I know I touted Pollinators Weekend last week, but it deserves another shout-out, especially since it will soon be crowded out by our first Sunset Wednesday of the summer, featuring a performance by Mary Courtney & Morning Star on our glorious Great Lawn overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades.
Sat, June 24 Family Art Project: Butterfly Habitat Hats
See them and sketch them flying and sipping the nectar of their favorite flowering shrub or bush. Then learn about local butterfly species and make a butterfly-habitat hat filled with flowers and insects in an active landscape. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon. Pollinators Weekend event.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM
Sat, June 24 In The Shop: Meet the Grower―Eric Rohsler of Rohsler’s Nursery
After strolling in the gardens to observe pollinators in the gardens, stop by The Shop for a special plant sale featuring locally-grown plants perfect for attracting pollinators to your garden or terrace. Horticulturist and garden designer Eric Rohsler of Rohsler’s fifth-generation nursery in Allendale, NJ, has collaborated with Wave Hill staff to select plants that attract butterflies, hummingbirds, native bees and more, many of which are featured in Wave Hill's gardens. Eric will be on hand on both Saturday and Sunday to chat about your garden needs, provide expert horticultural advice, and to suggest pleasing plant combinations that also attract a plethora of pollinators. Familiar plants such as milkweed as well as more unusual plants for both sun and shade will be featured, all grown at Rohsler's 5th-generation family nursery in Allendale, NJ. Pollinators Weekend event.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 10AM–3PM
Sat, June 24 Pollination Headquarters
Get your pollinator info here! See butterfly and insect displays, pick up self-guided tours, take home pollinator-friendly plant lists and adopt a bee-condo. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.Pollinators Weekend event.
ON THE GROUNDS, 11AM–4PM
Sat, JUNE 24 Meet the Bees: A Hands-on Adventure in the Apiary
Observe bee behavior in the gardens, then suit up in a hat and veil to peek inside a hive filled with 50,000 honeybees. Search for worker bees, drones, brood (baby bees) and maybe even catch a glimpse of the elusive queen. Horticultural Interpreter Charles Day leads this fascinating foray into the world of the honeybee. Appropriate for curious adults and kids ages 14 and older accompanied by an adult. $35/$25 Wave Hill Member. Advance registration required, online at wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center. Pollinators Weekend event.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM–1PM
Sat, June 24 Garden Highlights Walk
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM
Sat, June 24 Family Gallery Tour
Explore artwork on view in Glyndor Gallery on a family-friendly tour with a Curatorial Fellow. Children ages six and older welcome with an adult. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT WAVE HILL HOUSE, NOON
Sat, June 24 Butterfly Block Party
Calling all swallowtails, fritillaries, skippers and hairstreaks! Everyone’s invited to the Butterfly Block Party in the Flower Garden. Mingle with guest naturalists and meet your local Lepidoptera. Free with admission to the grounds. Pollinators Weekend event.
MEET AT FLOWER GARDEN, NOON−3PM
Sat, June 24 Native Pollinators Walk
Flowers attract the attention of both human and animal visitors. Honeybees, bumblebees and butterflies are easily spotted in the garden, but solitary bees, beetles and other native pollinators are often overlooked. Entomologist Lawrence Forcella and naturalists Gabriel Willow and Paul Keim lead these fascinating walks to observe our local pollinators at work. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult.Repeats at 3PM. Free with admission to the grounds. Pollinators Weekend event.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 1PM
Sat, June 24 Gallery Tour
Wave Hill’s Curatorial Fellow will lead a tour of current exhibitions in Glyndor Gallery. The group show,Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness, explores how women have been treated and portrayed as outcasts in history, myth and biblical legend. In the Sunroom Project Space, Sonya Blesofsky’s sculptural installation is inspired by the history of Glyndor House, while Sindy Butz’s includes enlarged photographs and videos of her performing with Wave Hill fireplaces. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM
Sat, June 24 Talk & Tour: The Horticulturalist’s Eye
Tour the Hudson River Museum’s summer exhibition, Robert Zakanitch: Garden of Ornament, with Wave Hill’s Assistant Director of Horticulture Matthew Turnbull and Hudson River Museum Curatorial Chair Laura Vookles. This event is part of the Museum’s “Talk and Tour” series. Free with admission to the Museum; admission is free to Wave Hill Members through the Fairfield Westchester Museum Alliance.
