Fairy & Gnome Nature Hikes & Builds at The RWP Botanical Center

February 20, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 3:00 pm

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Fairy & Gnome Nature Hikes & Builds

February 20 – 24th, 9:30 – 3:00

Group pricing – Up to 4 people (including at least 1 adult) for $55 (Discount for RWBC members) Click here to learn about becoming a member and save!

What will you build with sticks, bark, acorns and moss?? Join Botanical Center staff for field trips to begin your very own fairy house to display in this year’s Fairy Garden Days!
Tickets are sold with maximum of 4 guests.
Visit our website to purchase tickets by choosing a date between February 20th – 24th.
Select a date:
February 20, 2023 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, 12:30pm – 3:00pm
February 21, 2023 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, 12:30pm – 3:00pm
February 22, 2023 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, 12:30pm – 3:00pm
February 23, 2023 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, 12:30pm – 3:00pm
February 24, 2023 9:30 am – 12:00 pm, 12:30pm – 3:00pm
Gather up to 4 friends & family:
β€’ Purchase tickets at:Β www.providenceri.gov/botanical-center/
β€’ $75 for up to 4 participants, must include 1 adult able to assist & supervise children with tools.
β€’ RWPBC Members discount $65
β€’ Ideal for children ages 6 – 12, those who are creative, young at heart, and all those in between!
β€’ Limited space available.
HIKE & BUILD:
β€’ Weather permitting, take a guided nature hike to view nature from a fairy point of view!
β€’ Collect materials to use on your own fairy house. Natural items will be available if inclement weather.
β€’ 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.
β€’ Take your Fairy House home to add your finishing touches.
β€’ 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:
β€’ Layers to keep you warm and then to peel away in the 70-degree greenhouses!
β€’ Waterproof shoes, boots or sturdy hiking shoes.
Bring:
β€’ Picnic lunch! Snacks! Water!
β€’ Natural materials that you’ve collected to donate to the natural material supplies or to use for your project!
β€’ 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.
β€’ Gardening gloves if you’d like to have them for the collecting materials portion.
β€’ Pruners for cutting sticks.
β€’ Hot glue gun if you want to use your own.
β€’ Something to collect materials in and then carry your fairy house home- like an extra-large reusable bag!
What we’ll have:
β€’ Tree slice or alternative options for the base of your fairy house.
β€’ A limited assortment of natural materials for building your house and tiny furnishings.
β€’ Hot glue, Elmer’s glue, Wood glue.
β€’ Limited number of pruners, hot glue guns twine and wire.
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
1000 Elmwood Ave
Providence, RI 02905
[email protected]

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A friendly heads up to Park-goers: Maple and Pine avenues at Cladastris Avenue are temporarily closed for approximately 4-6 weeks, limiting vehicle access to Park Avenue via FC Greene Memorial Boulevard. 

This temporary closure makes way for boardwalk construction at Cunliff Lake, a public access project that will enhance recreational opportunities at Roger Williams Park!

During this period, traffic will be detoured to park entrance and exit locations at Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue and Elmwood Avenue. Drivers using the Elmwood Avenue exit will follow Cladastris Avenue to FC Greene Memorial Boulevard to Linden Avenue to Elmwood Avenue south to Park Avenue east. Those using the Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue exit will follow Cladastris Avenue to Montgomery Avenue to Broad Street south to Warwick Avenue south to Park Avenue west.

Pedestrian and bicycle access will remain open. However, visitors are advised to follow posted signage and respect all barriers, as a crane will be active weekdays from 7AM to 3PM.

For updates and more information about the project, follow @pvdparks
Thanks to everyone who came out to the RWP Winter Wonderland this past Saturday! From cookies and hot cocoa to a visit from the big man in red, there was much merry-making to be had! Bundle up and swing by Roger Williams Park any evening this month to see all the twinkling lights. πŸŽ„

Shout out to all of our Park partners for putting on the festive event:

@pvdparks 
@rwpmuseum 
@rwpbotanicalcenter 
@rwpgatewaycenter 
@rwpzoo
Happy #GivingTuesday2025! Did you know that Roger Williams Park Conservancy, with the help of our many wonderful partners, brought more than 50 programs to the Park this year? Help us offer even more free or low-cost, family-friendly events in 2026 with a donation!

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@pvdfilmfestival 
@providencetourism 
@providenceact 
@cityofprovidence 
@pvdparks 
@ricommerce 
@firstworksri 
@rwpzoo 
@rwpbotanicalcenter
@rwpgatewaycenter 
@rwpmuseum
From family picnics in the Rose Garden and concerts at the Bandstand to seeing the cherry blossoms bloom in the Japanese Garden every spring and sled-riding in the winter, Roger Williams Park is the backdrop of so many memories year-round, and even more opportunities to escape into nature, connect with neighbors, and attend events in the future! πŸŒΈβ˜ƒοΈπŸ‚πŸŒ³

With your continued support this #GivingTuesday2025, and collaborating with @pvdparks , we can’t wait to offer even more free family-friendly programming, make accessibility upgrades and restorations of historic structures, steward critical green spaces, and more in 2026.

Follow the link in bio to donate, with options for one-time or recurring gifts.

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