Events

FREE: iDig2Learn joins the upcoming Trees New York and Forest For All NYC panel on Manhattan's Urban Forest Updates. Hear about LIDAR for the Tree Canopy, Micro-Grants, the 1st Miyawaki Method pocket forest & the new City-wide Urban Forest Plan.

Join us for lunch as iDig2Learn's Bellies, Bins and Beauty food appreciation initiative continues on Roosevelt Island. Featuring Louella Streitz who will guide us through the a delicious and healthy Indian food experience.

Meet Beatrice Ajaero of Nneji eatery as she guides us through the tastes of nourishing proteins that fill our dinner plate. Please join us on Roosevelt Island for this delicious community gathering to learn more about the power of plants.

BELLIES, BINS & BEAUTY is a FREE initiative to more deeply value food. We host community meals celebrating those who grow & prepare food while enjoying more & wasting less. Featuring: The Soup Lady! She’ll share warm flavors of homemade soup including Lentil, White Bean & Kale & Shchi too! Join us.

Join iDig2Learn's for our City of Forest Day —“Forest For Us” — celebration in Lighthouse Park on the northern tip of Roosevelt Island. Witness a mesmerizing performance by Jody Sperling's Time Lapse Dance thanks to MSTDA partners. Meet Artist Nikki Lindt for underground sound & drawing and more.

We have professional tree species tag stakes for the trees of Coler Hospital and Lighthouse Park. Come help us assemble them, learn about the trees on the northern end of Roosevelt Island. Join iDig2Learn and enjoy light bites and forest-themed body butter samples while supplies last.

Learn more about wild pollinators in need of protection in NYC.

RSVP Join iDig2Learn at Socrates Sculpture Park on a deep dive into nature's connections. Above ground, beneath ground we’ll explore nature’s exchange to unlock the hidden relatedness in our midst. Plus create ribbon art in the the River Birch Grove to visualize our relatedness. FREE

Visit Papai's Garden for Veggie and Dip day on SAT July 20, 2024 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. iDig2Learn joins the fun at the Riley Levin Children's Garden where we will harvest veggies and make delicious dips together. First Come, First Serve. RSVP info@papaisgarden.org

Roosevelt Island celebrates City of Water Day 2024 at FDR Four Freedoms State Park from 11 am to 2 pm on SAT July 13th (rain or shine). Enjoy the Park for activities. Visit iDig2Learn's touch table to learn about marine friends, water plants & shells living in New York Estuary aka the East River.

NYC's 1st Miyawaki Method Pocket Forest needs care. Spend two hours with iDig2Learn tending to the baby forest at Southpoint Park on Roosevelt Island. Learn more as we carefully weed around the 1,500 native plants in this teeny footprint.

Planted on April 6th here is your chance to visit the 1st Miyawaki Method Pocket Forest in NYC with iDig2Learn. Learn about the partners who created a pocket forest and why this method of tight-knit young tree plantings works!

First Miyawaki Method Pocket Forest in NYC.

Join iDig2Learn's Bellies, Bins & Beauty food series featuring: Beatrice Ajaero of Nneji, learn how to make this beautiful West African dish. Plus - create infused olive oil and spice blends to take home.

Featuring: Beatrice Ajaero of Nneji, learn how to make West African Red Stew! Join us for iDig2Learn's Bellies, Bins and Beauty to meet friends and make new ones as we create our own delicious tomato based stew together.

Join featured guest Chef Beatrice as iDig2Learn's Bellies, Bins & Beauty food appreciation series continues. Our focus is food into bellies, food scraps into bins for compost and creating beauty by enriching local trees and flowers with that compost.