SAT, OCTOBER 17 FAMILY ART PROJECT: BE A BEE
Join us for this classic Family Art Project. Outfit yourself with wings, antennae, a pollen cup and a kazoo to hum with. Buzz around in a hive of six-sided cells and forage in the flowers. Join in a bee parade and do a bee dance in a cardboard hive. Parade at 12:30PM, weather permitting. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon. Honey Weekend event.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM
SAT, OCTOBER 17 HONEY TASTINGS
You’ll be amazed at the complex flavors of different varieties of honey! Sample a few, then purchase your favorite to take home. Today, taste local New York City artisanal honey by apiary Honey Gramz, and sample Mee Beauty’s all-natural lip balms, face creams and lotions, infused with Honey Gramz seasonal honey. Honey Weekend event.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM−4PM
SAT, OCTOBER 17 CANDLE-MAKING WORKSHOP
Beeswax has been used for centuries in art, woodworking and in religious ceremonies. Try your hand at creating an assortment of beeswax candles to take home and enjoy. Materials fee: $20/$15 Wave Hill Member per kit, which includes enough to make several candles. Honey Weekend event.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 11AM−3PM
SAT, OCTOBER 17 HONEY EXTRACTION DEMONSTRATION
How do bees make honey? How do we collect it? Help us extract and bottle honey from our resident honeybees. Free with admission to the grounds. Honey Weekend event.
ECOLOGY BUILDING, 12:30PM, 1:30PM, 2:30PM
SAT, OCTOBER 17 HIVES AND HONEY INFORMATION STATION
Try on beekeeping gear, peek inside an empty hive and learn fascinating facts about honeybees. Free with admission to the grounds. Honey Weekend event.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 1−3PM
SUN, OCTOBER 18 FAMILY ART PROJECT: BE A BEE
Join us for this classic Family Art Project. Outfit yourself with wings, antennae, a pollen cup and a kazoo to hum with. Buzz around in a hive of six-sided cells and forage in the flowers. Join in a bee parade and do a bee dance in a cardboard hive. Parade at 12:30PM, weather permitting. Free with admission to the grounds. Honey Weekend event.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM
SUN, OCTOBER 18 HONEY TASTINGS
You’ll be amazed at the complex flavors of different varieties of honey! Sample a few, then purchase your favorite to take home. Today, Seaway Trail Honey offers samples of seasonal honey. Taste how the flavor changes with the flowers and seasons—from fresh and delicate spring varieties to robust fall flavors. Seaway Trail’s Early Summer Reserve Honey recently won the Black Jar Award at the Eastern Apicultural Society honey show. Honey Weekend event.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM−4PM
SUN, OCTOBER 18 CANDLE-MAKING WORKSHOP
Beeswax has been used for centuries in art, woodworking and in religious ceremonies. Try your hand at creating an assortment of beeswax candles to take home and enjoy. Materials fee: $20/$15 Wave Hill Member per kit, which includes enough to make several candles. Honey Weekend event.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 11AM−3PM
SUN, OCTOBER 18 HONEY EXTRACTION DEMONSTRATION
How do bees make honey? How do we collect it? Help us extract and bottle honey from our resident honeybees. Free with admission to the grounds. Honey Weekend event.
ECOLOGY BUILDING, 12:30PM, 1:30PM, 2:30PM
SUN, OCTOBER 18 HIVES AND HONEY INFORMATION STATION
Try on beekeeping gear, peek inside an empty hive and learn fascinating facts about honeybees. Free with admission to the grounds. Honey Weekend event.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 1−3PM
MON, OCTOBER 19
Closed to the public.
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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, November 1–March 14.
ADMISSION $8 adults, $4 students and seniors 65+, $2 children 6–18. Free Saturday and Tuesday mornings until noon. Free to Wave HillMembers and children under 6.
PROGRAM FEES Programs are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.
Visitors to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one-day getaway offer. Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the gardens. More at http://mta.info/mnr/html/getaways/outbound_wavehill.htm
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, 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.