Arverne East Native Plant Nursery
A new community owned and operated native plant nursery, to locally grow native shoreline plants for the coastal dunes of the Rockaway peninsula.
Arverne East Educational Garden & Native Plant Nursery
RISE is currently developing a new Native Plant Nursery, Seed Bank, and Educational Garden at Beach 44th Street in Far Rockaway, New York.
In 2024, we kicked off construction of the educational garden, adjacent to the new Arverne East Welcome Center, with a large community planting event. Check out photos of this event and the progress to date.
Fall 2024, RISE kicked off Living Classroom K-12 educational programs at Arverne East Welcome Center. Teachers interested in signing up for a Living Classroom workshop can register directly on our website.
In 2025, we have community plantings to complete the Native Plant Nursery, in order to begin operations in the fall, to grow native shoreline plants from seed, exclusively for "Greater Rockaway" Coastal Resilience Plan.
If you or someone you know is interested in getting involved check out our community planting events on our Events calendar.
Special thanks to Booth Ferris Foundation for capital funding for construction of the Native Plant Nursery and to City Parks Foundation NYC Green Fund for supporting a training program/paid crew to establish the Nursery, Seed Bank, and Educational Garden.