Dead Horse Bay Spring Fling
7 May 2016
1pm - 4pm
$45
Dead Horse Bay puts the jungle in the concrete. Join us for a real New York adventure.
There will be a new moon. Our visit is timed for low tide. For textbook foraging - old bottles and wild plants - come and explore New York's Wild West (Wild Southeast, technically), the landfill that was used as a garbage dump for our late 19th and early 20th century city.
On our way to the old bottle-littered beach we'll find pokeweed, dandelions, invasive garlic mustard (above), wild lettuce, dead nettles and three kinds of sumac On the shoreline are indigenous bayberry and sea rocket, a leafy form of wasabi.
Photo: Vincent Mounier
Photo: Vincent Mounier
Pack a lunch (I will also provide a wild foods-inspired snack) and liquids - we'll stop to picnic on the beach. I recommend hats and sunscreen and strong-soled shoes (there is broken glass and rusty metal on the beach).
About the meeting time: 1pm is the meeting time on site. If you are driving, you can park at Floyd Bennett Field.
For MTA riders, it's the 2 train to Flatbush Avenue/Brooklyn College, then the Q35 bus to the last stop before the bridge.
Final details will be emailed to confirmed walkers.
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