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DECEMBER 2003

Holiday Fun at NY Botanical Garden:
Gingerbread Adventures Holiday Train Show

Twinkling lights, towering evergreens, a miniature New York made from plants glowing in the historic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, and topiary bunnies with mittens and scarves baking gingerbread are just a peek at the Holiday Family Fun at the Garden. Children and their families delight at the Garden's Holiday Train Show and Gingerbread Adventures in the Everett Children's Adventure Garden.

Gingerbread Adventures in the Adventure Garden-Now through Sunday, January 11, 2004, 10 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Extended hours December 19th-January 4th, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Program Activities reserved for School Groups Tuesday through Friday until 1:30 p.m.

Gingerbread ignites the imagination and the world of celebration, history and culture. Discover the magic of Gingerbread Adventures-from the twinkling holiday trail to the giant gingerbread house laden with frosting and glittering with goodies, to the jaw-dropping gingerbread house replica of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. This holiday season, children and their families learn about the different plants and the ingredients that go into making a classic gingerbread holiday delicacy. Themed, seasonal activities allow hands-on fun while learning. Discover that cinnamon comes from the bark of the tree and ginger root from an underground stem. Children and their families grind pieces of different plant parts-raw sugar, cloves, wheat seeds, and bits of ginger. Using their senses, children are encouraged to ask questions and observe using hand lenses. They make field notebooks and fill it with plant parts and notes. Make spicy sachets, ornaments, and decorate gingersnap cookies. Come experience Gingerbread Adventures and leave with a recipe for the perfect gingerbread-as well as special Holiday memories.

NEW! This year in the Discovery Center, children learn more about the history, facts, and the plant's origins. Illustrated panels chart the story of how the plant part ingredients are processed to become the special, spicy recipe ingredients.

Also NEW this year, visitors to the Adventure Garden's Multipurpose room will see a gingerbread house extraordinaire-a replica of the Garden's Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, the nation's largest Victorian glasshouse that opened to the public in 1902, and is a New York City Landmark! Children of all ages will marvel at the baked replication soaring approximately two feet high and three feet wide. It is made from a classic gingerbread recipe with lots of spices, including seasoned gingerbread, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and molasses-topped off with gumdrops and seasonal candy. The upper West Side Soutine Bakery, named by Zagat's as one of New York's top bakeries, painstakingly details the Gingerbread Conservatory.

Travels of a Plant Scientist in the Bendheim Herbarium-Going on now through April 2004

Holiday Trains and Treats in the Adventure Garden-Now through Friday, January 9, 2004

For a doubly exciting program, K-5th grade students enjoy Gingerbread Adventures in the Adventure Garden and the delightful Holiday Train Show in the Conservatory. Participate in the hands-on learning about the holiday treat gingerbread in the Adventure Garden. Students discover the plant parts in gingerbread and decorate a gingersnap cookie. In the Conservatory, see model trains and trolleys move throughout the miniature landscapes of scale-model historic New York buildings.#

For more information call (718) 817-8700 or visit us on the web at www.nybg.org. The Everett Children's Adventure Garden has been made possible by the leadership generosity of Edith and Henry Everett.

 

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