Riverside Park Conservancy

Riverside Park is a lovely 18-acre wooded open space that rises from the Thames River to the Northeast New London neighborhood and the Winthrop Elementary STEM Magnet School. Created in 1893, the park was a popular recreation spot - for games, picnicking, swimming and viewing the annual Yale-Harvard Regatta - for generations of New Londoners, until it became isolated due to the construction of I-95 and urban renewal. It remains a hidden gem whose unique landscape and sweeping views offer peaceful respite from the stresses of everyday life. Directions to the park.

Join us at the opening receiption for our display of Riverside Park art, painted by artists participating in this year's Down by the Riverside festival. Once again, the exhibit is hosted by Hodges Square restaurant Rico Chow.

On Saturday, October 18, from 10am to noon, we will be planting our 3rd phase of the Cole Street pollinator garden. We'll be putting in large and smail shrubs, perennials and grasses. This will probably be our last planting session of this year. All volunteers welcome!