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DIG IT! Garden Bus Trips and Events 2025
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New York Botanical Garden Events - 2025
On select weekends in May, celebrate spring season at NYBG with exciting activities and nature's beauty.
May 10–11,17–18,23–25 - LEGO Botanical Garden Pop-Up 10 to 6
Visitors of allages explore the power of connection and creativity with a hands-on make-and-take experience, while supplies last.
May 10, 11 - Mother's Day Garden Celebration
In the afternoon: Make NYBG's Daffodil Hill your own backyard and bring the whole family to enjoy local food truck options, play family-friendly lawn games, craft a gift for Mom, get your face painted with whimsical designs. Music and collage activities.
May 17,18 - Spring Uncorked Weekend at NYBG - Afternoon
May flowers and blooming trees dazzle throughout the Garden's historic 250 acres. On Saturday (rain date Sunday afternoon) Spring Uncorked offers the perfect pairing of springtime beauty and local wines. With the iconic backdrop of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library and its rows of tulip trees, it's the perfect wine-lovers afternoon, featuring local wineries from the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, and Long Island. Sip samples, live music, learn the science behind making great wines, crafts and games.
May 23 (NYBG Members Day),24,25 - Opening of Floral Exhibition: Van Gogh's Flowers
At the LEGO Botanical Garden Pop-Up, make-and-take a brick-built mini Van Gogh sunflower creation, while supplies last.
New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx
718-817-8700
www.nybg.org

The Garden Conservancy Events 2025
Virtual Programs
Register online.
May 8 - Love Letter to a Garden with Debbie Millman 2
From an award-winning artist, designer, and the host of the podcast Design Matters, Debbie Millman tells us the visual story of falling in love with gardening—and the philosophies that work conjures. Fee.
Digging Deeper Programs
An offshoot of Open Days™, Digging Deeper, an exclusive and site-specific program—includes informal talks, tours, and demonstrations with experts—that invites Open Days participants to take a closer look at the garden world. Register online.
Open Days
June 22 - The Garden of Dianne B. 11-4
Experience this already unusual garden,now wilder in response to the “meadow” that has overtaken the better part of what-was-once-lawn. You'll see late season Jack-in-the-Pulpits and other exotics, many Iris such as Red Velvet Elvis, myriads of Lilies, two dozen different Japanese maples and masses of Japanese Painted Ferns in all their hues. In this layered, low-key garden they live among symbols and sculptures from across the globe and lend a special kind of karma.
2025 National Speaking Tour
The National Speaking Tour brings leading thinkers and practitioners within the world of gardening to audiences throughout the US. We aim to inspire and engage those who have a passion for gardens and want to know further about the benefits that they bring to our lives and communities. Tour speaker Edmund Hollander, president of Hollander Design Landscape Architects, is joined by his partners to discuss the changing beauty, refuge, and joy that outdoor spaces provide with examples from their portfolio, from sprawling coastal retreats to country estates.
Garden Conservancy
11 Old Post Road
Cold Spring
www.gardenconservancy.org
845-265-2029

Wave Hill Events 2025
Wave Hill
675 West 252nd Street, Bronx
718-549-3200, [url=http://www.wavehill.org]www.wavehill.org[/

Innisfree Garden Events 2025
May 24 - Annual Spring Community Day 4:30am to 5pm
Begin with the sunrise. Arrive early to see the skies brighten above the lake and to watch the garden wake up for the day. Later visitors can enjoy a Solar System Walk in the afternoon.
Innisfree Garden
362 Tyrrel Road
Millbrook
(845) 677-8000, www.innisfreegarden.org/

Clark Botanic Garden Events 2025
Clark Botanic Garden
193 I.U. Willets Road, Albertson, NY 11507
www.clarkbotanic.org
516-484-2208

Nassau County Museum of Art Events 2025
One Museum Drive
Roslyn Harbor, New York 11576
516-484-9338
www.nassaumuseum.org

Native Plant Center Events 2025
Westchester Community College
Classroom Building, Room C200
75Grasslands Road
Valhalla
914-606-7870, wcc.nativeplant@sunywcc.edu or www.nativeplantcenter.org

Frederick W. Vanderbilt Garden Association Events 2025
Frederick W. Vanderbilt Garden Association
PO BOX 239
Route 9
Hyde Park
Info: 845-229-6432, info@vanderbiltgarden.org, www.vanderbiltgarden.org

The Madoo Conservancy Events 2025
The Madoo Conservancy
618 Sagg Main Street
PO Box 362
Sagaponack, NY 11962
631-537-8200, www.madoo.org

Battery Park City Parks Conservancy Events 2025
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park, Battery Park City, Lower Manhattan (access: Battery Place) FREE! Information: http://bpcparks.org
6 River Terrace Events
6 River Terrace (South end of River Terrace, north of the Irish Hunger Memorial)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Park (access: Chambers Street)
Battery Park City Events
At Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
Battery Place (corner of 2nd place and Battery Place)
Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
2 South End Avenue (access: West Thames Street)
212-267-9700, info@bpcparks.org orwww.bpcparks.org

Stonecrop Gardens Events
Stonecrop Gardens
81 Stonecrop Lane
Cold Spring
845.265.2000, www.stonecrop.org

The Cultural Landscape Foundation Garden Dialogues
Patrons, garden owners and designers reveal creative process and collaboration that yields a great garden. Opportunities for small groups to experience beautiful gardens created by accomplished designers currently in practice. Fee.
The Cultural Landscape Foundation
1909 Que Street NW
Second Floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
202.483.0553, www.tclf.org

Hudson Valley Garden Association Events 2025
Hudson Valley Garden Association
PO Box 191, Gardiner, NY 12525
Info: 845-418-3640, info@hvga.org , www.hvga.org/

Rubin Museum of Art Events
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
New York
212.620.5000

Old Westbury Gardens Events
Old Westbury Gardens
71 Old Westbury Road
Old Westbury, NY 11568
516-333-0048, www.oldwestburygardens.org

Friends of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission Events
BEAR MOUNTAIN STATE PARK 10:30-3
Palisades Parkway Exit 19 or Route 9W
845-786-2701

Sterling Forest State Park Preserve Events
Registration required. Trails can be steep and rocky, wear hiking shoes. Hike at pace of slowest hiker. Information or to register: 845-351-5907.
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site Events
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
44 Battlefield Rd., accessed from Park Rd. off Route 9W in Stony Point
845-786-2521 or www.palisadesparksconservancy.org
Minnewaska State Park Preserve Events
Pre-registration required for everything. Weather contingent. Wear appropriate clothing, footwear; bring snacks, water. Meet at Nature Center unless otherwise noted.
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Route 44/55, 5 miles west of intersection with Route 299
Gardiner
845-255-0752

Rockland State Park Events
Friends of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission
Administration Building
Bear Mountain
845.786.2701, admin@friendsofpalisades.org or www.friendsofpalisades.org

Planting Fields Arboretum Events
Planting Fields Arboretum & State Historic Park
Post Office Box 58
Oyster Bay, New York 11771
(516) 922-8676, [url=http://www.plantingfields.org]www.plantingfields.org[/url

Neversink Valley Area Museum Events
Neversink Valley Area Museum
26 Hoag Road
Cuddebackville
Info: 845-754-8870 www.neversinkmuseum.org

Landis Arboretum Events
Esperance
www.LandisArboretum.org 518-875-6935
518-875-6935 or landisfun@midtel.net

Arnot Forest
Schuyler County Route 13 (1 mile north of NY Route 224 between Cayuta and Van Etten) NY.
Directions and map: www.arnotforest.infot

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