New Summer Adventure Camps at The New York Botanical Garden Allow Children 5–10 Years Old to Explore Nature, Science, and Fun

Registration Now Open for Camp Sessions in July and August 2012.

Gregory

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The New York Botanical Garden is very pleased to offer for the first time a series of week-long, the med summer camps for kids ages 5 to 10. Camps run Monday–Friday, July 9–August 17, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Registration is now open! Fees are $225/week for Non-Members and $200/week for Members. Early drop-off (8 a.m.) and late pickup (5:30 p.m.) options are available for an additional $25. Call 718.817.8181 for more information or visit nybg.org/camps.

The summer camps are:

Art in Nature

July 9–13: ages 5–7

July 16–20: ages 8–10

This camp allows children to be artists in the Garden. Each day will include time for drawing,

painting, and creating sculptures. Children will embark on outdoor “creativity walks,” as well as

design their own dance performances. The campers will show off their nature-inspired works of

art during a show at the end of the week!

Wild Wetlands

July 23–27: ages 8–10

July 30–August 3: ages 5–7

During this session, children will discover the diversity of the Garden’s ponds, rivers, and

wetlands. Their week will be filled with wetland walks, scavenger hunts, crafts, science

experiments, bird watching, and frog catching. The grand finale of the week will be a canoe trip

down the Bronx River!

Forest Adventures

August 6–10: ages 5–7

August 13–17: ages 8–10

Children will explore the forest native to the Garden and discover others found across the globe!

Campers will uncover the diversity of forest life through scavenger hunts, woodland walks, tree

investigations, bird watching, nature drawings and journaling, outdoor games, and making their

own plant presses. Campers will also get to do some climbing with NYBG tree experts!

Children participating in these adventure camps will spend time indoors and out exploring the amazing flora and fauna of the Garden’s 250 acres. The Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, which is specially designed for children to explore outdoor areas like wetlands, meadows, and ponds, will serve as the camp home base.

Participants in the series of camps will get a behind-the-scenes look into the Garden’s world-renowned horticulture and science facilities. “Campers will engage with nature, art, and the environment in unique and fun ways. They will step into our plant science universe to catch a glimpse of the magic,” says Alicia Tait, Assistant Manager of the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden and architect of the adventure programs.

To register call 718.817.8181. For more information visit the NYBG Camp Web page.

The New York Botanical Garden is recognized as one of the country’s leading environmental education institutions and as a pioneer in the field of informal science learning. With experts in both cultivating and educating people about plants, the Botanical Garden provides educators, children, and families with unique programs to help better understand the important role plants play in everyday life. Information about the Garden’s Children’s Education programs can be found online at nybg.org/edu/

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The New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York 10458

The New York Botanical Garden is located on property owned in full by the City of New York, and its operation is madepossible in part by public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. A portion of the Garden’s general operating funds is provided by The New York City Council and The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The Bronx Borough President and Bronx elected representatives in the City

Council and State Legislature provide leadership funding.

The New York Botanical Gardens Schedules Extensive List of Halloween Events for Adults and Children stating October 1st

Here is more Halloween fun taking place in the Bronx. The extensive list of scheduled activities sound like a lot of fun for both adults and children. The gardens should be beautiful this time of years. I hope everyone takes time to enjoy the events.

Gregory
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Enjoy Spooky Halloween Fun in The Haunted Pumpkin Garden
Hundreds of Creatively Carved Pumpkins, Pumpkin Parties, Giant Pumpkin Carving,
and More Await at The New York Botanical Garden

Saturday, October 1–Sunday, October 30, 2011
From Saturday, October 1, through Sunday, October 30, The Haunted Pumpkin Garden at The New York Botanical Garden will treat visitors to frightful Halloween fun. Pumpkin sculptures of spooky scarecrows, frightening spiders, sneaky snakes, and more await discovery at every turn in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden. Every day youngsters can play inside a “gourd-geous” Pumpkin House, put on a scary show at the Pumpkin Puppet Theater, look for wiggly worms under a rotting log, and join a Halloween Parade, while every weekend offers even more treats.

