Join FoHVOS for a short indoor presentation on winter birds, then we will go outside to look and listen for any birds. We will focus on ID through song, no binoculars are necessary, but bring them if you have them. This is an introduction on bird ID, geared towards families and kids. Please dress for...
Join us in restoring the pollinator population by building your own bee house! Materials will all be up-cycled thanks to Wildflowers Inn Restaurant for donating their used straws. Recommended for children 5 and up. Must be accompanied by an adult. Suggested donation $20 for child/adult pairing (or add a second child for an additional fee)(limited to...
Please join Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space on Sunday, February 16 at 9AM for the Great Backyard Bird Count at the Thompson Preserve on Route 654. We will be helping to count birds to take a real time snapshot of birds in our area. Our list will help researchers learn about how birds are doing, if populations are changing or remaining stable. We will walk the trail and count what we see and hear. The list will then be submitted to eBird, a website dedicated to birds.
Register Here! Transform your property into a garden that is beautiful, supports our pollinators, provides habitat, and requires less maintenance by using perennial native flowers, bushes, ground covers, and trees. Turn lawns from monocultures into lovely rich gardens with a diversity of bloom throughout the growing season. It is the vast and quickly diminishing community...
Please join us at the Art Sparks studio as each participant creates a mixed media bird portrait on wood panel. We will paint, draw and collage as we are inspired by the the colors, shapes and variety of birds, as well as by the work of artist Pete Cromer.
Recommended for children 5 and up. Must be accompanied by an adult.
The night will begin with a presentation indoors and then we will move to the mansion patio to set up telescopes. If it is cloudy, there will be a more extended presentation and not be able to observe due to low visibility but we will have a scope for show and tell. To get the best...
