Welcome Winter in the Gardens with a Weekend of Family-Friendly Activities
Winter at Wave Hill is bursting with life! Over the weekend of January 10 and 11, let your little ones get acquainted with the intrepid flora and fauna that populate our peaceful grounds. Get to know your local hibernators at the Hibernator’s Den Family Art Project—listen to sleepy tales of the season, make a furry hibernator mask and fashion a dreamy, woodsy home. PJ’s welcome! On Sunday, continue the fun of the Family Art Project with a Who’s Awake? Family Walk with naturalist and educator Gabriel Willow and discover which insects and animals stay awake in the cold.
On Saturday, bring children ages ten and older for Nature’s Endurance: Talk and Walk, a combined indoor and outdoor program led by Gabriel Willow. Learn how plants and animals survive during New York’s chilliest season, and witness some amazing adaptive strategies that help them survive—from hibernation to migration to “anti-freeze-laced” blood. Then, on Sunday, have an avian adventure at Winter Birding. During this all-levels session, explore Wave Hill’s tranquil property and observe birds in their winter habitats.
All programs are free with admission to the grounds. No registration required.
What: Welcome Winter at Wave Hill!
Where: Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx, New York
When: January 10 & 11, 2015
Schedule:
Family Art Project: Hibernator’s Den, SAT & SUN, Jan 10 & 11, 10AM–1PM
Nature’s Endurance: Talk and Walk, SAT, Jan 10, 9:30AM
Children ages ten and older welcome with an adult.
Winter Birding, SUN, Jan 11, 9:30AM
Children ages ten and older welcome with an adult. Severe weather cancels. NYC Audubon Members enjoy two-for-one admission.
Who’s Awake? Family Walk, SUN, Jan 11, 1PM
Children ages six and older welcome with an adult.
The Family Art Project is generously sponsored by Target, with additional support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Sustaining support is provided by the Sally and Gilbert Kerlin Endowment for Environmental Science and Nature Education. Support for Garden Programs is provided by the Hagedorn Fund.
Wave Hill, Inc. is an independent, non-profit cultural institution governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. The buildings and grounds of Wave Hill are owned by the City of New York. With the assistance of the Bronx Borough President and Bronx representatives in the City Council and State Legislature, Wave Hill’s operations are supported with public funds through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the Zoos, Botanical Gardens and Aquariums Grant Program administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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