You know what they say, be good to your mother—Mother Nature, that is. If you want to give back to the Earth that birthed you, you can join the NYC environmental nonprofit Project Petals for an Earth Month Volunteer Day on April 22 at Paradise Community Garden in South Jamaica, Queens, to help prepare for the upcoming strawberry harvest and repair storm damage.
Project Petals works to create healthier environments, ensure food security and improve green spaces, and you can aid them in doing just that by gardening, composting, planting, painting and more. If you’re particularly handy, volunteers can also help repair the greenhouse and park benches, as well as help install a water irrigation system. Interested in lending a hand? Sign up here!