Learn about the Lenapes, Create a Flower Arrangement, Make Apple Cider, and MORE!
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This Week:
 FOREST BATHING
November 20 at Willowwood Arboretum
and November 21 at Frelinghuysen Arboretum
Enjoy a
combination of Japanese oriented walking, meditation, mindfulness, and
wellness promotion. Wear comfortable shoes for walking. Click here
for more info.
Cost: $20
per person. Preregistration is required.
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 LENAPE LIFE
November 21
Get a feel
for what life was like for the Native Americans of NJ hundreds of years
ago! Tour our decorated model wigwam, try out stone and wooden
tools, learn the games Lenape children played, and try making a fire with
a bow drill. You can even make a game to take home! Learn more.
Cost: $10
per person. Preregistration is required.
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 VIRTUAL THANKS FOR
THANKSGIVING ARRANGING WITH SUPERMARKET FLOWERS FOR TEENS
November 22
Using a
bunch of flowers from the supermarket, young arrangers will create a
centerpiece perfect for the center of the Thanksgiving table. We
supply the container, greens, and decorations. You supply your own
flowers. Check it
out!
Cost: $20
per child. Preregistration is required.
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Spotlight On:
APPLE CIDERING
DEMONSTRATIONS
Saturday, November
27 & Sunday, November 28 and Saturday, December 4 & Sunday,
December 5
Find out why you’ve been looking at apples upside down your
whole life and help make fresh apple cider by hand with an old-fashioned
cider press. Find out more
info here!
Cost: $5 per person. Preregistration is required.
CIVIL WAR HOSPITALS
ON THE HOMEFRONT
Saturday, December 4
Step back in time with the 2D NJ Brigade to experience a Civil
War winter field hospital during the holidays. Through interaction with
reenactors and educators, learn how soldiers were cared for both on and off
the battlefield, and how civilians and farmsteads were intrinsic in their
survival and recovery. Take a wagon ride to the program! Check it out!
Cost: $10 per person. Preregistration is required.
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Look What’s Coming:
NATURE FACT OR FICTION HIKE
November 29
Can you tell
a ladybug’s age by its spots? If you cut a worm in half, do you get
two worms? Is the Daddy Long Legs the most venomous spider? You’ll be amazed at the things you thought were true and true facts that
are hard to believe about New Jersey animals! Our naturalist will
wow you with facts while you walk the trail. Click here to learn more!
Cost: $4 per
person. Preregistration is required.
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 PHOTO SCAVENGER
HUNT: LET IT SNOW!
December 1 through January 3
Trees and
plants can survive all kinds of crazy winter weather. Hunt through
the gardens for signs on the adaptions plants make in this family fun,
non-contact scavenger hunt. Click here to learn more.
Cost: $10
per family or group of 6. Preregistration is required.
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 ANIMAL ANTICS:
COWS
December 3
How fuzzy do
cows get in the winter? Meet the Jersey cows of Fosterfields and get a
chance to brush them, listen to a story and create a craft to take
home! Check it out!
Cost: $10
per child. Preregistration is required.
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