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 plants are way ahead of us on the whole seed thing. While everyone’s focused on spring planting, fall is when a lot of plants are already dropping seeds, setting them up to survive winter and giving birds and mammals a chance to squirrel some away (sometimes literally). Frelinghuysen Arboretum is turning that autumnal seed scatter into a photo scavenger hunt, running from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on September 26. Complete the hunt and you’ll walk away with a prize, which puts it ahead of most Saturday morning plans we’ve made recently. Check the Morris County Parks listing for any details we’re too small-town to have tracked down.