The brainchild of visual artist Michael Natiello, Creative Director for Historic Hudson Valley’s Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, the display includes more than 500 pumpkins intricately carved to create scarecrows, bugs and insects, bats,
spiders and snakes, and creepy nighttime trails through the Children’s Adventure Garden.

A list of all activities during October is below. For more
information, visit nybg.org/exhibitions/haunted-pumpkingarden/index.php

Halloween Parades
Every day throughout October, Weekdays at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2 and
4 p.m. Kids of all ages are encouraged to wear costumes for parades through the
Adventure Garden.

Creepy Creatures Weekend
Ugh! Bugs!
Saturday, October 1, 1 and 3 p.m.
Get up close to creepy crawly insects such as Madagascar hissing cockroaches,
the emperor scorpion, the pink toe tarantula, crickets, and millipedes.
Gone Batty!

Sunday, October 2, 1 and 3 p.m.
Come face to face with a variety of bats, including the gigantic flying fox bat
from Malaysia, which has a wingspan of nearly six feet.

Spooktacular Pumpkin Party
October 8, 9, and 10, all day (Columbus Day Weekend)
Delight in the fantastical creations of master puppeteer Ralph Lee. Take part in spooky storytelling, puppet-making, and creepy hands-on fun for the entire family.

Giant Pumpkin Carving Weekends
Saturday & Sunday, October 22 & 23, all day
Watch master carver and two-time Food Network Challenge winner Ray Villafane
transform pumpkins into monsters!

Saturday & Sunday, October 29 & 30, all day
See Michael Natiello transform pumpkins into amazing sculptures, releasing the beast
from within!

Spooky Nighttime Adventure
Saturdays, Oct. 22 & 29, 6–7:30 p.m.
Grab a flashlight and explore the spooky sculptures of the Adventure Garden after dark.

Trick-or-treat along the paths and decorate a pumpkin to take home. Kids of all ages:
Non-Member $20/Member $15. Advance tickets recommended

Visit nybg.org/visit/tickets.php to purchase tickets.
Get Set for Grown-Up Halloween Fun at the Garden

This year The New York Botanical Garden is offering a Halloween activity especially for adults. On Friday, October 28, from 7 to 9 p.m., Bugs and Brews thrills the kid in you with spooky fun while treating your adult side to bubbling artisanal beers and insect delicacies—if you dare! There will be live music and guided spooky walks. Non-Member $30/Member $20 (Adults 21 and over); includes complimentary beer. Advance tickets recommended Visit nybg.org/visit/tickets.php to purchase tickets.
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New York Botanical Garden Accepting Applications for its Horticulture Program

Here is some information sent by the School of Professional Horticulture at the NY Botaniical Gardens. Those interested should review the letter and web sites listed below.

Gregory

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Dear Gregory,

The nation’s leading horticulture career training program, the School of Professional Horticulture at The New York Botanical Garden is accepting applications now through August 15, 2011. This two-year, full-time horticulture program in New York City offers students high-quality academics with hands-on practical training. Current students and alumni are excelling in the field. Monet’s Garden at Giverny and U.S. National Arboretum are among internship sites for current students. A recent alumnus and manager of Verdant Gardens Design in Brooklyn is just one of many career changers successfully employed in horticulture business. Prospective students may apply at http://www.nybg.org/edu/soph/

Access the online press release with full details here:
http://www.nybg.org/press_releases/PressRelease-SOPHApplicationDeadlineisAugust152011.pdf

Learn more about the School by reading this backgrounder:
http://www.nybg.org/files/soph/NYBGSchoolofProfessionalHorticultureBackgrounder7.19.11.pdf

Tenth Annual Farmers Market Returns to The New York Botanical Gardens: June 15th - November 23rd

Here is another healthy food options offered by local farmers and food merchants in conjunction with The New York Botanical Gardens. The Greenmarket at the NY Botanical Gardens runs from June 15th - November 15th. Admission to the garden is free when the farmers market is open for business. It’s a great opportunity to shop for fresh food and enjoy the great nature available at the NY Botanical Gardens. Please see information sent by the Botanical Gardens for additional details. Kudos to the MetLife Foundation for their financial support in making the Greenmarket programs a reality city wide.

