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Winter Solstice Garden Walk
When
Where
Meet at Perkins Visitor Center
Bundle up and explore the serene winter garden on the shortest day of the year, guided by Senior Horticultural Interpreter Jess Brey. As the setting sun casts long shadows across the landscape, enjoy a stroll among botanical wonders of the season, including majestic evergreens in shades of gold and green, fiery red-twig dogwoods, and bedazzled shrubs with pink, purple, and red berries. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult.
Advance registration is encouraged. Day-of registration is based on availability and not guaranteed. Severe weather cancels.
Questions? Please email information@wavehill.org or call 718.549.3200 x 251.
Walks follow a route along mixed-material pathways with varying elevations. A limited amount of walking sticks are available to borrow. Pace varies from a slow walk to moderate walk throughout.
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Jess Brey
Jess Brey
Jess Brey is Wave Hill’s Ruth Rea Howell Senior Horticultural Interpreter. Her goal is to excite the public about plants and Wave Hill’s art of horticulture. She does this by leading walks and programs, writing articles, voicing audio guides and appearing in humorous videos on social media. She also keeps track of the living collection by managing plant records and labeling notable plants for the public. Jess has worked in public gardens for a decade—she worked at Queens Botanical Garden, studied interpretation at Cornell Botanic Gardens and received an MPS in Horticulture specializing in Public Garden Leadership from Cornell University.
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