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 way too much credit. Frelinghuysen Arboretum’s photo scavenger hunt “Seedy Business” makes the case that fall is where the real seed action happens, with plants dropping seeds to weather the cold, birds and mammals stashing them away, and you wandering the grounds with your phone camera feeling surprisingly invested in a acorn. Run any day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout September, the hunt is self-guided and family-friendly, and finishing it earns you a prize. What prize? The Morris County Parks listing stays quiet on that, so consider it part of the mystery.