Brook Park is an important resource for local schools and youth programs in an area under-served with open space and Nature, and with a high rate of youth crime.
Our garden serves as an outdoor class-room and environmental education space for children, adolescents and teens. We host regular Teacher Orientation days in the Spring and Autumn to welcome educators and inform them of the possibilities the Park offers.
In addition, we facilitate workshops on a variety of subjects, from preparing soil, composting and planting to tree, bird and plant identification. We also arrange for art and cultural activities and the rainbow labyrinth is used for cooperative, non-competitive passive recreation and attention span improvement.
We offer the key to the Park for participating teachers to make use of the space on their own time. Some of the activities that have occurred in the Park include:

Please contact us if you are a teacher, educator or youth worker interested in enhancing your curriculum or program with an outdoor education component. Among many schools and programs we work with are:
PS #30, MS#220, MS#222, PS#179, Mott Haven Prep, The High School for Social Justice, Freedom Community Center and City Year, Pueblo en Marcha, Visiting Nurse Services of New York and Families Reaching In Ever New Directions (FRIENDS).