Let your kids go wild!
Children will love to learn about native plants through fun events staged throughout the Big Apple!
All these events will be held on Saturday May 10th.
MANHATTAN: Solar One, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
BROOKLYN: Prospect Park West, 10:00 am to 11:00 am (weather permitting)
BROOKLYN: Prospect Park Audubon Center, 3:00 pm
QUEENS: Cunningham Park, Queens 10:00 am
STATEN ISLAND: High Rock Park , 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
BRONX: Bronx River park, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
MANHATTAN
Children’s Day Wildflower Activity Fair
At SOLAR ONE, located on the East River just south of 23rd Street
10 am to 2 pm
The day will be filled with children-friendly activities emphasizing the importance of native plants in NYC.
Participating organizations:
Solar One
Sow seeds of your favorite native plant, then take them home and watch them grow!
Make a button of your favorite native plant to wear on your shirt or bag
Explore the textures and colors of wildflowers in the native plant gardens.
Lower East Side Ecology Center
Worm composting demonstration
New York Restoration Project
Larger than life flower cut outs for photographic fun! Children will learn what makes a plant native and how to care for them. (Parents – please bring your own cameras for taking pictures).
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BROOKLYN
Family-Friendly Wildflower Walk
In Prospect Park, meet at the Audubon Center
3:00 pm
Learn how trees, shrubs and even grasses are all wildflowers! Explore restored areas in the park where wildflowers are planted in abundance. Learn why early bloomers are important for pollinators, especially our native bees.
BROOKLYN
Draw a Flower
Meet at 9th Street and Prospect Park West at the statue of Lafayette in the park.
(weather permitting)
10 am – 11 am
Learn how to examine and sketch the flowers that grow wild in Brooklyn! Join area naturalist Grace Markman on a drawing expedition. Bring sketchbooks and pencils (supplies will be limited). Please rsvp for this event to gmarkman@earthlink.net
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QUEENS
Wild About Wildflowers
Alley Pond Environmental Center
1 pm to 3:30 pm
Family Walk – 1 to 2 pm
Search for native spring wildflowers along the woodland trails in Alley Pond Park, lead by the center’s Director of Education Aline Euler.
Children’s Activities – 2.30 to 3.30
Crafts, flower pressing, and other activities will be available for children ages 5 years old and up.
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STATEN ISLAND
Family-Friendly Wildflower Walk
In High Rock Park at Nevada Avenue parking lot
12.00pm -1.30 pm
Explore spring wildflowers on a fragrant and colorful hike of this amazingly rich park. Learn to identify trillium, bloodroot, violets, and other early forest flowers. Walk lead by Greenbelt Educators of the Greenbelt Nature Center.
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BRONX
Planting Forest Trees & Wildflowers
In Bronx River Park
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Come help us beautify the Bronx River Forest and create healthier wildlife habitat by restoring it with native plants! We will provide tools and gloves.
RSVP required. Contact NIDC for more information or to register 718-231-9800 x16 or robbennaton@yahoo.com
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