Mom's Day Events; Sheep Shearing; Playland Opens

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — Here are some of the activities you can take advantage of this weekend, in Westchester County's parks.

SATURDAY, MAY 11

Morning Farm Chores – 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. Muscoot Farm, Route 100, Somers – (914) 864-7282. A hands-on farming experience for caregivers and children. Fee: $6 per person, $20 for a family of four; registration required at (914) 864-7286.

Fairy House Workshop – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Muscoot Farm, Route 100, Somers – (914) 864-7282.Build a fairy house to help entice fairies to your yard. For ages 4 and older with their caregivers. Fee $15; registration required at (914) 864-7286.

Volunteer Corps Work Day – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Playland Park, Rye – (914) 967-8720. Help with invasive plant removal, trail work, beach clean-up, and more.

Art in Nature Day – 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Playland Park, Rye – (914) 967-8720. Nature is a great place for finding artistic inspiration. Build a rock cairn design on the beach or create a composition using found material like leaves, sticks, and bark. Photographers, sketchers, and painters are also encouraged to come out and play.

Flotsam, Jetsam and Rembrandt – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Croton Point Nature Center, Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson – (914) 862-5297. Scour the shoreline for driftwood, sea glass, and other objects of interest and then use them to create a work of art.

Art in Nature – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Cranberry Lake Preserve, Old Orchard Street, North White Plains – (914) 428-1005. Wear your fairy costume and make your very own Fairy House using everything in nature. Refreshments will be served. Registration required by 5/8.

Playland Opening Day – 12 noon – 8 p.m. Playland Park, Playland Parkway, Rye – (914) 813-7010. Strolling entertainment, rides, food and fun. Special $20 for all-day rides. More May $20 days on 5/12, 18 19 and 25. Admission and parking fees apply. Info at playlandpark.org.

Gilbert Band Concert – 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. Playland Park, Playland Parkway, Rye – (914) 813-7010. Free with admission to park.

Art in Nature – 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lenoir Preserve, Dudley Street, Yonkers – (914) 968-5851. Make a nature journal or fairy house and learn how nature can be used as art.

Art in Nature – 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Routes 35 and 121 South, Cross River -- (914) 864-7322. Nature has inspired artists for centuries. Explore using nature for spray bottle art, botanical sun catchers and fairy masks.

Mother’s Day Eve Wildflower Walk – 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Marshlands Conservancy, Boston Post Road, Rye – (914) 835-4466. Bring Mom to learn the inner workings of a flower and observe them in the wild.

SATURDAY – SUNDAY, MAY 11 - 12

Art Show: Works by the Westchester Watercolor Group - 12 noon – 4 p.m. Muscoot Farm, Route 100, Somers – (914) 864-7282. Works of art on view in the historic main house weekends through May.

SUNDAY, MAY 12

Farmers Market – 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Muscoot Farm, Route 100, Somers – (914) 864-7282. Local farmers offer a variety of produce and food goods every Sunday through October.

Sheep Shearing – 12 noon - 3 p.m. Muscoot Farm, Route 100, Somers – (914) 864-7282. Watch the farm’s sheep get their annual haircuts and learn about these woolly residents.

28th Annual Mother’s Day Warbler Walk – 10 a.m. – 12 noon. Lenoir Preserve, Dudley Street, Yonkers – (914) 968-5851. A leisurely walk with the experts from Hudson River Audubon looking for warblers and other spring migrant birds. Light refreshments will follow.

Bicycle Sundays – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Bronx River Parkway, White Plains to Yonkers – (914) 995-4050. Bike, jog, ride, walk or skate the parkway from the Westchester County Center in White Plains to Scarsdale Road in Yonkers, a 13-mile round trip. Various points of entry and exit along the road. Fee for parking at the County Center. In the event of rain, program is cancelled. Also, 5/18 and 19. No program on Memorial Day weekend.

Mother’s Day at Playland – 12 noon – 8 p.m. Playland Park, Playland Parkway, Rye – (914) 813-7010. Moms ride free all day; special $20 ride-all-day admission for everyone else. Parking fees apply. Info at playlandpark.org.

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