Greenburgh Nature Center Home Page

Experience Nature with the

An Oasis of Greenery and Tranquility

A Message
From The
Executive Director

99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583

Phone: 914 723-3470 FAX: 725-6599

WELCOME

ADMISSION PASS (Printable pdf)
1/2 Price Admission For One
or “Buy One, Get One Free” For Two

Directions To The Center

WEEKEND EVENTS & Changing Exhibits

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Members-Only Birthday Parties
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The Nature Store
Gift Shop Page ONLINE
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The Property and Manor House
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Weekly Classes & CAMPS
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GNC Staff ARTICLES
Invasives
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Membership

Application Form
Printable
(pdf format)

LINKS to other local places of interest

Education

Programs for Schools
Scouts, & Community

Legal

Education Interns

Internships

Map

Property MAP

Kids Page

Animal Fun Page
Signs of Wildlife

Natural History Of The

Greenburgh Nature Center

Animals and Plants of the GNC (pdf)
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TROUBLE AT THE OASIS?
Can Native and Invasive Plants and Animals
Co-exist at the GNC?
Invasives by the staff of the GNC (pdf)

Special Events

Environmental Progr ams 7:30 PM
Wednesday, November 19:
Socially Responsible Investing
Seth Rutman, UBS Financial Services Inc. and
Anthony Eames, Calvert Funds
Wednesday, December 17:
“Food Matters,” the film

THE GNC MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to educate and to promote conservation, research, and appreciation of nature and the environment while preserving the natural and historic character of our property.

THE GNC VISION STATEMENT

The Greenburgh Nature Center will be the leader in nature and environmental education that ignites a lasting desire to preserve and protect the natural world.

ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS
The Center is a 33-acre woodland preserve with trails, pond, orchard, maple sugaring site and gardens. Our Center contains a live animal museum with over 120 specimens, a "hands on" discovery room, greenhouse, changing nature-arts exhibits, and a nature store.

We operate volunteer programs for adults and students 14 and older.

Pre-registration and pre-payment are recommended for all events. Classes are subject to cancellation if minimum enrollment is not achieved. Parking for all activities is in the main lot. Handicapped parking is available at the manor house.

We offer special programs for groups of all ages, on a wide range of nature topics, either here or at your location. Call or write for our program brochure or check it out ON-LINE.

The Center is open throughout the year except Fridays and certain holidays (call for details). Our grounds are open daily from dawn to dusk. The GNC paths are unpaved nature trails, so please watch where you walk; visitors walk at their own risk; please use a trail guide and map to help find your way.

Listen to WFAS for weather related closings. For more info, call us at 914-723-3470,
or contact us by

Greenburgh Nature Center
New Home To 2 Bald Eagles

The Greenburgh Nature Center is the new home for two injured raptors that were once on the federal endangered species list. View the Eagles Video.

Saturday December 6 – Sunday December 14

SPECIAL HOLIDAY SEASON EXHIBIT

TRAINS – YOUR TICKET TO THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Display of model trains, presented by the Westchester Model Railroad Club. All aboard! Fee: Members-$1, Non-members-$2 per person. (Exhibit admission is in addition to admission to Nature Center indoor exhibits.) Sponsored in part by Cablevision, Mutual of America, and Westchester County Parks.

THE CENTER

features a 33-acre woodland preserve, with live animals, a museum, a greenhouse with botanical exhibits, and a hands-on discovery room.

The grounds are open from dawn to dusk throughout the year.

Indoor Exhibits Open:

Weekdays (Except Fridays):
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.;
Weekends: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Admission Fees:

$5.00 adults
$4.00 seniors/students
$3.00 children 2-12
FREE for members.

½ price for Town of Greenburgh residents with a Unicard

½ price with a
Westchester County Park Pass

GNC

Board of Directors

Margaret Goldberg, President

Roger Scheiber, 1st V.P.
Bruce Geiger, 2nd V.P.
Alexandria Stroud, Treasurer

James Nottingham, Secretary

Susan Damplo
Michael Darviche

Bennett Fradkin
Tony Gelber
Carl Granholm
Stephanie Hollander
Al Krautter

Paul Thurman

NATURE STORE

The Nature Store, operated with volunteer support, is located in the Manor House. It features nature-oriented items at reasonable prices. All proceeds go directly to support of the Center. Gift shop page ONLINE.

PROPERTY & MANOR HOUSE

The Nature Center Property

The grounds of the Greenburgh Nature Center host a variety of habitats not usually found in small tracts of land. Within the woodland are a pond, a brook, rock outcrops of Fordam Gneiss and several scattered glacial boulders.
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The property contains over 40 species of understory and canopy trees including dogwoods, beeches, birches, hickories, maples, oaks and tulip poplars, 12 species of ferns, 75 species of fungi, and over 90 species of wild flowering plants. Such diversity in habitat leads to a diversity of wildlife nesting or visiting the site. The list includes 17 mammals, over 100 species of birds and 14 species of reptiles and amphibians. The property is located at a junction of two bird migration flyways. Because of this and the loss of suitable habitat throughout the area, the property has become an oasis for spring and fall migrating songbirds.
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The Manor House

