Flower Power Dress-Up Day<\/a> at the New York Botanical Garden is your chance to show off your best hippie styles \u2014 and maybe even win some prizes.<\/p>\n
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Wear your best and most colorful \u201960s-inspired outfits for a day of live music, crafts like making friendship bracelets, and a dress-up contest where judges choose the grooviest looks among a series of categories. The first 100 visitors who arrive dressed up get seed packets from Hudson Valley Seed Co. This day only, visitors who come dressed up will receive a 20% discount voucher at NYBG Shop (does not stack with Membership discount). Visitors will need to purchase an All-Garden Pass to enter the Garden.<\/p>\n
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Conservatory Plaza, 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
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Dress for the occasion and bring your \u201960s best! Walk the runway for our judges for a chance at<\/p>\n
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prizes. Winners among the below categories will leave with gifts from NYBG Shop.<\/p>\n
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Best Hippie<\/p>\n
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Best Tie-Dye<\/p>\n
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Best Florals<\/p>\n
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Best Impersonator (Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, etc.)<\/p>\n
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Conservatory Lawn, Sets at 12:00, 1:00, and 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
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Sing along to \u201960s favorites and enjoy contemporary, original works by a rotating lineup of New<\/p>\n
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York City folk musicians inspired not only by the Greenwich Village folk scene, but also lesser-<\/p>\n
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known genres of the period.<\/p>\n
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Perennial Garden, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
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Drawing from rich Mayan weaving traditions, these natural fiber bracelets found their way onto<\/p>\n
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the wrists of young Americans in the 1960s. Learn how to weave a simple design for yourself or a<\/p>\n
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friend to take home a memento from your visit to Flower Power.<\/p>\n
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Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and Mertz Building Art Gallery, 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n
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Channel the spirit of the \u201960s at Flower Power, a joyous celebration of the enduring symbolism of flowers as icons of peace and love. Immerse yourself in a groovy and colorful flower show spotlighting the ways in which hippie culture advanced closer relationships with the natural world and explore vibrant botanical displays. NYBG\u2019s galleries showcase photography and visual art from the 1960s, while installations on grounds invite all of us to \u201ccome together\u201d and be empowered to embrace flowers as symbols in our own lives.<\/p>\n
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The New York Botanical Garden is located at 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York.<\/p>\n
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