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Smiling Hogshead Ranch Smiling Hogshead Ranch is a Community Urban Farm in Long Island City, Queens NY. This is an obligation to our community that we must follow.

to register to learn about volunteer events please visit our track-it-forward page. https://www.trackitforward.com/site/smiling-hogshead-ranch

As a non-profit organization, we limit our involvement to visiting projects that support our mission directly. We do not allow filming at the ranch except in very special mission-aligned circumstances.

10/10/2026

We invite you to join The Bee Conservancy and Smiling Hogshead Ranch for an adventure in community science. During this hands-on event, we will focus on photographing bees and other pollinators visiting flowering plants and upload them to global database iNaturalist.org.

Jennifer Palmer, our Director of Horticulture, will discuss the goals behind our “Bee the Solution” community science program and give an overview of some of the many bee species we might see at this wonderful community garden.

You will get tips on how to capture clear, strategic images of bees and other pollinators as we explore this lovely Long Island City greenspace. We’ll then edit and upload our images to iNaturalist and discuss what we saw!

We will be outdoors for much of this event, so please dress for comfort and suitably for the weather. We recommend hats, sunscreen, comfortable shoes, and bringing a refillable water bottle as well as a fully charged smartphone or camera.

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bee-the-solution-smiling-hogshead-ranch-tickets-2003143427916

Getting our hands dirty at Smiling Hogshead Ranch! Breaking up food scraps, tending the compost, and taking a closer loo...
10/03/2026

Getting our hands dirty at Smiling Hogshead Ranch! Breaking up food scraps, tending the compost, and taking a closer look at what comes through, including these prickly chestnut husks. There’s always something to learn when we work together. Thanks to everyone who pitched in to help turn scraps into nourishment for the garden yesterday.

We’re joining and organizations across NYC for on October 3! Join us at Smiling Hogshead Ranch at 2pm to spend a litt...
10/01/2026

We’re joining and organizations across NYC for on October 3!

Join us at Smiling Hogshead Ranch at 2pm to spend a little time connecting with the urban forest. We’ll be IDing and labeling trees in our food forest, followed by a guided forest bathing and meditation.



What a wonderful way to spend a Friday afternoon! We gathered weeds and turned our compost, and donated some gardening s...
09/19/2026

What a wonderful way to spend a Friday afternoon! We gathered weeds and turned our compost, and donated some gardening supplies to students who are starting their own school garden in Flushing. Happy Friday from the Ranch!

A beautiful view of the September 11 memorial lights from Smiling Hogshead Ranch.
09/12/2026

A beautiful view of the September 11 memorial lights from Smiling Hogshead Ranch.

09/12/2026

What a wonderful afternoon creating new compost from our community’s food waste with Big Reuse team members and volunteers. Thanks for all the chopping, mixing and sifting. The new compost is gorgeous! Can’t wait to start spreading it all over our newly planted fall vegetables.

Figtastic! Check out all the happenings between 33rd and 34th Street
09/09/2026

Figtastic! Check out all the happenings between 33rd and 34th Street

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25-30 Skillman Avenue
Long Island City, NY
11101

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(347) 509-4464

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