From  Wave Hill  in Riverdale:

“March 2009

“Willow Day
Sat, March 14

This day-long 2009 Year of the Trees event pays homage to one of the most graceful and useful of trees. The willow claims a special place at Wave Hill, where it provides a bed worth admiring year-round as you walk from the Perkins Visitor Center to Wave Hill House.
Workshop: English Hoop Pot Trellis
Weave a traditional English hoop trellis using flexible willow branches, built into an eight-inch pot. Led by basketmaker Bonnie Gale.
Walk: The Willows of Wave Hill
Explore Wave Hill’s willows, from petite, creeping specimens in our alpine troughs to the colorful, twiggy shrubs in our Willow Bed, led by Laurel Rimmer.
Lecture: Living Willow Structures
Bonnie Gale’s illustrated lecture discusses how she builds intriguing, living willow structures, ranging from domes and fences to sculptures and large-scale installations.

Art Workshops

FRI, Mar 6 & 13  Nature Photography
Experience Wave Hill’s emerging spring landscape through your camera lens, with photographer Benjamin Swett. Series continues in April and May.
SUN, Mar 22   In Study with Artists: Collage
Leaves gathered from Wave Hill’s trees are used as stencils and incorporated with other collage materials to create compositions, led by exhibiting artist Ilene Sunshine. Series continues in April and May with other exhibiting artists in Arbores Venerabiles.

Glyndor Gallery

TUE, Mar 3   Exhibition Opening
Glyndor Gallery reopens with Arbores Venerabiles and Cece Cole’s Knots and Conceits.
SUN, Mar 15  Meet the Artist
Artist Cece Cole will discuss Knots and Conceits in the Sunroom Project Space.
Wednesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays   Gallery Tour
Join an Exhibition Interpreter for a tour of Arbores Venerabiles.
View Glyndor Gallery

Horticultural Lecture

WED, Mar 18 Tom Pritchard–Madderlake: Landscape Design beyond the Garden
Tom Pritchard, owner and principal of Brooklyn-based landscape and architectural design firm Madderlake Designs, takes the stage with partner Jody Rhone.  They reveal a new scope of landscape work that often defies convention, and sometimes even common sense.

Blooming in March
Conservatory: camellias, orchids and South African Bulbs
On the Grounds:glory-of-the-snow, hellebores, winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) and winter jasmine

Garden & Nature Programs

Every Tuesday: Tree Tours
Explore Wave Hill’s collection of unique and inspiring trees with one of our Garden Guides as we celebrate 2009 Year of the Trees.  Topics vary by week, and conclude at Glyndor Gallery.
SAT, Mar 21  Cooking with Maple Syrup
Demonstration: Celebrate sugaring time and learn how farmers transform sap into delicious maple syrup. Great Performances chef Marc Spooner will make recipes using this tasty treat.
SAT, Mar 28  Epiphytes in the Conservatory
Walk: Join Charles Day to see fascinating bromeliads, lush tropical ferns and exotic orchids that grow on lofty perches high above the ground.
SUN, Mar 29  Birding: Rites of Spring
Walk: Learn the basics of birding, including equipment, identification and etiquette, before going out to experience the return of migratory birds, with Gabriel Willow. Series continues in April and May.

Concerts

SUN, Mar 15  Aaron Weinstein, Jazz Violin
This imaginative, elegant and dynamic young violinist performs in the tradition of Stefan Grappelli. He is joined by stride pianist Mark Shane.
SUN, Mar 29   Barbara Brussell,
Cabaret & The Concourse
Brussell continues a voyage through time in the second of three Cabaret performances celebrating the musical history of the Bronx’s greatest boulevard, with a new song by Ray Jessel.

Sunday Brunches

SUN, Mar 15, 29
Start your Sunday with a farm-fresh brunch in Wave Hill House. Reservations at 718.549.3200×395 by 4PM the Friday prior.
11:30AM-1PM.

March Events
Tue, Mar 3 – Sun, Apr 12
Sunroom Project Space: Cece Cole
Tue, Mar 3 – Sun, Jul 19

Arbores Venerabiles
Every Tuesday

Tree Tours
Every Wednesday

Gallery Tour
Every Thursday

Gallery Tour
Every Saturday

Tai Chi Chuan
Every Saturday

Gallery Tour
Every Sunday

Garden Tours
Sun, Mar 1
Family Art Project: Creature Comforts of Home/Hogar, dulce hogar
Tue, Mar 3
Tree Tour
Tue, Mar 3
Arbores Venerabiles Exhibition on View
Tue, Mar 3
Sunroom Project Space Installation on View–Cece Cole
Fri, Mar 6
Art Workshop: Nature Photography–Session 1
Sat, Mar 7
Family Art Project: Spinning With The Wind/Girando con el viento
Sun, Mar 8
Family Art Project: Spinning With The Wind/Girando con el viento
Fri, Mar 13
Art Workshop: Nature Photography–Session 2
Sat, Mar 14
Willow Day
Sat, Mar 14
Garden Workshop–English Hoop Pot Trellis
Sat, Mar 14
Family Art Project–Family Tree Roots and Branches
Sat, Mar 14
Garden Walk–The Willows of Wave Hill
Sat, Mar 14
Garden Lecture–Living Willow Structures
Sun, Mar 15
Concerts: New Perspectives–Aaron Weinstein, Jazz Violin
Sun, Mar 15
Family Art Project–Family Tree Roots and Branches
Sun, Mar 15
Meet The Artist–Cece Cole
Wed, Mar 18
Horticultural Lecture: Tom Pritchard–Madderlake: Landscape Design Beyond the Gardens
Sat, Mar 21
Woodland Cooking Series
Sat, Mar 21
Family Art Project–Up Pops Spring
Sun, Mar 22
Art Workshop–In Study with Artists, Session 1: Collage
Sat, Mar 28
Garden Walk–Epiphytes in the Conservatory
Sat, Mar 28
Family Art Project–Branches Against the Sky
Sun, Mar 29
Concert: Cabaret–Barbara Brussell
Sun, Mar 29
Family Art Project–Branches Against the Sky
Sun, Mar 29
Seasonal Birding
Sun, Mar 29
Sunday Brunch

West 249th Street and Independence Ave., Bronx, NY 10471-2899 718.549.3200
www.wavehill.org