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Greenburgh Nature Center Set To Celebrate Earth Day

The nature center is holding an Earth Day and Arbor Day event.

Calling all lovers of the natural world! Join the for a fun, earth-friendly afternoon as we celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day with special guests from the Town of Greenburgh and kick-off our new year-round volunteer campaign.

Earth Day is widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. Arbor Day celebrates a day for tree planting. At the Nature Center, we celebrate both of these special days by working with volunteers to spruce up our grounds, prepare our garden beds, clear our trails, and do other projects while providing educational information for the public.

This year, the Town of Greenburgh, which was recently named a Tree City USA Community by the Arbor Day Foundation for the second consecutive year, is joining us to celebrate Arbor Day at the Nature Center. The presentation portion of the program begins at 2pm with the reading of the Town’s Arbor Day Proclamation by Town Forestry Officer, Aaron Schmidt. Immediately following is a ceremonial planting of a tree on the Nature Center’s grounds with New York State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins. SavATree will then provide a planting demonstration and discussion on root collar disorders. Afterwards, attendees will have an opportunity to visit educational tables courtesy of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County. The first 100 attendees will receive a free tree seedling courtesy of The Care of Trees.

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This event will also mark the kick-off of our new year-round Volunteer Campaign. All volunteers participating on this day are invited to a free visit to the Animal Museum after they complete their project work. Individuals and groups are welcome but pre-registration for groups is required. Contact 914-723-3470 and ask for Penny Berman to reserve your spot. Throughout the year, a wide range of opportunities, including drop-in projects, are available for tweens to teens and young adults to seniors. Each season opens up a chance to experience something new and exciting, while contributing to a greater good. Please visit our website at www.Greenburghnaturecenter.org to discover volunteer opportunities for the grounds, visitor services, and animals, as well as citizen science projects that need your help. You’re sure to enjoy great rewards helping alongside like-minded staff and volunteers!

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The Greenburgh Nature Center is a 33-acre woodland preserve with trails, pond, gardens, and outdoor animal exhibits, including a birds of prey aviary.  The indoor exhibits include a live animal museum with over 100 specimens, exhibit areas focusing on nature and the environment, a greenhouse with botanical exhibits, and a gift shop. The mission of the Greenburgh Nature Center is to offer inspiring, hands-on environmental education experiences, to foster an appreciation of nature, and to promote sustainable practices.

The Nature Center is located at 99 Dromore Road, off Central Park Avenue, in Scarsdale, NY. Parking is free, and handicapped parking is available. The Center’s grounds are open daily dawn to dusk throughout the year. The Center’s indoor exhibits are open daily except Fridays and a few holidays, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on weekends. Grounds open dawn until dusk every day.

 -Contributed by the Greenburgh Nature Center


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