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Most NYCWW events are free and open to the public. Space is limited for certain events, so advance registration is encouraged.
BROOKLYN
THE HOW DO YOU GROW? SHOW
Time: Saturday, May 7, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm for all ages
Location: Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Avenue
Guide: The Deedle Deedle Dees
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Description: We'll be singing songs about birds, bugs, trees, naturalists and scientists, and, of course, flowers. Expect tunes about Prospect Park's most famous tree, the Camperdown Elm, Audubon's birds of America, nature activists like John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt, the Hudson River, ducks, bats, bees and more. Afterwards, every child will get to pot up a wildflower to bring home.
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FAMILY FLORA WALK
Time: Sunday, May 8, 10:00 - 11:00am, and Sunday, May 15, 10:00 - 11:00am
Location: Meet at 9th Street entrance by the statue, Prospect Park
Guide: Grace Markman, Naturalist
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Description: Start off Mother’s Day with a walk in the woods! Explore Prospect Park and learn about how trees, shrubs and even grasses are all wildflowers. Participants will receive free NYC Wildflower Week goodies. For ages 4 and up and their caregivers.
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MANHATTAN
Baby Bugs
Time: Friday, May 6, for ages 5 and under and caregivers
2 sessions: 10:30 am start or 11:30 am start
Location: Native Plant Garden, 15th Street and Union Square West, Union Square Park
Contact: Lloyd Miller of the Brooklyn-based educational rock band The Deedle Deedle Dees
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Description: Baby Bugs is an introduction to the natural world featuring songs, stories, and hands-on explorations for younger children and their caregivers. Afterwards, there will be a tour of the native flora garden and every child will get to pot up a wildflower to bring home.
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Interactive Plant Fair
Time: Saturday, May 14, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Solar One, located on the East River just south of 23rd Street under FDR Drive
Guide: Dina Elkin, Events Coordinator, Solar One
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Description: Come and get your hands dirty! Children can pot up a free native plant to take home, make seed balls, learn about insects and wildflowers, tour the flora in our native plant garden, and get creative with face painting and paper crafts.
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EXPERIENCE LIFE AS A PLANT
Time: Sunday, May 8, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Location: Meet at the Native Plant Garden in Union Square Park at 15th Street and Union Square West, Manhattan.
Guide: Nina Wheeler-Chalfin
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Description: How does it feel to be a plant? Join us as we explore the lives of plants, pollinators, and soil organisms in the Native Plant Garden, a wonderful ecosystem at the heart of the world's busiest city. We will commune with our living, breathing, flowering friends through movement, drawing and poetry. Also, your artistic expressions will be recorded and published, inspiring other growing minds. Celebrate this Mother's Day with our Mother Earth. All are welcome!
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QUEENS
CHILDREN’S WILDFLOWER WALK AT ALLEY POND
Time: Thursday, May 12, 3:15 – 4:45 pm
Location: 228-06 Northern Boulevard, Alley Pond Environmental Center
Guide: Aline Euler, Director of Education, Alley Pond Environmental Center
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Event Description: Draw and color wildflowers and create your own wildflower book. Then take a nature walk outside and learn more about flowers and trees. We’ll end the tour with a snack. For ages 5 to 8.
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STATEN ISLAND
FAMILY WILDFLOWER HIKE IN SI GREENBELT
Time: Saturday, May 14, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Meet at the Nevada Avenue parking lot of High Rock Park.
Guide: Jessica Kratz, Nature Center Coordinator, SI Greenbelt Conservancy
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Event Description: Walk among the wildflowers of High Rock Park! Join us as we explore the bright green forest of early May on a moderate length hike. We will search for trillium (Trillium spp.), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), and keep an eye out for others. Suitable for ages 8 and up.
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