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  • Last Days for Big Bugs at Garden in the Woods

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods presents BIG BUGS Sculpture Exhibit and Web-of-Life Extravaganza through October 31, 2008. David Rogers’ dino-sized sculptures on 45 acres with 1,500 varieties of native plants. Special events each weekend.

    Visit the BUGMOBILE for crafts and live bugs. Stamp your Big Bugs Map two weekends to win a BUGOLOGIST Pin. Create a sculpture at the Build-a-Bug Interactive Park. Take a Grasshopper jump. Borrow a Bug Activity Bag and a Bug-Venture Guide from the Visitor Center. Submit digital images to the BIG BUGS online gallery at bigbugsart@newenglandWILD.org.

    Admission $8 for adults; $6 seniors 65+ /students with ID; $4 youths 3-18. Free for members and children under 3. Open 9-5 through Oct 31. Rain or shine. Tours weekdays at 10, weekends at 2 included with admission. Shop the native plant nursery. 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, MA. (508) 877-7630, www.newenglandwild.org.

    Special Weekends in October:

    October 18-19 SPIDER WEEKEND: Special events from 12-3 p.m., Sat and Sun. Get ready for Halloween. Learn spider skills for weaving webs. Make your own spider and web to take home.

    October 25-26 BYE BYE BUGS: Final weekend to see them before they leave the Garden. Wear a bug costume, vote for your favorite bug. Design a good-bye card.

    October 31 FINAL BIG BUGS DAY: Last chance to see the 13 giant BUG sculptures at the Garden. Enjoy the fall foliage, hike the Garden, learn about predators and pollinators, and build your own giant sculpture.

    Classes:

    Please contact the Registrar at 508-877-7630, ext. 3301 to register for programs, and visit www.newenglandWILD.org for full descriptions of programs

    Thursday, Oct 16, 3:30-5:30 p.m THE GROUND WE WALK ON Children in Grades 2-5,: CHP5950, with Steven Scholom, $12M/$14NM per child (includes materials). Get down & dirty to identify healthy soils and discover helpful insects.

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  • STUDENT ART SHOW AT GARDEN IN THE WOODS

    Framingham, MA — New England Wild Flower Society, America’s oldest plant conservation group, announces the BIG BUGS Student Art Show, Sunday, October 5, noon to 3 p.m. at Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham.

    The Society invites students K-12 to show work inspired by the BIG BUGS Exhibit. Visit the exhibit, check out the BIG BUGS and the little bugs, examine the interactions between bugs and plants, and create a masterpiece of two dimensional art which can be hung between noon and 3 pm at the Garden’s Education Building. Rain or shine.

    The Art Show is cosponsored by Artscope Magazine. Kaveh Mojtabai, publisher, states, ““As New England’s Culture Magazine, we have a strong interest in fostering creative talent of all ages. The interpretation of the BIG BUGS, little bugs, and bug/plant interactions provides a wonderful opportunity for children and youths to express themselves in many media and to interact with nature. The many gardens at Garden in the Woods offer stunning visuals to inspire student work. We are thrilled to be associated with this event at Garden in the Woods and the BIG BUGS Exhibit.”

    The BIG BUGS exhibit is open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through October 31, 2008, with special events, occurring weekends. Rain or shine. Parking is free. Leave plenty of time to walk the BIG BUGS Path. Submit your own BIG BUGS images to the online BIG BUGS Community Art Gallery at bigbugsart@newenglandwild.org. Explore the exhibit and Garden in the Woods at http://www.newenglandwild.org

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  • BIG BUGS EXHIBIT RETURNS TO GARDEN IN THE WOODS JULY 12-OCTOBER 31, 2008

    FRAMINGHAM, MA — The DINOSAUR-sized BIG BUGS Sculpture Exhibit lands at New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods, 180 Hemenway Road in Framingham.

    July 12- October 31, 2008 get a bug’s eye view of the world when you come nose to knee with an 18-foot, 1200-pound praying mantis and 12 other ENORMOUS and beautiful natural sculptures by New York artist David Rogers. Join in the fun when BIG BUGS brings a swarm of summer and fall events to “one of the most beautiful places on the planet.” Enjoy a picnic and swarm over to the nursery to buy native plants bugs love, gifts, books, and bug-themed toys for sale at the Society’s Museum Shop.

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