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Winter Solstice 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 seasonal botanical wonders, 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 encouraged online or at 718.549.3200 x251. Day-of registration based on availability and not guaranteed. Questions? Please email us at information@wavehill.org or call the telephone number and extension above.
Severe weather cancels.
Walks follow a variety of routes along mixed-material pathways and varying elevations.
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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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