Wave Hill Weekly Events (May 1 – May 8) | Leafy Scrapbooks & Afternoon Tea

 

The soft yellows, pops of pink, and electric violets from our diverse flower beds are hints of the warmer winds breezing over the Hudson River. These flowers carry a sweet smell through the air creating a pleasurable experience for our senses. Take a stroll through the floral lined paths, placing yourself in a dream-like wonder as you get to know each plant and their rich backgrounds!   

 

 

Nature: 

 

Garden Highlights Walk 

Sun, May 4, 1:00PM – 2:00PM  

Free with admission to the grounds  

Registration not required.     

Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens. Discuss topics of the upcoming season with 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. 

 

 

Family:  

 

Family Art Project: Leafy Scrapbook 

Sat, May 1 , 10:00AM – 1:00PM 

Sun, May 2, 10:00AM – 1:00PM   

Free with admission to the grounds  

Registration not required. 

Explore the bright green growth of new spring leaves. Make your own scrapbook and add some leafy prints to capture and preserve memories of the season. At 11:30am families can enjoy a storytime program in the Gund Theater, all ages welcome. 

  

 

Special Events: 

 

Afternoon Tea 

Thurs, May 1 , 11:00AM – 1:30PM  

7 Day Advanced Booking Required 

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 11:00AM or 1:30PM, enjoy delicious tea sandwiches and delectable pastries with a specialty tea selection served on our Kate French Terrace, weather permitting, or in our quaint Tea Room at the historic Wave Hill House. Provided by our exclusive partner Great Performances, the menu uses local and seasonal ingredients, inspired by their own organic farm, Katchkie Farm. Due to the nature of the event, no substitutions or changes are available. 

  

 

HOURS STARTING MARCH 15: 10AM–5:30PM, Tuesday–Sunday  

Shuttle Service Free from Subway and Metro-North, Saturday–Sunday 

Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at wavehill.org.   

GreenThumb - Register for the free 2025 National GrowTogether Conference!

National GrowTogether Conference: Planting Seeds of Resilience

This year's GrowTogether Conference will feature a keynote address by Robin Wall Kimmerer on Saturday, June 7th.

Photo credit John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 

Free registration is now open for the 2025 National GrowTogether Conference: Planting Seeds of Resilience, Thursday, June 5 - Sunday, June 8 at CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10016. This inspiring four-day gathering of community gardeners and leaders nationwide will celebrate the power of urban green spaces and community gardening in New York City. All activities are free and open to the public. 

Please register in advance here. 

Presented by NYC Parks GreenThumb in partnership with the American Community Gardening Association, Urban Garden Project, and with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Join us as we celebrate the resilience of our communities and cultivate a greener, healthier, and more connected future! 

We are honored to welcome Robin Wall Kimmerer

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals.

In 2022, Braiding Sweetgrass was adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith. This new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around us. Robin's newest book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (November 2024), is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.

Robin tours widely and has been featured on NPR's "On Being” with Krista Tippett and in 2015 addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on the topic of "Healing Our Relationship with Nature.” Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability. In 2022 she was named a MacArthur Fellow.

As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.

Conference Date and Times

Please reserve individual tickets for each day you plan to attend by selecting "Get tickets" on Eventbrite.

• Thursday, June 5th from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  Workshops and panel discussions geared towards community gardening and urban agriculture organizations.
  
  
• Friday, June 6th from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  Workshops and panel discussions geared towards community gardening and urban agriculture organizations.
  
  
• Saturday, June 7th from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  Workshops and panel discussions geared towards community gardeners and that promote resilience and innovation in urban gardening and community building.
  
  
• Sunday, June 8th – Off-site tours
  Join us for guided tours at GreenThumb community gardens, NYC Parks facilities, and other interesting urban green spaces across New York City. Keep an eye out for details and ticket information.

Stay tuned for schedule details!