and wildlife by participating in…
Created by renowned New York City restaurateur, and park benefactor Danny Meyer, the ivy-covered kiosk located in the southwest corner of the park is the world’s first Shake Shack. The famous burger chain started as…
Jul 11, 2022 | Horticulture
As work continues on the newly renovated Jemmy’s Dog Run, the plantings around it are contributing to important research. Ten different species of native plants have been planted in the area, with signs encouraging dogs…
There are at least three different varieties of Crabapple trees planted in the park. Crabapples are part of the rose family, and originate from the mountains of Kazakhstan. The park’s records and the tree’s ability…
White ash trees get their name from the lovely pale undersides of their leaves. Pyramid shaped as young trees, their foliage rounds out over time. They grow to reach between 50 and 80 feet in…
The park’s variety of Carolina silverbell is called the ‘UConn Wedding Bells’, because it was first found by Dr. Mark Brand, who introduced them at the University of Connecticut. A native of the Appalachian mountains,…
02/07/2024 12:00 pm | Calendar
Every Wednesday from February 7 – April 3 | 12pm – 2pm | Southern Fountain Have you ever wanted to safely look into the sun? Well now’s your chance! Join scientists and staff from the…
May 15, 2006 – February 28, 2007 | Art
Four major sculptures by Ursula von Rydingsvard, including the artist’s first translucent outdoor work, become a site of discovery across the lawns and planting beds in the park. In Damski Czepek, Von Rydingsvard, renowned for…
The Senator Roscoe Conkling Monument honors the legacy of a man who was a well-known personality in the park and its outlying communities in the mid-19th century. Visitors can find the monument at the park’s…
04/28/2024 10:00 am | Calendar
April 28 | 10 AM – 2 PM | 23rd and 24th St on Madison Ave In partnership with Assemblymember Harvey Epstein and Councilmember Erik Bottcher Join the conservancy, Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, and Councilmember Erik…
04/20/2021 11:00 am | Calendar
Join us for a conversation as distinguished art journalists, Phong Bui, The Brooklyn Rail; Mira Dayal, Art in America, Journal of Art Criticism, Artforum; Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post; and Phyllis Tuchman, independent art writer,…
March 14 – May 9, 2023 | Horticulture
The Geometry of Flowers exhibition will reflect the natural geometry of flowers within their artistic arrangement in the park landscape. The gardens featured in the exhibition will use tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, fritillaria, and anemones to…
Named after James “Jemmy” Madison, Jemmy’s Dog Run is an indispensable amenity for our neighborhood’s canine community. Open year-round and located just south of the W. 25th Street entrance, it is a fun place for…
02/07/2024 5:30 pm | Calendar
Wednesday | February 7 | 5:30 PM-7:00 PM | 11 Madison Ave Take inspiration from artist Ana María Hernando’s, To Let the Sky Know / Dejar que el cielo sepa in a quick tour of…
Meet Harper! Harper wants to tell you why she loves Mad. Sq. Park! Introduce us to Harper! Harper is a 2-year-old shepherd mix who lives in Chelsea with her mom and dad. She was adopted…
07/12/2023 3:00 pm | Calendar
The Bilingual Birdies Band takes you on a magical journey exploring Latin American rhythms while families get to learn new words in Spanish! Come sing and dance while you expand your mind, heart, and vocabulary. …
May 15 – December 31, 2007 | Art
Roxy Paine’s stainless steel sculptures — Conjoined (2007), Defunct (2004) and Erratic (2007) — demonstrate the artist’s long term investigation of the tension between nature and industrialization. Paine’s work combines the organic with the manufactured and simultaneously critiques our manufactured surroundings and the…
04/10/2023 12:00 pm | Calendar
Since its opening, Shahzia Sikander’s Havah…to breathe, air, life has prompted viewers to reflect on questions surrounding women and justice. Stop by the park from April 10 through April 17, between noon and 2 PM…
May 15 – August 24, 2008 | Art
Richard Deacon’s Assembly is an exhibition of seven large, brilliantly-colored ceramic sculptures installed on the park’s lawns. Deacon transforms public art by manipulating a variety of materials in an innovative use of open form. His work is…
07/19/2023 3:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for Michael & the Rockness Monsters’ performance! Michael & the Rockness Monsters is an interactive, super galactic – funk inspired, rock-n-roll show for families. Their music is both silly and serious—filled with catchy melodies…
