The garden landscape embodies the promise of rebirth—and loss—perhaps a uniquely appropriate setting for commemorating 9/11. On this special weekend, “Wind Elegy”, as well as a special Family Art Project, offer families the opportunity to focus their thoughts and feelings on the anniversary. With admission to the grounds waived all day Sunday, families will feel especially welcome.
Paper Circles for Remembrance and Renewal/Círculos de papel para memoria y renovación
With guest artist Randy Brozen as your guide, make your own paper and shape it as a circle to reflect the changing seasons and cycles of life. Grace your paper circle with a yarn-loop hanger or seeds to grow later. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
ECOLOGY BUILDING, 10AM–1PM
SUN, SEPTEMBER 11 TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11
Wave Hill’s observation of the tenth anniversary of September 11 offers visitors a time and place for reflection and remembrance. Admission to the grounds is free all day.
9AM–5:30PM
SUN, SEPTEMBER 11 FALL BIRDING AT WAVE HILL
Naturalist Gabriel Willow contributes his extensive knowledge of bird species and their behaviors on these captivating walks. Wave Hill’s garden setting overlooking the Hudson River flyway provides the perfect habitat for native and migrating birds. Ages 10 and up welcome with an adult. $10 Wave Hill Member/$18 Non-member. (NYC Audubon Members enjoy Wave Hill Member pricing.) Registration recommended, online at www.wavehill.org, by calling718.549.3200 x305 or at the Perkins Visitor Center. Severe weather cancels. For weather-related updates call 718.549.3200 x245 by 8AM the day of the walk.
MEET AT THE PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 9:30AM
SUN, SEPTEMBER 11 FAMILY ART PROJECT―PAPER CIRCLES FOR REMEMBRANCE AND RENEWAL
Paper Circles for Remembrance and Renewal/Círculos de papel para memoria y renovación
With guest artist Randy Brozen as your guide, make your own paper and shape it as a circle to reflect the changing seasons and cycles of life. Grace your paper circle with a yarn-loop hanger or seeds to grow later. Free, and admission to the grounds is free all day.
ECOLOGY BUILDING, 10AM–1PM
SUN, SEPTEMBER 11 WIND ELEGY
Visitors are invited to inscribe or illustrate strips of natural-fiber paper with personal reflections in observance of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The flag-strips will be affixed to the Pergola to flutter gently in the breeze. At week’s end, the papers will be composted to rest in the garden. Free, and admission to the grounds is free all day.
ON THE GROUNDS, NOON–4PM
MON, SEPTEMBER 12
Wave Hill is closed to the public.
TUE, SEPTEMBER 13 GALLERY TOUR
Join an exhibition interpreter for one of our regularly scheduled tours of Hive Culture: Captivated by the Honeybee. Through painting, sculpture, photography and video, 18 artists share their fascination with honeybees, and in raising awareness of the importance of bees to nature, agriculture and environmental health. Also on view are two installations in Wave Hill’s Sunroom Project Space. The Friendly Falcons and Their Friend the Snake(artists Jeffrey Kurosaki and Tara Pelletier) have transformed the Sun Porch for a project called Songs to Plants, exploring the humanization of the natural environment. In the Sunroom, view a scale model of the Sunroom that artist Caitlin Parker created and placed in Wave Hill’s Woodlands. Then view a time-lapse video she produced of the activity of various fauna in and around the model. Tours take place Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1PM. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 1PM
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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 landscape, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.
HOURS Open all year, Tuesday through Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM—5:30PM. Closes 4:30PM, October 15—April 14.
ADMISSION $8 adults, $4 students and seniors 65+, $2 children 6—18. Free Saturday mornings until noon. Free Tuesday mornings until noon in September. Free to Wave Hill Members and children under 6.
PROGRAM FEES Program s are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.
Visitors to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one0day getaway offer. Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the gardens. More athttp://mta.info/mnr/html/getaways/outbound_wavehill.htm
DIRECTIONS – Getting here is easy! Located only 3o minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, as well as the 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking is available nearby with continuous, complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and our front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at www.wavehill.org/visit/.
Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at www.wavehill.org.