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Open year-round, Wave Hill is a spectacular jewel of a public garden overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades. Our mission is to connect people to the natural world in meaningful and lasting ways through myriad programs in the arts, horticulture and education.
Please see press coverage and institutional news below.
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Martha Gellens
Director of Marketing & CommunicationsPress Releases
Wave Hill Announces 2024 Winter Workspace Residency Program
Twelve artists have been chosen to participate in the residency program, now in its fifteenth year. In two back-to-back, six-week sessions, New York area-artists are provided with studio workspace and the support to research and develop new work informed by the site, ecology and history of Wave Hill. The program includes Drop-In Sundays and Open Studios, opportunities for visitors to meet the artists and learn about their creative practices.
Wave Hill Announces New Leadership Beginning in Late July, 2023
Wave Hill has announced that Ray B. Oladapo-Johnson, currently in a senior position at Friend of the High Line, will become the garden's President & Executive Director in late July, 2023. He brings more than 20 years of experience as a horticulturist and senior executive managing public green spaces in urban areas.
Wave Hill Announces 2023-2024 Performing Arts Season
The 2023-2024 performing arts season is underway, with expanded offerings across artistic disciplines.
Wave Hill Summer 2023 Exhibition Blurs the Lines Between the Natural and the Digital
Opening mid-June, Tap Root is an exhibition of recent fabric pieces and works on paper by the artist duo LoVid, an ongoing collaboration between Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus since 2002. The pair embraces rapidly shifting technologies, ranging from the early-2000s circuit-bending and Net Art to today’s digital culture and Web3 (blockchain technology).
In The News
"Stepping into Light from Water at Wave Hill in the Bronx is a little bit like time travel, or space travel, or both. Artists Heidi Howard and Esteban Cabeza de Baca...offer a philosophy of unity and lived reciprocity among living things, in which humans have much to learn from nature."
"With its celebrated grounds and scenic views, the 28-acre estate offers a romantic setting for an unforgettable wedding. Exchange vows under the lushly planted Pergola overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, celebrate your first dance in historic Armor Hall at Wave Hill House and photograph your wedding party by the Aquatic Garden, Armor Hall welcomes up to 130 guests with room for a small band and dance floor, wavehill.org"
“Pay a visit to ‘the most romantic place in New York City’ – the Bronx’s Wave Hill.”
“Travelling slightly further north to the Bronx provides an opportunity to visit Wave Hill, a horticultural oasis that feels miles away from New York City. The 28-acre estate has two houses whose gardens are home to a magnificent collection of plants with views across to the Hudson River… If you are an avid twitcher, the diversity of bird life here is something to look out for and I am always excited to spot a hummingbird darting from flower to flower.”
"You’ll have a sense of calm while strolling the Flower Garden with rows of bulbs, perennials, and shrubs lining the paths; likewise, you can explore the Herb and Dry Gardens with assorted herbs and ornamental plants."
“We’ll never forget the beauty of this location!” Tamron Hall hosts her special Mother’s Day Extravaganza show from the gardens at Wave Hill.
“At Wave Hill, guests are treated to a series of distinct and intimate gardens along with sweeping views of the Hudson River and the Palisades across the way. The twenty acres of natural landscapes are composed of gardens and woodland in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx.”
“Carnegie Hall Citywide welcomes three new partnerships this summer with concerts at Wave Hill in the Bronx featuring the Attacca Quartet… Following a standout series of Citywide concerts last summer, the ensemble now brings is gifts to the Bronx’s beautiful Wave Hill."
Photography Policy
Wave Hill has a large archive of high-resolution garden and program images. To request use of any of these images to promote Wave Hill for non-commercial, editorial purposes, please contact pressroom@wavehill.org. Please provide proper credit on any photo provided by Wave Hill.
Members of the media interested in taking photos or video for editorial purposes at Wave Hill must request permission prior to their visit. See our policy for commercial photography, video and film and for weddings and family photo shoots. All shoots, whatever the purpose, are prohibited without receiving permission in advance, and may require payment of a fee.