All this April rain is hopefully going to bring an equal amount of May flowers. It has brought ducks back to our Aquatic Garden this week though. We’re gearing up for a full house here on the grounds for the eclipse next Monday and our trees are starting to bloom just in time for this month's big weekends in celebration of Earth Day (April 19-21) and Arbor Day (April 26-28).
Our grounds will be open late Friday evening until 9PM for all and adults are invited to an eco-friendly, Kokedama & Cocktails Night Out. Families, don’t miss our famous Junior Arborist Station on Arbor Weekend!
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens. Topics vary by season and the expertise of the Guide--come back for an encore; each walk varies with the Guide leading it. This walk lasts a half-hour to 45 minutes. Public Garden Walks are most appropriate for adults or young adults.
The gardens of Wave Hill include some of the largest and most unusual trees in all of New York City. A few even predate the establishment of Wave Hill as an estate in the 1840s. In honor of Arbor Day, join a Wave Hill Garden Guide on a stroll through the gardens to visit some of our most notable trees. These walks are being offered in honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day
Earth Day is Monday, April 22! This weekend, reflect on the beauty and resiliency of nature during a garden or wellness walk, an Earth-Day themed Family Art Project, an adult Night Out and the opening of three new art exhibitions.
On Apr 19, our grounds will be open until 9:00PM for all visitors. Celebrate with us all weekend long!
Join us for an exciting Night Out at Wave Hill as we kick off Earth Day Weekend! Delve into the art of mixology and the beauty of botanical arrangements in this unique hands-on program. First, top-rated mixologist Daniel Dougherty will guide you step-by-step to craft the perfect whiskey sour using local jams in your very own take home Wave Hill mason jar shaker. Then learn the Japanese art of Kokedama where plants are grown in moss-covered soil balls, creating beautiful and eco-friendly displays. Our knowledgeable instructor Kathryn Felt, owner of Wild Muse Flowers, will teach you to create your own Kokedama to bring home.
As Earth Day approaches and spring blooms around us, it's time for green things to grow! Inspired by the many plants emerging at this time of year, create a pot using upcycled cardboard boxes. Then, decorate your pot, add some soil and you'll be ready to plant a seed.
At 11:30AM, families can enjoy a storytime program in the Gund Theater; all ages welcome.
Anyone can be a birder! Ryan Mandelbaum from the Feminist Bird Club is here to guide you through your first birding session. Learn tips and tricks to observe and identify common birds in your local park, garden or neighborhood using visual and auditory cues as well as helpful birding apps such as eBird and Merlin. Find out how to prepare for your outings and practice using binoculars (bring your own or borrow ours). Afterwards, venture outside to put your new skills to use while observing birds in Wave Hill's gardens and at our bird feeding station. You'll be birding in no time!
Celebrate planet earth with some moments of grounding and mindfulness. Receive prompted invitations to engage your senses as you move through the garden on a meditative stroll with certified nature therapy guides Cindy Olsen and Fru Molnar. Benefits of Forest Bathing may include cardiovascular strength-building, stress reduction, improved cognitive functioning, boosting the immune system, and creating a deeper connection to nature and the self. Enjoy the healing benefits of the garden, then conclude with ceremonial tea. Adults only, please.
Celebrate spring with the opening of three new exhibitions at Wave Hill: the group exhibition Perfect Trouble: Queering Natureculture at Glyndor Gallery, a new site-specific exhibition by Tao Leigh Goffe in the Sunroom Project Space, and a solo presentation of photographs by Ruben Natal-San Miguel in Wave Hill House.
Perfect Trouble explores queerness as a concept that is at once inherently natural and a social construct, featuring works by artists that challenge the nature/culture dichotomy and investigate in-between and overlapping spaces that reveal sexual and gender identity to be mutable and fluid. Goffe's Plot and Provision: Crate-Digging is a climate-art, multimedia installation that explores the notion of the commons, how land has been historically segmented and intergenerational healing through the sounds and the soil of the Bronx. The exhibition Nature Finds a Way presents photographs by Natal-San Miguel that reflect the resilience of cultural identity in a dense urban environment like New York City and how nature here—a tropical mural, artificial plants or floral prints—also finds a way to be seen and challenge heteronormative ideals.
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens. Topics vary by season and the expertise of the Guide--come back for an encore; each walk varies with the Guide leading it. This walk lasts a half-hour to 45 minutes. Public Garden Walks are most appropriate for adults or young adults.
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens. Topics vary by season and the expertise of the Guide--come back for an encore; each walk varies with the Guide leading it. This walk lasts a half-hour to 45 minutes. Public Garden Walks are most appropriate for adults or young adults.
Join us to celebrate the trees in our gardens and neighborhoods with walks, hands-on experiences, kid-friendly activities and more! By popular demand, arborists from Almstead Tree, Shrub & Lawn Care return this spring to host a family-favorite activity, the Junior Arborist Station.
Learn about edible mushroom cultivation with this fun, hands-on workshop! Wave Hill’s Associate Director of Horticulture Steve Conaway instructs participants on how to inoculate a sustainably-harvested log with edible mushrooms such as oyster and shiitake. Discover the biology and craft of growing mushrooms on wood. Participants will bring home one log for perennial mushroom harvesting. Finished logs must be kept in an outdoor location.
This is a family-friendly workshop but requires adult supervision as hot wax and hand tools will be used. Recommended for ages ten and older with an adult companion.
In honor of Arbor Day, visit some of Wave Hill’s treasured trees and have a tactile experience making rubbings of the many textures of bark. Then, frame and decorate your designs to take home a reminder of our woodsy friends.
Kids are invited to don tree-climbing harnesses and hardhats and ascend into the canopy of our old sugar maple tree to get a birds-eye view of Wave Hill. Arborists from Almstead Tree, Shrub and Lawn Care are on hand to assist budding arborists and answer questions about trees and tree care. Ages 5–15 welcome with adult supervision. This free program is generously sponsored by Almstead Tree, Shrub and Lawn Care.
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens. Topics vary by season and the expertise of the Guide--come back for an encore; each walk varies with the Guide leading it. This walk lasts a half-hour to 45 minutes. Public Garden Walks are most appropriate for adults or young adults.
Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at wavehill.org.
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