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 spring gets all the seed press, but the plants themselves disagree. Frelinghuysen Arboretum is running “Seedy Business,” a photo scavenger hunt built around the fact that fall is actually prime seed-dropping season, when birds, squirrels, and apparently now you are all out there hunting for the same thing. Wander the grounds between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on September 24th, photograph what you find, complete the hunt, and you’ll walk away with a prize. Bring a curious kid, a fully charged phone, and a willingness to lose to a squirrel who has been doing this way longer than you.