weekend events<\/a> include free trolley tours and walking tours and family-friendly activities, including a \u201cplant and pollinator petting zoo,\u201d opportunities to decorate then plant seeds in mini flower pots, hands-on sachet-making with mountain mint, magnolia buds, elderberry, and other herbs, and a scavenger hunt.<\/p>\nIn addition, visitors are invited to participate in artist Jean Shin\u2019s large-scale outdoor earthwork installation, Offering, in the Front Meadow by planting wildflowers atop the 100-foot-long mound inspired by traditional Korean burial sites. A photo booth will offer free, on-site photos with the Gothic Arch as a backdrop. In the classroom, kids and families can create handmade remembrance cards inspired by Victorian traditions. Fresh-cut flowers will be available for purchase in the atrium, a nod to the space\u2019s original use as a florist.<\/p>\n
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\nThe new exhibition gallery. Photo: Kaya Laterman for BK Reader
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The ribbon cutting event also featured remarks from Diya Vij, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner; Peter Davidson, the chair of Green-Wood’s Board of Trustees;\u00a0Erika Mallin, executive director of the New York State Council on the Arts; Joseph Tazewell, New York Regional Director of Empire State Development; and Winnie Marion, deputy chief of staff of\u00a0City Council Member Alexa Avil\u00e9s.<\/p>\n
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