Birding Programs
24Apr
Spring Bird Walk (April 24)
The native plant and habitat diversity of the Preserve provides both rich food and nesting resources for a variety of bird species. Join us and experience the wonder of the spring migration at the Preserve. We will depart from the Visitor Center and utilize both sight and sound as we try to spot a variety of birds, including warblers, thrushes, woodpeckers, raptors and more. Walks are led by seasoned birders and Preserve Naturalists and are suitable for ages 10 and up. Please bring your binoculars if you have them. Fees: $5, Members can use their discount code to receive 20% off this program. If you are a member and having trouble with using your code, please message development@bhwp.org Additional Information: Online registration for this program closes on Friday, Apr. 23, 2021. For help with program registration please email education@bhwp.org.
15May
Spring Bird Walk (May 15)
The native plant and habitat diversity of the Preserve provides both rich food and nesting resources for a variety of bird species. Join us and experience the wonder of the spring migration at the Preserve. We will depart from the Visitor Center and utilize both sight and sound as we try to spot a variety of birds, including warblers, thrushes, woodpeckers, raptors and more. Walks are led by seasoned birders and Preserve Naturalists and are suitable for ages 10 and up. Please bring your binoculars if you have them. Fees: $5, Members can use their discount code to receive 20% off this program. If you are a member and having trouble with using your code, please message development@bhwp.org Additional Information: Online registration for this program closes on Friday, May 14, 2021. For help with program registration please email education@bhwp.org.
Art, Health & Nature
28Apr
“Wild” Gentle Yoga: Yoga to Connect with Yourself and Nature (Apr. 28)
This program has a tiered pricing system that allows you to pay what you wish. Join Priscilla Hayes, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve volunteer naturalist and certified yoga teacher, for gentle yoga that builds body awareness, strength, flexibility and a better understanding of how humans connect to and reflect natural systems. Week by week, in the Moss Garden, you will notice the small changes in the mosses and their companion plants. On your mat each week, you will notice the small—or not so small—changes in yourself: the community of your body, mind and spirit. Each session will include breath exercises, yoga poses, and gentle self-care exercises/meditations. Create an intimate awareness of your body and self surrounded by the mosses and plants as they provide you lovely fresh air and peace. Safe social distancing will be practiced throughout each session, and participants are asked to bring their own mats, a blanket, and any other props (a block and a strap are recommended). Priscilla Hayes was inspired to become a yoga teacher after she experienced the benefits of yoga firsthand, in both healing and developing flexibility after a knee replacement. Wanting to pass those same benefits on to others, she completed teacher training at Honor Yoga in 2018, and did her first year and a half of teaching there, as well as completing additional training in various yoga specialties. She left to pursue her passions of yoga in nature and of inspiring others to engage in a daily home practice. She has been teaching in the moss garden at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve since late spring 2020 (with a winter break). Since August 2020, she has been posting approximately half-hour sequences combining yoga with other self- care practices at Home Practice Breaks, https://www.facebook.com/homepracticebreaks, which can be accessed at any time for free. Safe social distancing will be practiced throughout each session, and participants are asked to bring their own mats, a blanket, and any other props.