Join Awbury for a butterfly release in Awbury’s AdventureWoods! Monarch Butterflies emerge from their chrysalides in late summer and know they can’t stay long. You can see these amazing insects, discover the beauty found in every stage of their life cycle, help tag them, and then participate in their release to begin their miraculous, 2,000-mile journey to central Mexico!

Price: Free, register HERE

Location: Awbury’s AdventureWoods (6060 Ardleigh St)

Raindate: Sunday, September 10th, 2023, 2:00

Longwood Community Read

Visit Awbury Arboretum’s AdventureWoods for storytelling of Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis (by Robbin Gourley), in which the childhood roots of a revered African American chef’s appreciation for the bounties of nature is explored through the seasons.

Young readers, ages 4-7 can bring an apple variety of their choice so we can learn about different apple types. We will have storytelling time, a fun activity, and an apple pie party!

There is one free book for the 1st 15 families/groups to register!

Children that participate will receive a slice of pie!

Price: Free, Bring an apple!

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Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Robin Kimmerer shows how other living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return. (Milkweed Editions)

This program is part of the Year of Trees– a program celebrating Awbury as a museum of trees, that includes a variety of native, state-champion, flowering, specimen, and heritage species.

Presenter Biography:

Sheryl Wright grew up on a tree-lined street in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia where she discovered her affinity for trees at a young age. For as far back as she can recall, she has been very grateful for the presence of trees, on her street growing up and elsewhere. As a child, Sheryl wished to see the redwood trees in Northern California—a wish that she later fulfilled as an adult.

After graduating from college, Sheryl lived in New York City for 23-years. She is grateful to have had the good fortune to reside on tree-lined streets in Brooklyn for much of that time.

Having returned to Philadelphia to live, Sheryl’s reverence for trees led her to become involved at Awbury, where she currently serves as a board member. She is facilitating the Year of Trees’ book discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass to join with others in a conversation that uplifts and honors our symbiotic relationship with all living things.

Suggested donation – $15

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