Get your girl gang ready: celebrate Mother’s Day with a mother/daughter hike on Teatown’s trails with Environmental Educator Elissa Schilmeister.
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Wild Mushroom Walk (For everyone 8+)
In honor of National Mushroom Hunting Day, let’s find some fungi! Join Environmental Educator Elissa Schilmeister and Assistant Director of Conservation for Westchester County Parks Taro Ietaka on a mushroom walk. Learn facts and features of these important decomposers and practice your identification skills.
Tending the Tender: A Biomimetic Somatic Immersion (for adults)
Through tea ritual, co-regulated breathwork, seed pricking, rhythmic walking, forest listening, and live crystal bowl sound immersion, participants will move through a carefully sequenced arc of stability, activation, rhythm, and integration.
Teatown ¡en español! (para familias, niños de 5 años+)
Ven y aprende sobre la naturaleza que vive en Teatown, guiada completamente en español. Cada salida tendrá un tema diferente, tales como Los Anfíbios y Reptiles, Insectos, Identificación de Árboles, Los Flores de Primavera, ¡y más! PLEASE NOTE: These hikes will be guided completely in Spanish.
Teatown ¡en español! (para familias, niños de 5 años+)
Ven y aprende sobre la naturaleza que vive en Teatown, guiada completamente en español. Cada salida tendrá un tema diferente, tales como Los Anfíbios y Reptiles, Insectos, Identificación de Árboles, Los Flores de Primavera, ¡y más! PLEASE NOTE: These hikes will be guided completely in Spanish.
Identifying the Butterflies of Eastern New York, Part II: More True Butterflies & Skippers
Part I covered butterfly ID terminology, along with key features used for identifying a set of commonly confused species in Eastern New York (including swallowtails, pierids (whites and sulphurs), and basic lycaenids (blues & hairstreaks). This time the focus will be seasonal brood cycles, along with additional ID pointers, including elfins, common nymphalids, and skippers.
Mother (Nature)’s Day (for families)
Motherhood takes many forms in the natural world. Celebrate mothers of all species, shapes, and sizes with Environmental Art Educator Caroline Erb this Mother’s Day weekend. Create a craft with found natural materials for all of the mothers in your life. Come to craft, but dress for the weather, as this program will involve a short hike.
Semillitas Outdoors and the City Nature Challenge | Latino Outdoors NYC (for families)
Juntos, observaremos a la Madre Naturaleza en esta reserva maravillosa, y entregaremos lo que veamos al City Nature Challenge, un esfuerzo mundial para el estudio y aprecio del mundo natural. / Together, we will observe Mother Nature in this wonderful preserve, and we will submit what we see to the City Nature Challenge, a global effort to study and appreciate the natural world.
Teatown ¡en español! (para familias, niños de 5 años+)
Ven y aprende sobre la naturaleza que vive en Teatown, guiada completamente en español. Cada salida tendrá un tema diferente, tales como Los Anfíbios y Reptiles, Insectos, Identificación de Árboles, Los Flores de Primavera, ¡y más!
Hidden Valley Hike (For everyone 8+)
Spend Environmental Educator week with us out on the trails, as Environmental Educator Elissa Schilmeister leads us on the Hidden Valley Loop trail for a moderate hike.
Feather Friendly: Become “Raptor Responsible” (for everyone)
Meet Teatown’s favorite feathered Animal Ambassadors and learn what it takes to become "raptor responsible."
Hop into Spring (for families, 4+)
Meet members of this fascinating order of animals, get creative with a craft, and find out how you can hop into spring like these lively creatures.
Playing with Puddles (for families)
Puddle jumping is the perfect spring pastime, but take your splashing to the next level with art inspired by spring rain.
Wet & Wild (Families)
Pollywogs and red efts and spring peepers, oh my! Meet the amazing amphibians of Cliffdale Farm and learn what sets these critters apart from reptiles. We’ll model their annual migration to Teatown’s vernal pools by playing a fun game and search for signs of amphibian activity in these temporary ponds. This program involves a short walk, so please dress appropriately for the weather.
After Sunset with Salamanders (Adults)
As spring warms up, our amphibious friends are emerging. Take a night hike to Hidden Valley and explore the secrets within a vernal pool. Wear appropriate hiking footwear, clothing for changeable spring weather, and bring water and a snack.
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