From Wave Hill in Riverdale:

“Mother’s Day
SUN, May 10
“Don’t forget the special Members-Only  evening at the Shop at Wave Hill on Thursday, May 7, to purchase a special gift for the mother in your life.
“Yoga in Nature
Find refuge from city life by practicing seasonal yoga outdoors on the grounds.
Sunday Brunch
Sunday Brunch on Mother’s Day offers a special menu that’s bound to please mothers and their admirers. Be sure to make your reservations early; the deadline is Friday, May 8 at 4PM. Sold Out.

Family Art Project: Blossoming  Branches for Mom/Ramas floridas para Mamá
Find inspiration in the spring burst of blooms on flowering trees, and fashion jewelry and decorative gifts with shining branches clad in colorful blossoms, with Esperanza Cortés.
Book Signing
Bring Mom to meet Arthur Schwartz, one of the country’s foremost experts on food, cooking, culinary history and restaurants.
Garden Tour
Join a Garden Guide for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights.

Art Workshops
FRI, May 1 & 15   Nature Photography
Experience Wave Hill’s emerging spring landscape through your camera lens, with photographer Benjamin Swett. Series sold out.
TUE, May 5 & 12
Spring Landscapes in Pastel
Set up your easel and capture the splendor of spring through the luminous qualities of pastels, with artist Wennie Huang.
SUN, May 17   In Study with  Artists:
Trees from Charcoal, Charcoal  from Trees
Wave Hill’s elegant trees provide inspiration for this in-depth exploration of drawing using hand-made charcoal, led by exhibiting artist Rebecca Allan.

Family & Educator Workshop
SAT, May 30  The Imagined World:
Children and the Life of Nature
Explore children’s imaginative interaction with the natural world and how it reflects the process by which nature also becomes itself, with Richard Lewis, director of The Touchstone Center for Children and Noah Baen.

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Blooming in May
Flower Garden: clematis, columbine, flowering quince and peonies
Wild Garden: bishop’s hat (Epimedium), foxtail lily, fritillaries, ornamental  onion and Solomon’s seal
Elsewhere on the Grounds:  flowering crabapples, mayapple, primrose, silverbell tree (Halesia) and wisteria

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.
FRI, May 1, 8, 15, 22   Memoir-Writing Workshop
In this six-part, memoir-writing workshop, learn about literary and journaling techniques, with Joan Motyka.
TUE, May 5  Notable Native Trees  Walk
Join us for a special Tree Tour as we explore Wave Hill’s inspiring collection of native trees.
THU, May 7  Spring Wildflowers  Walk:
East Meets West
In a walk through the Shade Border, compare the spring blooms of our native woodland plants with some of their close relatives from overseas, with Charles Day.
SAT, May 9   Cooking with Fiddlehead Ferns Demonstration
Learn about and enjoy these tasty woodland treats in a simple but elegant dish, with Charles Day and a chef from Great Performances.
FRI, May 15 & SAT, May 30
Beekeeping Workshop:
Spring Hive Inspection
Learn proper techniques to safely work with a hive filled with 50,000 honeybees, led by urban beekeeper Roger Repohl.
SUN, May 31  Birding: Acting  like a Bird
Discover the diversity of birds’ songs and behavior. Learn how to tell when birds sense danger or when they are in the mood for love, with Gabriel Willow.

Concerts
SUN, May 3  Parker String Quartet
America’s most exciting young quartet performs two masterworks for string quartet, Haydn’s Opus 76 No. 1 in G Major and Beethoven’s Opus 127 in E-Flat Major.

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida): The native flowering dogwood makes a dazzling display  in mid spring. The long-lasting, white (or sometimes pink) “flowers” are actually bracts surrounding the tiny green true flowers in the middle. These are followed by red berries which are eagerly consumed by birds and other wildlife later in the year.

May Events
Tue, Mar 3 – Sun, Jul 19
Arbores Venerabiles
Every Tuesday

Tree Tours
Every Tuesday

Yoga in Nature
Every Wednesday

Gallery Tour
Every Thursday

Gallery Tour
Every Saturday

Tai Chi Chuan
Every Saturday

Gallery Tour
Every Sunday

Garden Tours
Every Sunday

Yoga in Nature
Fri, May 1
Art Workshop: Nature Photography, Session 5
Fri, May 1
Writing Workshop: Memoir Writing, Session 3
Sat, May 2
Woodland & Community Volunteering: Make Way for Spring in the Enchanted  Garden
Sat, May 2
Family Art Project: Build a Neighborhood/Construya su vecindario
Sun, May 3
Concert: New Perspectives–The Parker String Quartet
Sun, May 3
Family Art Project: Build a Neighborhood/Construya su vecindario
Sun, May 3
Sunday Brunch
Tue, May 5
Art Workshop: Spring Landscapes in Pastel, Session 4
Thu, May 7
Garden Walk: Spring Wildflowers, East Meets West
Thu, May 7
Members-Only Spring Shopping Event
Fri, May 8
Writing Workshop: Memoir Writing, Session 4
Sat, May 9
Woodland Cooking Series: Session 3, Ferns
Sat, May 9
Woodland & Community Volunteering: Van Cortlandt Park/Vault Hill
Sat, May 9
Family Art Project: Blossoming Branches for Mom/Ramas floridas para Mamá
Sun, May 10
Mother’s Day Sunday Brunch
Sun, May 10
Mother’s Day
Sun, May 10
Family Art Project: Blossoming Branches for Mom/Ramas floridas para Mamá
Sun, May 10
Book Signing
Tue, May 12
Art Workshop: Spring Landscapes in Pastel, Session 5
Fri, May 15
Art Workshop: Nature Photography, Session 6
Fri, May 15
Writing Workshop: Memoir Writing, Session 5
Fri, May 15
Beekeeping Workshop: Spring Hive Inspection
Sat, May 16
Family Art Project: Conversations With a Leaf/Conversaciones con una hoja
Sat, May 16
Woodland & Community Volunteering: Garlic Mustard Derby in the Herbert  & Hyonja Abrons Woodland
Sun, May 17
Family Art Project: Conversations With a Leaf/Conversaciones con una hoja
Sun, May 17
Sunday Brunch
Sun, May 17
Art Workshop–In Study with Artists, Session 3: Trees from Charcoal,  Charcoal from Trees
Sun, May 17
Special Event; An Afternoon with Alpine Plant Expert Josef Halda
Fri, May 22
Writing Workshop: Memoir Writing, Session 6
Sat, May 23
Family Art Project: All Eyes on Irises/Todos los ojos en lirios
Sun, May 24
Family Art Project: All Eyes of Irises/Todos los ojos en lirios
Sun, May 24
Sunday Brunch
Mon, May 25
Memorial Day: Wave Hill is Open
Mon, May 25
Garden Tour
Wed, May 27
Spring Garden Gala
Sat, May 30
Workshop For Educators and Families: The Imagined World–Children  and the Life of Nature
Sat, May 30
Beekeeping Workshop: Spring Hive Inspection
Sat, May 30
Woodland & Community Volunteering: Riverdale Park Restoration
Sat, May 30
Family Art Project: And So It Was Day/Entonces…fué el dia
Sun, May 31
Family Art Project: And So It Was Day/Entonces…fué el dia
Sun, May 31
Seasonal Birding 3, Acting Like A Bird
Sun, May 31
Sunday Brunch