Spend Your Spring Learning About Plants, Animals and the Outside World!

 

This Week: WATER’S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY April 7 at Great Swamp & April 18 at Pyramid Mountain Rainy April is a great time to learn how water moves around the world and around our neighborhoods. Discover how the water cycle works through an experiment, become a water droplet moving through the cycle yourself, and then take to the trails to find evidence of water's movement in the wild. Adults can drop kids off or stay and join in. Click here for more info! Cost: $12 per child. Preregistration is required.   HANDS-ON HISTORY April 11 - 14 Rain Gauges – April 11: Learn why rain is so important to a farm! In this program, create your own rain gauge and see why the Fosters measured the rainfall. Hand Spinning with Wool – April 12: Learn traditional ways to create yarn from wool! See how the fibers are prepared for spinning, then use your own drop spindle to create yarn. Everyone will get a chance to take a whirl on a spinning wheel. Spring Seedlings – April 13: Join farm staff and plant Heritage seeds for your home vegetable garden. Then tour the site to see how the farm prepares for Spring! Please wear appropriate clothes and footwear for a farm. Natural Dyeing with Flowers – April 14: Learn how to create natural dyes from colorful flowers. Everyone gets to take swatches home at the end of the program. Please wear older clothes, as the dyes are permanent. Learn more! Cost: $10 per child/adult pair. Preregistration is required.   ALL ABOUT EGGS! April 12 at Great Swamp & April 14 at Pyramid Mountain Who lays eggs in the animal world? You may be surprised to find out how many animals do! Discover the egg-layers' identities inside of eggs hidden along the trail for you to find. Learn more here. Cost: $6 per person. Preregistration is required.   WHAT’S IN BLOOM TOUR April 13 Explore The Frelinghuysen Arboretum with Ann Fahey, Superintendent of Horticulture Education on this guided tour of the gardens and grounds. Enjoy the ever-changing beauty each month provides. Take the tour! Cost: $15 per person. Preregistration is required.

Spotlight On: ICE DREAMS 2022 AT MENNEN ARENA April 8 You're officially invited to skate with US Figure Skating Champions in the ICE DREAMS show at Mennen Sports Arena! This show will host Nancy Kerrigan, Gracie Gold, Jeremy Abbott, Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy Leduc, Max Aaron, Polina Edmunds, and many more of their friends! This show is one of a kind.  From tots to Senior ladies - athletes from all over are coming to skate with the champions - in this one night only event! I want to go! ARBOR DAY TREES April 22 Just in time for Arbor Day, celebrated on the last Friday of April, The Frelinghuysen Arboretum will distribute trees offered by the New Jersey Forest Service and the Arbor Day Foundation. Supplies are limited and trees will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. FOSTERFIELDS FARM & THE WILLOWS MANSION GRAND REOPENING! May 5 & 7 ** Fosterfields Living Historical Farm will open for the season on May 5 ** Come see The Willows Mansion at its grand re-opening! The Willows has been re-envisioned incorporating sights, sounds and smells to provide a multi-sensory experience. See the restored arches, tour the house and experience the 3D printed objects. Sign up here! Cost: $5 per person. Preregistration is required.

Look What’s Coming: A DAY OFF WITH NATURE: SPRING FLING! April 15 The frogs and birds are singing! New leaves are opening! Flowers are starting to bloom! Celebrate spring on this day off from school with a spring scavenger hunt, crafts, hikes, stories and more! Check it out! Cost: $40 per child. Preregistration is required.   FOREST BATHING WITH RICH COLLINS, ANFT GUIDE April 16 at Bamboo Brook and April 17 at Frelinghuysen Arboretum Enjoy a combination of Japanese oriented walking, meditation, mindfulness and wellness promotion. Wear comfortable shoes for walking. More Info Here. Cost: $20 per person. Preregistration is required.   VIRTUAL LUNCH & LEARN: ASK THE EXPERT – CHAMPION TREES April 21 Morris County Park Commission Plant Records Curator, Zinnia Cheetham, will talk about what makes a Champion Tree; how to determine if you have one of your own; and highlight the more than 70 Champion Trees in the Morris County Park Commission's parks. Click here to learn more! Cost: $10 per person. Preregistration is required.