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Disability Pride at NYBG
July 22, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
With Admission
Join us July 22 as we celebrate the history and contributions of people with disabilities to the botanical world—past and present—as we offer multi-sensory plant activities for all ages, a live performance from Heidi Latsky Dance, and tours.
12–3 p.m., Vanishing Art Featuring Heidi Latsky Dance, Performing ON DISPLAY, this endurance performance attempts to end the stigma attached to difference by featuring many performers with disabilities. Heidi Latsky Dance is an NYC-based, physically integrated company, creating daring work with people with disabilities since 2006.
12–3 p.m., Multi-Sensory Table, Join us to explore plants and their products from the Garden’s collections through this tabletop multi-sensory experience.
2:30 p.m., ASL Magnificent Tree Tour, What makes a tree notable? It could be its size, bark, uses, or a variety of other features. Some of our trees have been here prior to the Garden’s formal establishment in 1891. This tour, led by an NYBG Tour Guide accompanied by an American Sign Language interpreter, gives visitors who are deaf an enhanced experience.
Throughout July; 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Children’s Sensory Experience, Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, Explore our sensory-friendly Peacock and Vulture sculptures in the Children’s Garden in celebration of Ebony G. Patterson’s art, created with sambals and feather dusters for hands-on interaction. Then visit the Greenhouse for a quiet space to see plants and use spray bottles to help with watering.