Scarlet oaks are deciduous trees that grow to reach 65–100 feet tall. They have a rounded crown of glossy foliage that turns bright red in both spring and fall. Popular for more than their vivid…
The Ginkgo tree is one of the most interesting trees in the park. They glow in the fall with vibrant yellow foliage. Ginkgo trees are prized not only for their fall foliage but for their…
07/26/2023 3:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for Hot Peas ‘N Butter’s performance! Hot Peas ‘n Butter is an award-winning, multicultural family music band that wows thousands of young audiences across the nation every year with their highly energetic and…
May 4, 2021 | Horticulture
At a time of global investment mania, New Yorkers can’t seem to get enough of one of the world’s oldest speculative assets. They’re not buying, though. Just admiring. “Stunned today by the masses of beautiful tulips blooming all…
Pin oaks can be found around the park’s interior, where they thrive in the bright sunlight. They are native to New York and have a very distinctive canopy. By 10 years old, a tree grown…
09/14/2022 12:00 pm | Calendar
Artist Cristina Iglesias’ Landscape and Memory places five bronze sculptural pools, gently flowing with water arriving in different sequences, into the park’s Oval Lawn, harkening back to when the Cedar Creek—now buried underground—coursed across the…
07/25/2022 12:00 pm | Calendar
Since its debut, Cristina Iglesias’ Landscape and Memory has prompted viewers to reflect on questions surrounding buried nature and forgotten histories. Stop by the park from July 25 through August 1, between noon and 2 PM, and share your…
Jan 10, 2022 | Horticulture
Each year, our team completes a thorough tree inspection and assessment to determine the health of our trees. This allows us to identify which trees need extra care and which require pruning––a process needed to…
04/28/2023 12:00 am | Calendar
It’s time to break out your phones and use the iNaturalist app to document the park’s plants and wildlife during the 7th annual City Nature Challenge. Each observation taken during this international, four-day bio blitz…
02/01/2023 12:00 pm | Calendar
Artist Shahzia Sikander’ Havah…to breathe, air, life features two new large-scale sculptures—one within the park that can be animated through augmented reality and another atop the courthouse rooftop, the first female figure to adorn one of its…
Jul 26, 2022 | Horticulture
If you are considering a cut flower garden next year, it’s not too early to start planning. Soil testing can be performed in the fall, giving you plenty of time to make any adjustments that…
06/22/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for a free Art Talk in support of Cristina Iglesias’s Landscape and Memory, on view through December 4. vanessa german (American, b. 1976) is a multi-disciplinary artist and a visual storyteller working across sculpture,…
08/03/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for a free Art Talk in support of Cristina Iglesias’s Landscape and Memory, on view through December 4. Cynthia Daignault (American, b. 1978) is a painter investigating concepts of monument, memory, and the shifting…
Jul 18, 2022 | Horticulture
When you think of some of your favorite bouquets you might picture tropical orchids or tall, slender lilies. But did you know that plants native to our region make great cut flowers for arrangements and…
02/05/2024 6:00 pm | Calendar
Monday | February 5 | 6 PM – 7 PM | Sarabeth’s 381 Park Ave South at 27th Street In conjunction with Ana María Hernando’s To Let the Sky Know/ Dejar que el cielo sepa, this…
07/06/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for a free Art Talk in support of Cristina Iglesias’s Landscape and Memory, on view through December 4. Adam Liam Rose (American, b. Israel 1990) is an interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture, drawing, video…
Sep 28, 2023 | Horticulture, Plant Collections
A plant by the reflecting pool has captured the interest of many who have passed through the park this summer. The bright red saucers of Cranberry Crush eastern rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Cranberry Crush’) have been…
Apr 28, 2023 | Horticulture
This Arbor Day, planting a tree may be more important than ever. This summer, on a hot day, take the time to sit under the shade of a tree and consider all of the benefits…
08/02/2023 5:30 pm | Calendar
