Invertebrate Investigators

Please read through all of the following instructions before booking a field trip! Thank you.

The Battery Urban Farm, a project of The Battery Conservancy, is an educational farm where New York City’s students, residents, and visitors learn about their role as environmental stewards of our urban ecology, and work together to maintain this thriving public space. All of the produce we grow is either used for educational programs or donated to hunger relief. In 2015 we opened our Forest Farm, an enchanted forest of native plants with a focus on edible and medicinal plants.

Staff-led field trips at The Battery are 75 minutes long and cover a range of topics you can choose from below. For self-guided field trips, lesson plans and materials are provided for teachers to print. Staff-led field trips are available between April and October of each year, and self-guided field trips are available all year. In order to provide opportunities to our full range of interested schools and organizations, we limit each organization to two staff-led field trips per season.

In addition to field trips, we also have opportunities for environmental clubs and after-school programs to work with our staff in the afternoons on a more regular basis through our Stewardship Lab program. If you would like to pursue this option, please fill out the Stewardship Lab interest form.

Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to see all field trip options and select "Book Now" to choose an available time slot. If you're having trouble finding the trip options, refresh the page and try again. To see all available dates and times, click on the green "View All Availabilities" button. Please note that most trips can accommodate a maximum of 33 students in the spring and fall and 24 students in the summer, but "Small Group" trips can only accommodate a maximum of 12 students. If you have 12 or fewer students, we ask that you reserve a "Small Group" slot or email us to discuss scheduling.

Registration for field trips opens on the following dates:

• March 15th: Registration for trips in April, May, and June
• June 3rd: Registration for trips in July and August
• August 1st: Registration for trips in September, October, and November
• November 6th: Registration for trips in December, January, February, and March.

If you'd like to receive a reminder when registration opens each season, please fill out this form to join our Teacher Email List.

If you don't see a time slot that works for you, please reach out through the email on the right. We will do our best to accommodate you!