O'Hara Nature Center

09/29/2026

Check out upcoming ONC and Irvington Woods Park Programming

03/04/2026

03/04/2026

This Saturday, March 7, we’re hosting a Volunteer Day at the O’Hara Nature Center focused on projects in the Irvington Woods Park, and we’d love your help!
What we’ll be doing:
• Planting 1.5" caliper native trees as part of our active USDA federal forestry grant (grant overview here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FDt-O2zFohDp2zQegknLlVo789iILW7R/view?usp=sharing)
• Inoculating culled Norway maple logs with shiitake and oyster mushrooms (volunteers may take logs home)
What you’ll learn:
Tree and plant identification, plus proper planting techniques
• How to inoculate invasive Norway maple logs with edible high-value mushrooms
• How this work supports long-term applied forestry in Irvington Woods Park
Details:
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. or 12:00–2:00 p.m.
Who: Open to all (children under 12 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian)
Lunch: Pizza for volunteers at noon
To register:
CommunityPass → Select Irvington, NY → Nature Program → Stewardship at O’Hara & Irvington Woods Park
We’d be grateful to have you join us. Thank you for helping care for our forest!

03/04/2026

Youth Spring Programming coming to the O'Hara Nature Center

Register now at register.capturepoint.com/villageofirvington

Email any questions to [email protected] or [email protected]