Wave Hill Announces Summer Garden Activities

From Wave Hill:

Summer brings a whole new season of gardening and woodworking workshops to Wave Hill! Design and plant your own gorgeous vertical garden in a wood pallet at a Gardening Workshop, or attend a Demo to learn the tricks of the trade for cultivating lavender from one of Wave Hill’s own Gardeners. Urban gardeners can build their own potting bench at a Woodworking Workshop. Get ready for a summer of growing green!

Register, where required, online here or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center.

What: Summer Gardening and Woodworking Workshops

Where: Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx, New York

Schedule: Gardening Workshops & Demos

From Wood Pallets to Plant Palettes, SAT, June 4, 10AM-12PM Last summer, the Pergola featured several gorgeously planted wood pallets. With guidance from Wave Hill Gardener Jennifer Cimino, prepare your own easily-transported wood pallet (two feet by two feet) and plant it with a selection of lovely annual plants. Re-use your vertical garden with a different planting scheme next year. $60/$50 Wave Hill Member. Registration required.

Gardening Demo: Cultivating Lavender, SAT, June 11, 1:30PM

Demystify the art of growing lavender in gardens and containers with Wave Hill Gardener Gelene Scarborough. Observe mature lavender plants in full bloom in the Lavender Border and see young plants in the newly renovated Dry Garden. You’ll be amazed at the variety of sizes, shapes, fragrances and bloom times in the genus Lavandula. Lavender Weekend event.

Woodworking Workshops

Potting Bench, SAT, June 25, 9:30AM–4PM & SUN, June 26, 9:30AM-12PM

Calling all urban gardeners—stop repotting plants on your kitchen table! Construct your very own potting bench with master carpenter and Wave Hill Director of Facilities Frank Perrone. This unique bench is designed with folding components for easy transport. No previous carpentry skills required. Space is limited. $95/$75 Wave Hill Member. Registration required.

Support for Public Programs is provided by The William Froelich Foundation. 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 New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

HOURS: Open year-round, Tuesday–Sunday and many major holidays, 9AM–5:30PM

Nov 1–Mar 14: 9AM–4:30PM

ADMISSION TO THE GROUNDS: $8 adults, $4 students and senior 65+, $2 children 6-18.

Free Tuesdays and Saturdays until noon. Free to members, children under 6.

DIRECTIONS: Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, the W. 242 St. stop on the #1 subway line, and to and from our free offsite parking lot. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Complete directions and shuttle van schedule at wavehill.org.