BIG BUGS: Sculpture Exhibit
from:New England Wild Flower Society category:Clubs and Organizations posted:May 29th, 2008LISTINGS Nature, Family, Art, Museum, Gardens, Outdoors
STANDING ATTRACTION: New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods presenting:
BIG BUGS Sculpture Exhibit and Web-of-Life Extravaganza, July 12 - Oct 31, 2008. David Rogers’ dino-sized sculptures on 45 acres with 1,500 varieties of native plants. Special extravaganza events each weekend. Explore THE WORLD OF INSECTS at the BUGMOBILE with crafts and live bugs. Create a sculpture at the Build-a-Bug Interactive Park. Take a Grasshopper jump. Submit digital images to the BIG BUGS online gallery at bigbugsart@newenglandWILD.org. Admission $8 for adults; $6 seniors/students; $4 youths 3-18. Free for members and children under 3. Open daily 9-7 through Labor Day; open 9-5 Sept 2 - Oct 31. Rain or shine. Tours weekdays at 10, weekends at 2 included with admission. Shop the huge native plant nursery and museum store. All proceeds support conservation. 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, MA. (508) 877-7630, www.newenglandwild.org.
BIG BUGS GRAND OPENING: July 12 - “Meet the Beetles,” New England’s Beatles tribute band “HELP!” performs 1-3, concert and activities included with admission. Guided tour 2 p.m., no reservations required. Ask costumed character DOTTI the ladybug about her life as a beetle. Explore THE WORLD OF INSECTS at the BUGMOBILE, where the first 100 visitors get a free BUGOLOGY nature book. Stamp your Big Bugs Map two weekends to win a BUGOLOGIST Pin. Enhance your visit with a Bug Activity Bag and a Bug-Venture Guide from the Visitor Center.
July 12-October 31, 2008 the BIG BUGS sculpture exhibit by David Rogers and Web-of-Life Extravaganza returns to New England Wild Flower Society's Garden in the Woods with DINO-SIZED BUGS.
July 12 GRAND OPENING and "Meet the Beetles" live music event and family gala with bug-ventures and costumed characters.
Get the BIG BUGS map stamped at two weekends and receive a free BUGOLOGIST pin at the BUGMOBILE on weekends. Build a Bug at the BIG BUGS interactive park.
Date : July 12-October 31, 2008.
