EVENTS THIS WEEK @ MORRIS COUNTY PARKS
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This Week:
 PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT: LET IT SNOW!
Now 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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 WINTER TREE ID WALK
December 8
Head onto
the wooded trails of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum to learn how to identify
the native trees without their leaves. Click here to learn more!
Cost: $15
per person. Preregistration is required.
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Spotlight On:
APPLE CIDERING
DEMONSTRATIONS
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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Hiking Programs:
Nature Fact or Fiction Hike at Great
Swamp – December
3
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.
Sleep, Stay, or Fly Away at Pyramid Mountain – December 5
Every animal must make a choice
in the wintertime in order to survive. Learn what NJ wildlife do -
you'll be surprised at the answers! - on an easy hike with a
naturalist. Learn more.
Cost: $4 per person.
Preregistration is required.
Leave No Trace Hike at Great Swamp – December 8
We hear the term "Leave No
Trace" all the time, but what does it really mean? It turns out
there are 7 principles of LNT that every hiker, camper or nature enthusiast
should know. Learn all about them as you take a guided walk with a
naturalist. Click here.
Cost: FREE. Preregistration is
required.
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