Thursday, September 6, 2012

Wave Hill Events September 20–September 27


FRI, SEPTEMBER 21    PLANT SALE
Visit The Shop at Wave Hill for our popular annual sale of signature plants. The sale continues through Sunday, September 23.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 10AM–4:30PM

FRI, SEPTEMBER 21    GARDEN WALK: BEST BETS AT THE PLANT SALE
Assistant Director of Public Programs Laurel Rimmer offers a personal tour of our fabulous plant sale, highlighting rare plants, superior cultivars and top-notch performers for your home garden. Don’t miss this once-a-year opportunity to acquire some great plants for your garden! Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT THE PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM

SAT, SEPTEMBER 22   FAMILY ART PROJECT—SEPTEMBER TREASURES
September Treasures/Tesoros de septiembre
Gather beech nuts, acorns and other fallen wonders from the grounds. Then, glue your collection to a wooden or cardboard box to house your prized possessions of the season. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
ECOLOGY BUILDING, 10AM‒1PM

SAT, SEPTEMBER 22    TAI CHI CHUAN
Quiet like a mountain, moving like a river, Tai Chi is a sequence of gentle movements based on images found in nature. Short and long form classes are led by Irving Yee, an active member of the William CC Chen Tai Chi School. Sessions are held outdoors only and are weather dependent. Call 718.549.3200 x245 by 8AM on the day of the class for weather updates. Session fee: $15 Member/$23 Non-member. Registration opens onsite at 9:30AM.
ON THE GROUNDS, 10AM Beginners, 11AM Intermediates

SAT, SEPTEMBER 22    PLANT SALE
Visit The Shop at Wave Hill for our popular annual sale of signature plants. The sale continues through Sunday, September 23.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 10AM–4:30PM

SAT, SEPTEMBER 22    GARDEN WALK: BEST BETS AT THE PLANT SALE
Assistant Director of Public Programs Laurel Rimmer offers a personal tour of our fabulous plant sale, highlighting rare plants, superior cultivars and top-notch performers for your home garden. Don’t miss this once-a-year opportunity to acquire some great plants for your garden! Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT THE PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM

SAT, SEPTEMBER 22   FAMILY GALLERY TOUR
Family Gallery Tours offer an opportunity for children and their parents or caregivers to enjoy looking at and sharing ideas about art. Tours will include discussions and activities about contemporary art that responds to the natural world. The tour begins promptly at 1pm and lasts approximately 45 minutes. A maximum of 20 visitors can be accommodated on the tour. Children ages 4 and older are welcome with an adult. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 1PM

SAT, SEPTEMBER 22    GALLERY TOUR
Join an exhibition interpreter for one of our regularly scheduled tours of Wave Hill’s fall exhibition Foregrounding the Palisades, sculptural installations by artists Isidro Blasco, Blane de St. Croix and Paula Winokur that focus on the cliffs across the Hudson River, a quintessential feature of Wave Hill’s vista—and history.  In the Sunroom, Crystal Z. Campbell and Yeon Ji Yoo fill the space with site-specific works inspired by local social and natural history. Tours take place Tuesdays and Saturdays at 2PM. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM

SUN, SEPTEMBER 23    FAMILY ART PROJECT—SEPTEMBER TREASURES
September Treasures/Tesoros de septiembre
Gather beech nuts, acorns and other fallen wonders from the grounds. Then, glue your collection to a wooden or cardboard box to house your prized possessions of the season. Free with admission to the grounds.
ECOLOGY BUILDING, 10AM‒1PM

SUN, SEPTEMBER 23   HATHA YOGA
Release stress and find refuge from city life by practicing seasonal yoga, surrounded by the beauty of Wave Hill. Hatha Yoga involves the use of physical postures, breath control and meditation to create a supple, strong and relaxed body-mind. Classes are led by Neem Dewji, certified in Hatha and Therapeutic Yoga from The Yoga for Health Foundation in Bedfordshire, England, and The Integral Yoga Institute in NYC. Participants should bring a mat, dress in loosely fitting clothing and come to class with breakfast well digested. All levels welcomed. Sessions are held outdoors only and are weather dependent. Call 718.549.3200 x245 by 8AM on the day of the class for weather updates. Session fee: $15 Member/$23 Non-member. Registration opens onsite at 9:30AM.
ON THE GROUNDS, 10–11:15AM

SUN, SEPTEMBER 23    PLANT SALE
Visit The Shop at Wave Hill for our popular annual sale of signature plants.
PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 10AM–4:30PM

SUN, SEPTEMBER 23    GARDEN HIGHLIGHTS WALK
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 2PM

SUN, SEPTEMBER 23    ARTS RECEPTION
Artists Isidro Blasco, Blane De St. Croix and Paula Winokur foreground the impressive rock formations of the Hudson Palisades through sculptural installations in Glyndor Gallery. All three will be here for this celebratory reception for the exhibition—and the Palisades. From 2 to 3pm, the Robert Silverman Jazz and Blues Trio will add to the festive afternoon with a plein-air performance in the gardens adjacent to Glyndor Gallery. At 3pm, the artists will speak about their installations. The exhibition this fall is the first in a series of visual and performing arts programs that honor former residents of Wave Hill. As we focus on the Hudson Palisades, we celebrate the preservation efforts led by George W. Perkins, former owner of Wave Hill. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY & GROUNDS, 2‒4PM

TUE, SEPTEMBER 25    GARDEN HIGHLIGHTS WALK
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM

TUE, SEPTEMBER 25    GALLERY TOUR
Join an exhibition interpreter for one of our regularly scheduled tours of Wave Hill’s fall exhibition Foregrounding the Palisades, sculptural installations by artists Isidro Blasco, Blane de St. Croix and Paula Winokur that focus on the cliffs across the Hudson River, a quintessential feature of Wave Hill’s vista—and history.  In the Sunroom, Crystal Z. Campbell and Yeon Ji Yoo fill the space with site-specific works inspired by local social and natural history. Tours take place Tuesdays and Saturdays at 2PM. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM

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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—4:30PM. Closes 5:30PM, March 15—October 31.  
ADMISSION  $8 adults, $4 students and seniors 65+, $2 children 6—18. Free Saturday mornings until noon. Free until noon September Tuesdays.  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 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 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.


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