MEET AT THE HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM, 2PM
Sat, June 24 Native Pollinators Walk
Flowers attract the attention of both human and animal visitors. Honeybees, bumblebees and butterflies are easily spotted in the garden, but solitary bees, beetles and other native pollinators are often overlooked. Entomologist Lawrence Forcella and naturalists Gabriel Willow and Paul Keim lead these fascinating walks to observe our local pollinators at work. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult. This walk also takes place at 1PM. Free with admission to the grounds. Pollinators Weekend event.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 3PM
Sat, June 24 Marvelous Moths Talk and Walk
Often overshadowed by their more flamboyant butterfly relatives, moths play an important role in the ecosystem as pollinators for night-blooming flowers, and as food for many larger creatures. Join Environmental Educator Pam Golben of the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum for a peek into the fascinating world of moths. This evening program includes a short, indoor presentation and a twilight foray into the gardens to look for moths. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult. $20/$10 Wave Hill Member. Advance registration required, online at wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center. Pollinators Weekend event.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 7:30–9PM
Sun, June 25 Family Art Project: Butterfly Habitat Hats
See them and sketch them flying and sipping the nectar of their favorite flowering shrub or bush. Then learn about local butterfly species and make a butterfly-habitat hat filled with flowers and insects in an active landscape. Free with admission to the grounds. Pollinators Weekend event.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM
Sun, June 25 In The Shop: Meet the Grower―Eric Rohsler of Rohsler’s Nursery
Eric Rohsler of Rohsler’s Nursery will be on hand to guide you in selecting the best plants for attracting pollinators to your own green space. Also for sale will be upscale bee-condos, crafted in Wave Hill’s own woodshop. Pollinators Weekend event.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 10AM–3PM
Sun, June 25 Yoga in the Garden
Enjoy a morning yoga class on the lawn. Participants should bring a mat, dress appropriately and expect to be outside, unless precipitation or excessive humidity occurs. Classes are offered in partnership withYoga Haven. All levels welcome. Continues Sundays through June and July 9. $25/$15 Wave Hill Member. Pre-registration recommended at wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center.
ON THE GROUNDS, 10AM–11AM
Sun, June 25 Pollination Headquarters
Get your pollinator info here! See butterfly and insect displays, pick up self-guided tours, take home pollinator-friendly plant lists and adopt a bee-condo. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.Pollinators Weekend event.
ON THE GROUNDS, 11AM–4PM
Sun, June 25 Butterfly Block Party
Calling all swallowtails, fritillaries, skippers and hairstreaks! Everyone’s invited to the Butterfly Block Party in the Flower Garden. Mingle with guest naturalists and meet your local Lepidoptera. Free with admission to the grounds. Pollinators Weekend event.
MEET AT FLOWER GARDEN, NOON−3PM
Sun, June 25 Native Pollinators Walk
Flowers attract the attention of both human and animal visitors. Honeybees, bumblebees and butterflies are easily spotted in the garden, but solitary bees, beetles and other native pollinators are often overlooked. Entomologist Lawrence Forcella and naturalists Gabriel Willow and Paul Keim lead these fascinating walks to observe our local pollinators at work. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult.Repeats at 3PM. Free with admission to the grounds. Pollinators Weekend event.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 1PM
Sun, June 25 Garden Highlights Walk
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 2PM
Sun, June 25 Native Pollinators Walk
Flowers attract the attention of both human and animal visitors. Honeybees, bumblebees and butterflies are easily spotted in the garden, but solitary bees, beetles and other native pollinators are often overlooked. Entomologist Lawrence Forcella and naturalists Gabriel Willow and Paul Keim lead these fascinating walks to observe our local pollinators at work. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult. This walk also takes place at 1PM. Free with admission to the grounds. Pollinators Weekend event.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 3PM
Mon, June 26
Closed to the public.
Tue, June 27 Garden Highlights Walk
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM
Tue, June 27 Gallery Tour
Wave Hill’s Curatorial Fellow will lead a tour of current exhibitions in Glyndor Gallery. The group show,Outcasts: Women in the Wilderness, explores how women have been treated and portrayed as outcasts in history, myth and biblical legend. In the Sunroom Project Space, Sonya Blesofsky’s sculptural installation is inspired by the history of Glyndor House, while Sindy Butz’s includes enlarged photographs and videos of her performing with Wave Hill fireplaces. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM
Wed, June 28 Sunset Wednesdays Outdoor Music: Mary Courtney & Morning Star
Mary Courtney hails from a large musical family in Castlegregory, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Now residing in the Bronx, she is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bodhrán (Irish hand-held drum) player with her trioMorningstar―Mary Courtney, guitar and vocals; Patrick Madden, fiddle; Donal Ryan, tenor banjo. She uses her voice to spread Irish culture, educate her audience about the struggles of her people and capture her experience in the US. From rock ‘n’ roll to the ethereal strains of an ancient Celtic band, she can sing anything and make every song unforgettable. Courtney has three recordings to her credit, has collaborated with Larry Kirwan and the Black 47s and appeared on stage at the BB King Blues Club for the opening night party for the Tony Award winning play “The Lieutenant of Inismore”. At Wave Hill, she offers traditional Irish folk songs, so many of which draw their inspiration from the wild flowers of the Irish countryside, and her own unique tunes. Free with admission to the grounds. On Sunset Wednesdays, admission is $10, $6 for students and seniors 65+, and $4 for children ages six to 18. Free to Members and children under six.
ON THE GROUNDS, 7PM
A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscape, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.
HOURS Open all year, Tuesday through Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM–5:30PM, starting March 15. Closes 4:30PM, November 1–March 14.
ADMISSION $8 adults, $4 students and seniors 65+, $2 children 6–18. Free Saturday and Tuesdaymornings until noon. Free to Wave Hill Members and children under 6.
PROGRAM FEES Programs are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.
Visitors to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one-day getaway offer. Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the gardens. More at http://mta.info/mnr/html/
DIRECTIONS – Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, as well as the W. 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking is available nearby with continuous, complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and our front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at www.wavehill.org/visit/.
Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at www.wavehill.org.