Gregory
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Tenth Annual Farmers Market Returns toThe New York Botanical Garden
Greenmarket will be open every Wednesday, June 15–November 23, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

The New York Botanical Garden’s popular farmers market returns on Wednesday, June 15, for its tenth year, bringing affordable, locally grown produce and fresh, nutritious baked goods to the Bronx. The market will be open every Wednesday, at the base of Library Allée inside the Garden’s Mosholu Gate entrance, from June 15 through November 23, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

“With the return of the Greenmarket to The New York Botanical Garden, vendors from the HudsonValley region and beyond will offer a wide array of seasonal produce,” said Jennifer Rothman, AssociateVice President for Children’s and Public Education at the Botanical Garden.

“The market gives New Yorkers access to fresh, nutritional, and delicious food produced by New York farmers.”

Visitors to the Greenmarket can:

*Talk to the farmers to learn more about the nutritional and health benefits of gardening and eating locally. Learn how to use produce from the market to make easy, nutritional meals and find out aboutcomposting, recycling, growing vegetables, and more at special demonstrations throughout theseasons.

*Hear “What’s in Season” at the market each week by calling 718.362.9561 and pressing 406#.

*Enjoy self-guided walking tours of the Garden.

*The Greenmarket attracts lovers of some of the tastiest and healthiest products New York has to offer. Overflowing stands greet shoppers with a cornucopia of just-picked, orchard-grown goods, including:peaches, pears, and apples; ripe raspberries and cherries; a wide selection of seasonal vegetables,including heirloom tomatoes, corn, squash, and eggplant; fragrant herbs and assorted greens; and sweetcider, honey, and homemade old-fashioned donuts, pies, and breads.

The market accepts food stamps, EBT cards, FMNP/WIC and Senior coupons, so more visitors can takeadvantage of the amazing bounty of produce at the Greenmarket at The New York Botanical Garden.

There is free admission to The New York Botanical Garden grounds on Wednesday, allowing visitors to explore many of the Garden’s other offerings such as the ever-changing flowers and plant collections in the award-winning, sustainable Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, Jane Watson Irwin Perennial Garden,and inspiring Home Gardening Center.

Featured vendors this year include:

*Gajeski Produce, Riverhead, N.Y.–A wide variety of vegetables, including carrots, potatoes,onions, peppers, cucumber, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, and eggs from

*FeatherRidge Farm in Elizaville, N.Y.Migliorelli Farm, Tivoli, N.Y.–An array of greens, beets, turnips, and tomatoes, and summer and fall fruit from a third-generation farmer. Also cider donuts and apple cider at the end of theseason.

*The Little Bake Shop, Valley Cottage, N.Y.–Small quiches, pies, cookies, pastries, and healthbreads.

*Bread Alone, Boiceville, N.Y.–(Organic certified) Crusty breads, rolls, and small pastries.

*Red Jacket Orchard, Waterloo, N.Y.– Heirloom apples and mixed orchard fruit juices, jams, and apple butter.

Find out “What’s in Season” each week by using the Audio Tour sponsored by Bloomberg. On thenybg.org Web site, you can also find weekly featured items, delicious recipes using products from the Greenmarket, nutritional information about eating fresh foods, and blogs by our farmers for ideas about what is going on in the field at nybg.org/plant-talk

The Greenmarket has become increasingly important to help people live healthier lives, while supporting New York businesses. The farmers market is organized in conjunction with Greenmarket, the largest andmost successful open-air farmers market program in the country which since 1976 has been working to promote regional agriculture, preserve farmland and ensure a continuing supply of fresh, local produce forall New Yorkers. Greenmarket is a program of GrowNYC. For over 30 years, GrowNYC’s Greenmarketstaff, volunteers and farmers have been working together to promote regional agriculture, preserve farmland and ensure a continuing supply of fresh, local produce for all New Yorkers. To learn more aboutGrowNYC’s Greenmarket, gardening, recycling and education programs, visit growNYC.org

For more information, visit nybg.org/greenmarket
The Heart Smart Program, a part of the MetLife Healthy Families Program at The New York Botanical Garden, is made possible through the generous support of MetLife Foundation.