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Master Plan

The Greenburgh Nature Center has developed a core Master Plan to identify, in a methodical way, short and long-term goals for the growth of the Center’s grounds and buildings.  This includes restoration and maintenance of distinctive features of the original estate as well as the addition of new elements that enhance and support the Center’s programs and activities.

The first new project, currently completed, is the creation of a new, expanded Barnyard Exhibit.  The Center will then embark on three additional projects: Nature’s Discovery Playground, a Westchester Wetlands Waterfowl Aviary, and a Sustainable School House.

Barnyard Exhibit

The new Barnyard Exhibit, made possible through the generous support of Con Edison and a New York State Legislative Grant championed by State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, broke ground in August.  The larger barnyard gives the Center an opportunity to expand our collection of domestic animals, which will both enhance our sustainability curriculum and provide the general public with a more varied viewing experience.

 

Nature's Discovery Playground

The Nature's Discovery Playground will be a unique nature-themed playground designed to engage children in outdoor exploration and discovery. This recreation area will serve children ages 2 – 12 and will provide a variety of play elements intended to mimic the natural environment. Some exciting elements will include a fossil area for children to investigate, a spider’s web to climb, animal tracks to identify and a tree apparatus to explore.

 

 

Sustainable Schoolhouse Project

Our proposed Sustainable Schoolhouse Project seeks to address one of our most pressing needs — an additional infrastructure area to conduct our education programming. The structure will include sustainable building techniques, materials and resource consumption. In addition to serving as an interactive environmental education classroom, it will also function as a multi-purpose facility to serve special interest groups, public forums and GNC fundraising events.

 

Westchester Wetlands Waterfowl Aviary

The Westchester Wetlands Waterfowl Aviary will depict a wetlands habitat in a natural setting and will feature native species of North American waterfowl. Interpretive signage will inform visitors about the connection between wetlands conservation and the preservation of regional biodiversity, as well as explain the important role that wetlands conservation plays in mitigating watershed management problems in Westchester County.

 

For further information on our Master Plan and support possibilities, contact Executive Director Kurt Hundgen at 914-813-1837.  Download our Master Plan Brochure.