Registration required. If you have any questions about this program or registration, please contact us at 718.549.3200 x213 or visualarts@wavehill.org.
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Space is limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension provided here.
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Space is limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension provided here.
$25. Wave Hill Members save 10%
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Space is limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension provided here.
Garden Highlights Walk (Onsite)
Sun, June 6, 2021, 2–3pm
Free with admission
Meet at Perkins Visitor Center
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide on a tour of favorite garden areas and summer highlights. Severe weather cancels. Walks do not include the Conservatory at this time. This walk ends at 2:45PM.
Garden Highlight Walks are most appropriate for adults or young adults. Not intended for groups; maximum five people allowed to register together.
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Space is limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension provided here.
“Meet the Artist” is an ongoing series of conversations between exhibiting artists and the curatorial team at Wave Hill. This program provides an opportunity for Wave Hill visitors, the artist’s community and other groups to learn more about an artist’s creative process and themes within their work. Join exhibiting artist Shoshanna Weinberger and Curator of Visual Arts Eileen Jeng Lynch for a conversation about Weinberger’s project Fragments of Perception. They will discuss the flora that inspired the artist’s installation and how her mirrored garden in the Sun Porch is a metaphorical space for exploring the complexity of her Caribbean-American heritage.
Registration required. If you have any questions about this program or registration, please contact us at 718.549.3200 x213 or visualarts@wavehill.org.
Family Art Project: Exploring Herbal Arts (Onsite)
Sat, June 12, 2021, 10AM–1PM
Free with admission
On the Grounds
Be inspired by lavender and other plants as you connect with your senses. Discover the world of herbal and botanical arts and contribute to a narrative tour of Wave Hill’s Herb Garden. Lavender Weekend event.
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Space is limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension provided here.
Herb Container Garden Workshop (Onsite)
On the Grounds
You don’t need a plot of land to have your own herb garden. Plant a container with fragrant lavender and other compatible culinary herbs with Director of Public Programs Laurel Rimmer. Containers, potting mix, care instructions and a robust selection of herb plants provided. Perfect for a sunny terrace, deck, rooftop or backyard garden. Lavender Weekend event.
Registration required, online or at 718.549.3200 x251, and closes at 11AM on Friday, June 11. The program fee includes admission to the grounds. Space is extremely limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension provided here.
Free with admission
Herb Garden
All of us have a memory of using plants for culinary, medicinal or ornamental purposes. Visitors are invited to share their stories of plants with personal meaning inspired by the many familiar and unusual plants in the Herb Garden. This weekend, Wave Hill Senior Horticultural Interpreter Jess Brey guides participants to explore these connections and record their stories for an audio exhibit opening later this summer. Lavender Weekend event.
Registration not required. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call 718.549.3200 x251.
$15. Wave Hill Members save 10%
Meet at Perkins Visitor Center
Join a morning bird walk with our naturalists and seasoned birding guides Gabriel Willow and Paul Keim. Explore the gardens and woodlands to look for birds that are attracted by Wave Hill’s diversity of habitats. Birders of all levels welcome. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult. Inclement weather cancels. NYC Audubon members enjoy free admission to the grounds with registration.
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Space is limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension provided here.
Family Art Project: Exploring Herbal Arts (Onsite)
Sun, June 13, 2021, 10AM–1PM
Free with admission
On the Grounds
Be inspired by lavender and other plants as you connect with your senses. Discover the world of herbal and botanical arts and contribute to a narrative tour of Wave Hill’s Herb Garden. Lavender Weekend event.
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. Space is limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension provided here.
$25. Wave Hill Members save 10%
Registration required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251. If you have any questions about this program or registration, please contact us at information@wavehill.org or by calling the number and extension provided here.
Garden Highlights Walk (Onsite)
Sun, June 13, 2021, 2–3pm
Free with admission
Meet at Perkins Visitor Center
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide on a tour of favorite garden areas and summer highlights. Severe weather cancels. Walks do not include the Conservatory at this time. This walk ends at 2:45PM.
Garden Highlight Walks are most appropriate for adults or young adults. Not intended for groups; maximum five people allowed to register together.
Registration required, onsite on the day of the walk at the Perkins Visitor Center. Space is limited. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or by calling718.549.3200 x251.
Categories: garden, talks and tours, onsite
Free with admission
Herb Garden
All of us have a memory of using plants for culinary, medicinal or ornamental purposes. Visitors are invited to share their stories of plants with personal meaning inspired by the many familiar and unusual plants in the Herb Garden. This weekend, Wave Hill Senior Horticultural Interpreter Jess Brey guides participants to explore these connections and record their stories for an audio exhibit opening later this summer. Lavender Weekend event.
Registration not required. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or by calling 718.549.3200 x251.
“Meet the Artist” is an ongoing series of conversations between exhibiting artists and the curatorial team at Wave Hill. This program provides an opportunity for Wave Hill visitors, the artist’s community, and other groups to learn more about an artist’s creative process and themes within their work. Join exhibiting artist Gyun Hur and Curator of Visual Arts Eileen Jeng Lynch for a virtual screening and conversation about Hur’s Sunroom Project, So we can be near. Hur invites introspection through her installation that comprises mirrors, silk flowers, collage and glass. The program will begin with an excerpt of the artist’s performance captured on film. Hur and Jeng Lynch will then discuss the artist’s ruminations on landscapes, internal and physical.
Registration required. If you have any questions about this program or registration, please contact us at 718.549.3200 x213 or visualarts@wavehill.org.