The Sutton Place community came together on Saturday, April 20, 2024, to participate in the annual Earth Day Celebration organized by the Sutton Place Parks Conservancy (SPPC). Despite threats of rain early in the day, the weather cooperated, allowing the completion of a full schedule of Earth Day related activities for kids and adults.
City Council Member Keith Powers toured the Earth Day event and met members of the Sutton Community. For the first time since assuming her new position as Manhattan Borough Commissioner for Parks, Tricia Shimamura took time from her busy schedule to join the SPPC Earth Day event.
Earth Day Celebrants also had the opportunity to meet team members from Home Depot’s Third Avenue Store. The team brought with them an informative display of environmentally friendly house paints and a wide array of colorful houseplants given out to Earth Day attendees at the end of the afternoon.
Tricia Shimamura,, newly appointed Manhattan Borough Commissioner (center), with Maureen Leness, SPPC Board Member at her left, speaking with Raiko Shinn, Assistant Manager of the Third Avenue Store of Home Depot, about the store’s display.
The beauty of our spring gardens was on full display for all to see. Volunteer gardeners Merrill Perlman and Maggie Wiencko led tours through the park, pointing out the colorful blooms and native plants that thrive in the Sutton Parks habitat.
Spring blooms and native plants were the subject of tours of the Sutton Parks conducted by our volunteer gardeners.
ABOUT THE SUTTON PLACE PARKS CONSERVANCY (SPPC)
Sutton Place Parks Conservancy events are always free to the community. Funds raised by SPPC support Earth Day as well as other major events on our annual calendar. Next up is our July party in the park celebrating Manhattanhenge.
Special thanks to our Earth Day Partners -- Excelsior Stem, NYC Green Park Gardeners, and Home Depot -- as well as our SPPC team of committed volunteers. We also thank the Friends School and United Nations International School for sending teams of students to help out with the event.
