How did you come to volunteer at ICG?  I was looking for a volunteer opportunity that would combine my love of gardening and the outdoors with service to the community.  Why do you volunteer at ICG? The first time I saw children running to grab

How did you come to volunteer at ICG? In the summer of 2019, I applied to be a Playworker and got the job. ICG felt like an organization that aligned with my values and I wanted to stay connected with them even after the job was

Our vision is that every child has the basic human right to play, learn, and grow outdoors, and that every child develops a life-long relationship with the living world. Scholarships are critical to how ICG achieves our mission, allowing us to serve families with the

As a working parent of three school-age children I’m all too familiar with the summer child-care shuffle.  I’m not one to wing it in this department so there is a spreadsheet and calendar and 16 tabs open on my laptop.  There is a sticky note

As our staff gear up for Playful Nature Explorers’ return March 1st, we’ve been busy onboarding our new educators, Kelsey Brewster and Jason McClevish. An unexpected delight of orienting new staff for an ICG signature program is revisiting past years’ adventures.  We’ve been exploring old

Here we are, deep in February snow and dreaming of summer camp at Ithaca Children’s Garden. It’s a familiar feeling.  It’s what we’ve done every February for the last 9 years. This year however, that dreaming is just a little sweeter.  So much has changed

2020 Vision, A Black Walden Pond & Other Musings Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 6:00pm to 7:30pm Virtual Event, free; Author of “Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors,” Dr. Carolyn Finney, shared her work on African Americans and environmental