Iviva Olenick: Prospect Park Pollinators tour for Brooklyn Embroidered Oral History Garden Tours

Join local herbalist and horticulturalist Danielle Moore and artist Iviva Olenick for a tour of native and introduced flowers, grasses and herbs that attract bees, butterflies and other animals in one of Prospect Park's Newly Planted Landscapes. Danielle will help identify plants and share some of the ways they interact with local ecosystems. We encourage participants to share their stories associated with these plants. Following the tour, Iviva will lead a botanical embroidery lesson. Iviva will provide sketchbooks and colored pencils for participants who might want to sketch during and after the tour. She will also provide embroidery supplies. Event details: Meet at the Lincoln Road entrance to Prospect Park, 6pm Plant tour, 6-6:45pm Art-making, 6:45-7:30pm All supplies provided Activities suitable for adults, older adults and children accompanied by adult age 8 and up. No embroidery experience required. Rain date is Thursday, August 14, 6-7:30pm.

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