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Let there be flowers!

For the second year in a row, Cub Scouts from Rye assisted Friends in sprucing up the park. Read more »

FOR RENT: ROOM WITH A VIEW

We reported last Spring that our bluebird houses were a modest success in attracting these beautiful birds to the park but, with guidance from Sandy Morrissey of the Bronx River Audubon Society (BRAS), even better nesting boxes were built and installed last month. A special thanks to Friends' members Charlie Northshield and Tom Fendler for their talent and time. Read more »

A Splashing Success

Friends of Rye Town Park held a "Make A Splash" fundraiser on March 3 at Coveleigh Club with particular focus on needed improvements in the park's pond. Read more »

Buckeye Butterflies "Spotted" in Park

Although the Buckeye flies in summer throughout much of North America south of the Canadian taiga, it is not able to overwinter very far north.  In the summer along the East Coast, there are impressive southware emigrations.  In places such as Cape May, New Jersey, the October hordes of Buckeyes drifting southward rival those of the Monarch in number and spectacle.  Read more »