This summer, the Conservancy’s Botanical Book Club will read Beronda Montgomery’s Lessons from Plants. This program is in conjunction with this summer’s horticulture exhibition, My Neighbor’s Garden. Join us in the park on August 2,…
07/20/2023 4:00 pm | Calendar
This Plastic Free July, community members will have the opportunity to learn how to reduce single-use plastics and donate items around family, pets, lunch, and lifestyle. Donate your lightly-used books to New York Edge and…
Feb 27, 2023 | Horticulture
On November 23rd, Fibonacci Day, the 11th horticulture exhibition was announced! The horticulture staff spent hours arranging and planting over 8,000 bulbs to bloom this spring, but before the fun of planting could begin there…
June 15 – September 26, 2022 | Horticulture
Each season we will highlight a different group of native plants that are best-suited for that time of year. These collections will give you a sense of how you can create your own beautiful landscape,…
Sep 26, 2022 | Horticulture
Drying cut flowers is a great way to extend their life and beauty. You can keep them in a vase to make winter indoors a little more cheerful, or create a wreath to welcome visitors…
September 26 – November 21, 2022 | Horticulture
Each season, we highlight a different group of native plants that are best suited for that time of year. These collections will give you a sense of how you can create your own beautiful landscape,…
06/15/2022 6:00 pm | Calendar
Join us for a free Art Talk in conjunction with Cristina Iglesias’s Landscape and Memory, on view through December 4. Kevork Mourad (Syrian, b. 1970) unites drawing and print-based techniques rooted in the artist’s training…
The bronze statue of William Henry Seward welcomes visitors who access the park through the entrance at Broadway and 23rd Street. This towering monument looks out at the iconic Flatiron Building. The sculptor, Randolph Rogers,…
June 1, 2005 – January 31, 2006 | Art
Sol LeWitt creates two major concrete-block works, confirming his role as an influential and innovative leader in the Minimal and Conceptual art movements. Circle with Towers is a three-foot high, twenty-five feet in diameter concrete-block…
December 15, 2011 – March 12, 2012 | Art
Six painterly animations displayed on screens are imbedded in plant beds and suspended near trees throughout the park in Jacco Olivier’s project. Visitors unexpectedly encounter the works as they provide illuminated coloration during the dark…
May 2 – September 9, 2012 | Art
Pet Sounds is an interactive, large-scale, mixed-media installation by Charles Long. Sited on the expansive Oval Lawn, Pet Sounds introduces a snaking network of vibrantly colored pipe railings creating new paths as they wind across the urban…
Widely thought of as one of New York City’s finest statues, the Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Monument is set perfectly upon the park’s north-south axis, where it watches over the Reflecting Pool and Oval Lawn. …
Made from granite, the Reflecting Pool is a shallow, circular pool often surrounded by tables and chairs. It’s a prime location to relax, reflect, and enjoy the park on a beautiful day. Visitors will find…
Each year on November 11th, veterans from all over New York City gather under the Eternal Light Flagstaff, located near the park’s 24th Street entrance, to begin their march up 5th Avenue for the Veteran’s…
January 5 – November 30, 2018 | Horticulture
Storytelling is important in every culture. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, this practice known as floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. This year, visitors…
Cornelian cherries are some of the first trees to bloom in the park. Their clusters of star-shaped yellow flowers emerge at the start of spring. A member of the dogwood family, Cornelian cherries usually grow…
The park’s Tree of heaven is at least 57 years old. It has smooth gray bark, and produces a strong unpleasant odor. Our tree is unfortunately an invasive species, but luckily it’s a male that…
Sweet gum trees are prized for their vibrant fall color. They have a pyramid-shaped crown of foliage, and distinctive trunks that resemble an alligator hide. The park’s cultivar is the ‘Slender Silhouette’, it’s named for…
Redbuds are one of the park’s most beautiful native trees. They are versatile trees that tolerate both sun and shade. Their name comes from the plant’s red flower buds, which appear in early April. These…
The Japanese apricot tree is one of the first trees to flower in the park each spring. There are over 300 varieties of the tree, which bloom in white, pink, rose, and red with both…
