native plants
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Invasive Plants & How You Can Help!
Croton Point Park 1A Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, United StatesVolunteer and join Parks staff to learn about our local invasive plants and pitch in to manage them.
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Stay and Play: Junior Stewardship Hour in the Soft Landing Meadow
Lasdon Public Gardens 2610 Amawalk Road, Route 35, Katonah, NY, United StatesFind us between the Dino and Fairy trails for a chance to dig in and help with some gentle, playful, and educational gardening in our meadow restoration project. All ages.
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Merestead Meadow Walk
Merestead 455 Byram Lake Road, Mount Kisco, NY, United StatesMerestead has some of the most majestic meadows in Westchester County. Join a gentle walk down the meadow paths and enjoy the birds, grasses, flowers, and more. Meet at the carriage house parking area on the south side of 455 Byram Lake Road in Mount Kisco. All ages welcome.
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Pollinator Literacy Trail
Lasdon Public Gardens 2610 Amawalk Road, Route 35, Katonah, NY, United StatesPick up your booklet in the Welcome Center and connect to the life of pollinators at Lasdon. Enjoy a special self-guided garden tour and scavenger hunt and taste a cool floral drink. The first day of summer is a special chance to celebrate all that is blooming for National Pollinator Week. All ages.
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Garden Highlight Tour
Lasdon Public Gardens 2610 Amawalk Road, Route 35, Katonah, NY, United StatesThe sights and scents of the season flourish across the garden collections of Lasdon Public Gardens. Spend some time with Lasdon's head gardener on a walking tour featuring highlights of the gardens and plant collections. The one hour tour is free and meets at the Memorial Garden Entrance.
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Littles at Lasdon: Stay and Play
Lasdon Public Gardens 2610 Amawalk Road, Route 35, Katonah, NY, United StatesLet’s gather together to enjoy Autumn in the gardens and orchard. We will record our stories in a journal, build with sticks, stems, rocks and blocks, and exercise our imagination. This is a chance for littles and caregivers to dig into gentle gardening with soil, water, bulbs, roots, or seeds. We always end with gratitude […]
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Native Seed: Collecting & Harvesting
Hilltop Hanover Farm 1271 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights, NY, United StatesJoin us in this hands-on workshop where you will learn how to sustainably collect seeds from native plants, both in the wild and within our Seed Increase Plots! Participants will learn to properly identify species, examine plant populations, determine whether a population is suitable for collection, check seed for ripeness, perform a cut test, and […]
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Backyard Healing
Join us at the Trailside Nature Museum and lean about some medicinal plants that likely grow in your own yard. Find out where these plants came from, their uses, and methods to prepare them.
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Seed Paper Making Workshop
Hilltop Hanover Farm 1271 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights, NY, United StatesArts, Culture & HistoryDid you know that you can make your own paper? We’ll be using native ecotype seeds from Hilltop’s Native Plants Program and recycled paper to create handmade seed paper you can take home and plant or turn into a greeting card! This workshop is open to all ages, but is recommended for 10+. Pre-registration is […]
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All programs are subject to change without notice.
