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Wave Hill to Participate in Blue Star Museums

5/21/2013 12:06 AM EST  -   Wave Hill
Wave Hill joins more that 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer
Wave Hill announces its participation in Blue Star Museums, a collaboration of the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more than 1,800 museums across America, to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their...
The Cook's Garden
 

NEW HERBS COLLECTION PROVIDES PERFECT ACCENT FOR GOURMET COOKS

4/18/2013 11:19 AM EST  -   Burpee
Warminster, PA - Wasn’t too long ago that home gardeners wanting an herb garden just planted parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme…or so the song goes.  Nowadays there are easily hundreds of different varieties of just these four herbs, as serious home cooks seek out and demand a more extensive collection of herbs and spices for the international array of recipes for foods prepared in American kitchens.

And for 2013...
“SuperSauce” weighs in at a whopping 2lbs and is by far the world’s largest roma style sauce tomato, according to W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
 

BURPEE REPORTS RECORD SALES FOR FIRST HALF OF 2013 HOME GARDENING SEASON

4/2/2013 2:58 PM EST  -   Burpee
April 2, 2013-The home gardening industry is enjoying a banner year for 2013, according to the chairman of the nation’s leading home gardening company. Record numbers of new gardeners are seeking to control what they feed their families. These first-time growers are discovering the excellent values of a wide assortment of backyard vegetables and herbs.  As a result, Burpee’s sales are running over 20 per cent more...
Winter Meditation at Wave Hill, credit Wave Hill
 

Cooking and Wellness at Wave Hill this Winter

11/26/2012 12:11 AM EST  -   Wave Hill
Mediation at Wave Hill and a Special Demonstration--Cooking with Ginger
Nourish body and soul at Wave Hill this winter! Amidst the flurry of festivities find holiday respire with Mediation at Wave Hill in December. Take a moment to breathe, pause to savor the winter landscape and reconnect with your inner self. Each session includes instruction in simple mediation techiniques; all levels welcome. Led by Yoga...

Festive Family Art Projects and Holiday Workshop Weekend this Winter

11/14/2012 3:55 PM EST  -   Wave Hill
Celebrate the holiday season at Wave Hill! Each weekend, Family Art Projects help spread holiday cheer. Create colorful and embellished candles, craft pop-up holiday cards, dust fragrant pine boughs with beads and shiny foil for a glowing holiday decoration. And to carry all of your holiday treats home, craft recycled containers into glittery gift baskets. Then look ahead to the New Year and design your own...
Raptor Day 2 credit Joshua Bright
 

Raptor Day at Wave Hill, Monday, October 8

9/14/2012 10:20 AM EST  -   Wave Hill
Situated on the east bank of the Hudson River, Wave Hill is home to an expansive vista and 28 acres of beautiful gardens and woodlands—an ideal spot for bird watching.  This fall, as large birds of prey skim the skies, join us for Raptor Day to see them with your own eyes. Volunteers for Wildlife will be showing off a few of their feathered friends during live raptor shows. Learn to spot them for yourself on our...
The Fight, Installation shot, 2012
 

Wave Hill Sunroom Project Space Fall 2012 Crystal Z. Campbell & Yeon Ji Yoo

8/30/2012 3:45 PM EST  -   Wave Hill
Meet the Artists: Saturday, Sept 1, 1:30PM
In the early fall, Crystal Z. Campbell and Yeon Ji Yoo engage the Sunroom Project Space in Glyndor House at Wave Hill with site-specific works inspired by local social and natural history.

Campbell’s installation, Usable Pasts, critically examines historical material, exploring the gaps in our social and cultural collective memory. Finding little information on the...
Wave Hill Artists Circle
 

Special Art & Literary Workshops Fill the Fall Calendar at Wave HIll

8/23/2012 11:15 AM EST  -   Wave Hill
This fall, capture the shifting color and light of the season through various art and literary workshops at Wave Hill. Paint plein air with pastels, and channel your inner Ansel Adams in pastel painting and nature photography sessions. Picturing the Palisades offers a series of visual art workshops inspired by this fall’s Glyndor Gallery exhibition, Foregrounding the Palisades. Participants work with professional...
Fall Palisades
 

Autumn Garden & Nature Walks at Wave Hill and on the Palisades

8/23/2012 12:41 AM EST  -   Wave Hill
With a welcome chill in the crisp fall air and a new palette painting the landscape, relish the great outdoors with a new season of Wave Hill garden and nature walks.  Starting in October, special offsite hikes and excursions explore the Palisades, the rock cliffs across the Hudson that set the stage for public programs —and a new exhibition in Glyndor Gallery.

Free Garden Highlights Walks every Sunday focus on...
Yoga at Wave Hill 3
 

Outdoor Wellness at Wave Hill September, October, 2012

8/22/2012 5:01 PM EST  -   Wave Hill
Plein Air Yoga, Tai Chi and a Special Demonstration -- Cooking with Figs
Join us this fall for a restorative session of Yoga or Tai Chi while surrounded by the changing colors of the season.  Gain inspiration from the crisp fall air swirling through the leaves during Saturday morning Tai Chi Chuan, a series of gentle movements based on images found in nature.  On Sunday, mornings, relax body and mind through...