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Fairy & Gnome Nature Hikes & Builds
March 26, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Take a walk outside to see nature from a fairy’s perspective then head back inside and begin crafting a Fairy House that you can display during Fairy Garden Days 2022!
Dates:
Saturday, March 5th, 10:30am-2:30pm
Saturday, March 12th, 10:30am-2:30pm
Saturday, March 19th, 10:30am-2:30pm
Saturday, March 26th, 10:30am-2:30pm
Saturday, March 27th, 10:30am-2:30pm
Gather up to 4 friends & family:
• Purchase tickets at: www.providenceri.gov/botanical-center/
• $50 for up to 4 participants, must include 1 adult able to assist & supervise children with tools.
• RWPBC Members discount.
• Ideal for children ages 7-12, those who are creative, young at heart, and all those in between!
• Limited space available. Masks must be worn in greenhouses.
HIKE & MAKE:
• Weather permitting, take a guided nature hike to view nature from a fairy point of view!
• Collect materials to use on your own fairy house. Natural items will be available if inclement weather.
• Learn how to create your own fairy architectural masterpiece. Guidance will be given on using glues, getting your house to stand up and lots of decoration hints.
• Take your Fairy House home to add your finishing touches.
• Earn Free FGD Tickets! Bring back your fairy house to be displayed during Fairy Garden Days and earn 2 free admission tickets to the event!
What to wear:
• Layers to keep you warm and then to peel away in the 70-degree greenhouses!
• Waterproof shoes, boots or sturdy hiking shoes.
Bring:
• Picnic lunch! Snacks! Water!
• Natural materials that you’ve collected to donate to the natural material supplies or to use for your project!
• A sturdy, base to build your house on, like old cutting boards, recycled firm plastic, old plates, pots, or wooden boxes. Remember, if using plastic, it must be hidden.
• Gardening gloves if you’d like to have them for the collecting materials portion.
• Pruners for cutting sticks.
• Hot glue gun if you want to use your own!
• Something to collect materials in and then carry your fairy house home- like an IKEA bag!
What we’ll have:
• Tree slice or alternative options for the base of your fairy house.
• A limited assortment of natural materials for building your house and tiny furnishings.
• Hot glue, Elmer’s glue, Wood glue.
• Limited number of pruners and hot glue guns.
• Twine & wire.
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
1000 Elmwood Ave
Providence, RI 02905
bcinformation@provideneri.gov
Purchase tickets: https://www.providenceri.gov/botanical-center/
FB Event Page: https://fb.me/e/1zrUSTv33