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Notice their bright colors: with few pollinators at high altitudes, they've found a good way to attract their attention. Learn more. See Calendar. Famous public garden in the northwest Bronx along the Hudson River, with flower gardens, alpine house, greenhouses, and cultural center.
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Hours Tue–Sun 10AM–5:30PM. Last admission at 5PM; grounds...
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An urban oasis, Wave Hill’s 28 acres sit high above the...
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Gardens; Workshops + Demos; Urban Pots: Alpine Trough...
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Wave Hill provides innovative, rigorous and engaging...
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Wave Hill’s magnificent gardens and our pioneering arts and...
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Wave Hill’s 28-acre site includes gardens, greenhouses and...
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The Wave Hill way of gardening is beautifully captured in...
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Wave Hill is a spectacular public garden and cultural center...
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The stop for Wave Hill on all lines is at 252nd Street and...
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At Wave Hill, artists find themselves in dialogue with...
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You can help preserve Wave Hill and ensure our gardens and grounds continue to thrive. All donations, big and small, make a difference! Famous public garden in the northwest Bronx along the Hudson River, with flower gardens, alpine house, greenhouses, and cultural center.
Wave Hill’s 28-acre site includes gardens, greenhouses and an 8-acre woodland. As you explore Wave Hill, please remember that it is a carefully cultivated garden, which is very different from a park. Our tips and guidelines help you navigate our expansive grounds and protect our living collection.
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There are more than 4,000 varieties of herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines packed into Wave Hill's 28 acres, a truly remarkable collection that gives credence to the garden's claim of being a "museum without walls." But you don't need to know anything about horticulture or landscape design, or even the name of a single tree or flower to app...
There are several indoor areas open to the public, used for art exhibitions and Wave Hill's many educational programs. Wave Hill House, the gray fieldstone mansion constructed in 1843 that anchors the estate, is home to classrooms and studios, and Glyndor House, an impressive building in its own right, is where you'll find the dedicated art gallery...
The Café, located within Wave Hill House, features indoor dining areas as well an expansive, tented patio out back. This is a counter service restaurant operated byGreat Performances, a Bronx-based catering company, and you'll find hearty salads, burgers, brisket sandwiches, and some impressively loaded-up hot dogs on the menu , with everything is ...
The easiest, most relaxing way to get here is to hop on a Metro-North train at either Grand Central or 125th Street in Harlem, from which it's a straight (and quite scenic) shot up the Hudson to the Riverdale station. Once you've stopped admiring the view from the Riverdale platform, you can walk to the gardens--it takes about 15 minutes. Note: The...
Famous public garden in the northwest Bronx along the Hudson River, with flower gardens, alpine house, greenhouses, and cultural center.
Wave Hill is a jewel-box beautiful garden and former home on an overlook in the northwest corner of the Bronx. The views of the Hudson River and the NJ Palisades are stunning. It is particularly resplendent in the fall when the fall foliage color flourishes.
Wave Hill is a 28-acre (11 ha) estate in the Hudson Hill section of Riverdale in the Bronx, New York City. Wave Hill currently consists of public horticultural gardens and a cultural center, all situated on the slopes overlooking the Hudson River, with expansive views across the river to the New Jersey Palisades.
