You Won't Want to Miss Out on these Fun Spring Activities!

 

This Week: ALL ABOUT EGGS! April 14  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.   PRE-K NATURE ON THE FARM April 14 Families with pre-K aged kids will take a walk on the trails and around the farm, learning about the natural world around them. Click here for more info! Cost: $10 per child. Preregistration is required.   FOREST BATHING WITH RICH COLLINS, ANFT GUIDE April 16 at Bamboo Brook and April 17 at Frelinghuysen 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.   WATER’S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY April 18 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.

Spotlight On: 6TH ANNUAL TUBBS LECTURE WITH JACK ALEXANDER: LILACS – A PURPLE HAZE April 24 Award-Winning Lilac propagator, Jack Alexander, is this year’s speaker at the Annual Tubbs Lecture hosted by the Willowwood Foundation.  With more than 40 years of propagation experience at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Mr. Alexander will speak on some of his favorite varieties of lilacs. Following his talk, he will lead a tour of the Willowwood Arboretum’s extensive lilac collection. I want to go! Cost: $30 per person. Preregistration required. FOSTERFIELDS FARM & THE WILLOWS MANSION GRAND REOPENING! May 5 & 7 Fosterfields Living Historical Farm will reopen and begin tours starting 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. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN Now that spring is here, are you itching to get your hands in the soil and get planting?! Join the community by becoming a member of the Morris County Park Commission’s Community Garden with your own 10 foot by 20-foot garden plot. For more information, call 973.631.5004.

Look What’s Coming: 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.   FARM-PHONICS April 23 Learning to read? Our animals would love to help! Come practice your reading skills by reading to the farm animals at Fosterfields. Come join us! Cost: $10 per child. Preregistration required.   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.

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