IT’S MY PARK DAY AT WMP
The Friends of Washington Market Park will host its bi-annual planting day on Saturday, April 26, from 10:30a to noon. Kids will be planting flowers with gardener Richie and they will also have plastic gloves and garbage bags on hand for adult volunteers who would like to help rid the park beds of microlitter.

BPC FARMERS MARKET STARTS IN MAY
M. sent a flyer: a farmers market sponsored by Down To Earth Markets will come to Battery Park City starting Sunday, May 11, at 9a, on River Terrace between Murray and North End Avenue. It looks like this will be a weekly thing through Nov. 23. The street will be closed during market hours.

EVENTS AT THE BATTERY
There are tons of events this spring at The Battery, including bird walks, garden workshops, history tours and a series on urban farming that tackles soil, compost, plant biology and propagation and more. See the free tickets here.

KIWI THE KITTEN REUNITED AT SHELTER
A little kitten escaped from her home in Florida a year and a half ago and was just reunited with her family at Best Friends Animal Society on Canal and West Broadway. Here’s how it all happened: When the kitten disappeared in Florida, Lourdes Ortiz and her daughter searched around their neighborhood and asked local shelters for help. Months passed and there was no sign of Kiwi. They then had to leave her behind when they moved to New York City a year ago to care for a sick relative. Fast forward to this spring, when Kiwi was picked up as a stray in Florida and scanned — Ortiz was contacted, but could not make the trip to pick her up. Best Friends arranged for the cat to be delivered. “Leaving Florida without Kiwi was heartbreaking, not only for me, but for my 13-year-old daughter who loved her dearly,” said Ortiz. The family was reunited with her on April 3.