Scavenger Hunt: Seedy Business
Everyone thinks that spring is the time for planting seeds but plants have it all figured out. Many plants drop seeds in the fall giving seeds the chance to get used to the cold of winter, and gives both birds and mammals opportunity to cache seeds for winter. It’s also the perf…
Turns out fall is prime seed season, and the Frelinghuysen Arboretum is leaning into it. This photo scavenger hunt sends you around the grounds looking for seeds that plants are quietly dropping right now, the same ones birds and mammals are already squirreling away for winter. Complete the hunt and you’ll walk away with a prize, which puts you one up on the squirrels. It runs Thursday, September 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Morris County Parks listing has any additional details we’re too small an operation to have tracked down.