‘Autumn Cascade’ is a weeping variety of the native Black tupelo tree. This particular tree was planted to provide the park with even more radiant fall foliage. Autumn Cascades are smaller than their tupelo relatives,…
October 20, 2005 – April 3, 2006 | Art
Jene Highstein’s Eleven Works consists of eleven sculptures in stone, wood, and metal created by Jene Highstein over the last twenty years. Influenced by the spare aesthetic of Minimalism, Highstein works in simplified sculptural forms.…
Our Persian ironwood was planted to brighten the park’s existing fall foliage. They are small trees with beautiful exfoliating bark. Native to Iran’s Caspian Sea region, Persian ironwoods grow to between 20–40 feet tall. They…
April 14 – June 15, 2022 | Horticulture
Each season we will highlight a different group of native plants that are best-suited for that time of year. These collections will give you a sense of how you can create your own beautiful landscape,…
Our Chinese ironwood was planted in 2020. It was chosen because of its rarity and spectacular fall color. These wonderful trees are native to China and close relatives of the Persian ironwood, with both species…
03/28/2022 12:00 am | Calendar
Since its debut, Hugh Hayden’s Brier Patch has prompted viewers to reflect on complex ideas surrounding education. Comprised of 100 elementary school-style desks—75 of which erupt with tree branches that cohere into tangled and layered…
January 17 – March 21, 2022 | Horticulture
We are celebrating the release of our Guide to Restoring Native Plants in NYC with a year-long display of seasonal native plants. Each season, visitors can find a new pop-up garden featuring plants that are…
08/14/2021 12:00 am | Calendar
“NYC Homecoming” is a citywide cultural celebration running from August 14–22. Featuring live concerts, movie screenings, cultural activities, public art, and more, the events included highlight New York City’s resilience throughout the pandemic. Visitors to…
The immersive installation, which was slated to open in June last year but was postponed until this month due to the pandemic, visualises the bleak effects of climate change. The US artist and environmental activist…
October 2 – December 31, 2008 | Art
Tadashi Kawamata’s Tree Huts is an artist-in-residency program that culminates in a site-specific installation of twelve wooden huts in the park’s trees. Visitors are asked to witness, explore, and interpret the evolution of the outdoor project,…
Southern magnolias are abundant in the American south, but can be damaged by northern winters. Despite this, our magnolia is thriving, because of the protected climate of the park. The surrounding buildings and the city’s…
Our group of Black tupelo trees bring a flare of orange, scarlet, and purple to the park in fall. These remarkable trees grow to between 60–80 feet and can live to be over 650 years…
The ‘Floating Clouds’ Redbud tree has foliage colored with splashes of white and dark green. While its dark-brown bark shows hints of cinnamon and orange underneath. Floating Clouds Redbuds remain relatively short, reaching between 20–30…
The ‘Autumn Brilliance’ serviceberry is a hybrid between the Downy serviceberry and the Allegheny serviceberry. It grows multiple trunks, and typically reaches 15–20 feet tall. While it’s named for its fall color, the Autumn Brilliance…
Red buckeyes are smalled-sized trees with upright crowns of foliage. Native to the southeastern United States, they grow to between 15 and 25 feet in height when mature. In the spring, they bloom with tropical-looking…
Our Kousa dogwood trees are interesting all year round. They reach around 30 feet tall and live between 50 and 150 years. In late spring, its star-shaped white bracts (modified leaves) surround small yellow-green flowers…
Dove trees are prized for their white bracts (modified leaves) which adorn the tree in early June. These bracts surround small yellow flowers, and appear like handkerchiefs hanging amidst the green leaves. The cultivar in…
The Washington hawthorn is a native tree that was once planted in New York City parks to attract birds. They grow to heights of 25 to 35 feet and live between 50 and 100 years.…
Downy hawthorns are native trees that were once planted in New York City parks to attract birds. One of the largest trees of its genus, the Downy hawthorn was originally called the white-thorn tree. They…
Mar 19, 2024 | Horticulture, Sustainability
In the pursuit of ecologically friendly gardening practices, the concept of “cutting back” plant material post-growing period takes on a whole new significance. By allowing perennial stalks to remain in the landscape over winter and…