The Manor House, contains 21 rooms, many suitable for group gatherings and exhibits. It was constructed in 1918 of wood and stone, partially quarried on the site by a direct descendant of Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The younger Morris was a physician, naturalist and conservationist and was a member of an early Alaskan expedition. He named the estate "Nunataks," an Eskimo word meaning "Hill of Stone."
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The Manor House is ideally suited for cultural offerings and the Center has regular programs of lectures, exhibits and craft demonstrations. During the summer months the grounds surrounding the Manor House lend themselves in a very special way to outdoor family concerts.
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The greenhouse, constructed in 1988, provides exciting opportunities for people of all ages to participate in botanical programs and exhibits. And, the Center's staff and volunteers can use its facilities to service the Center's indoor and outdoor planting needs. The Manor House is handicapped accessible, and handicapped parking is available.
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Major renovations to our live animal museum in October 2000 allow easier access to animal’s habitats, improved conditions for the animals and better graphics, all of which helps the Center better perform its mission of environmental education.
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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Download a GNC Membership Application - GNCmemapp.pdf

Family membership provides for special birthday party privileges.

All members receive:

free admission to the Manor House

free mailings; priority class registration

30-50 % discount program admission

invitation to "members only events"

discount at the GNC Gift Shop

admission to free programs

Membership Levels

___ Individual ($40)	___ Family ($60)
___ Senior Individual 62+ ($30	___ Senior Family ($50)
___ Sustaining ($85)	___ Contributing ($125)
___ Benefactor ($250)	___ Patron ($500)

TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS

The Greenburgh Nature Center is located on Dromore Road off Central Park Avenue (Route 100) one mile north of Ardsley Road and one mile south of Hartsdale Avenue. It is easily accessible by car or bus along Central Avenue.

DIRECTIONS BY CAR:

FROM NEW YORK CITY: Major Deegan Expressway north to Interstate 87 North (New York Thruway). Proceed to Exit 5 (Central Avenue/Route 100). Continue North on Central Avenue for approx. 5 miles. Dromore Road is on the right, past Burger King and across from 455 Scarsdale Plaza.

FROM CONNECTICUT: Interstate 95 (New England Thruway) or the Merritt Parkway to 287 (Cross Westchester Expressway) THEN

FROM RYE & THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF WESTCHESTER: Take 287 West to Exit 4 (Route 100A – Hartsdale). Go left and continue approx. 2.3 miles to Central Avenue (Route 100). Turn right onto Central Avenue. Continue for approx. 1.2 miles. Dromore Road is on your left, across from 455 Scarsdale Plaza. (If you see Burger King, you have gone too far.)

FROM LONG ISLAND: Bronx Whitestone Bridge to Hutchinson River Parkway to Cross County Parkway West. Follow to the Bronx River Parkway North. Take Bronx River Parkway North to Exit 15 (Fenimore Road). Turn left onto Fenimore. Cross over Parkway and go through the town of Hartsdale (Fenimore becomes East Hartsdale Avenue). Continue to Central Avenue (Route 100) and turn left. Proceed approx. 1.2 miles on Central Avenue. Dromore Road is on the left side past the Post Office and across from 455 Scarsdale Plaza. (If you see Burger King you have gone too far.)

FROM NEW JERSEY & THE WEST SIDE OF THE HUDSON: Tappan Zee Bridge to New York State Thruway to Interstate 287 East (Cross Westchester Expressway). Take 287E to Exit 4 (Route 100A – Hartsdale). Turn right and continue approx. 2.3 miles to Central Avenue (Route 100). Make a right on Central Avenue and proceed approx. 1.2 miles. Dromore Road is on your left, just past the Post Office and across from 455 Scarsdale Plaza. (If you see Burger King you have gone too far.)

FROM NORTHERN WESTCHESTER: Either Route 22, the Saw Mill River Parkway or the Taconic Parkway to the Bronx River Parkway to Exit 22 (@ the Westchester County Center). Turn right, go straight across to Central Avenue (Route 100). Continue on Central Avenue for about 2 miles. Dromore Road is on the left, just past the Post Office and across from 455 Scarsdale Plaza. (If you see Burger King you have gone too far.)

On Dromore Road, please park in Visitor’s Parking Lot, then walk the path to Manor House.

Public Transportation: Scarsdale Train Station 914-723-0086, Beeline Bus 914-813-7777.

Get directions to the GNC from

The Greenburgh Nature Center values your privacy. When you provide us with your e-mail address, or when you visit our website and contact us by e-mail with a request concerning membership, programs, events or any other information, we will not share your e-mail address or other personal information with any other organizations or individuals. We will use the e-mail address you use to contact us only to respond to your specific e-mail request. You may request to be added to our e-mail list in order to receive notices of upcoming programs and events. When we send information by e-mail to those on our e-mail list, you will always have an opportunity to remove your address from our list and to decline further e-mails. We do not share our e-mail list with any other organizations or individuals.

Notice To Potential Benefactors

Nunataks, Ltd. d/b/a The Greenburgh Nature Center is a type “B” not-for-profit corporation established in New York State in 1975 under section 402 of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law. Nunataks, Ltd. is tax exempt under section 501(c) 3 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Our employer identification number is 23-7454025. Copies of our latest annual report and IRS 990 report available upon request.
To view Nunataks financial information online at

To view the Greenburgh Nature Center’s 2007 Annual Report in pdf format touch HERE. Note, You’ll need Adobe Acrobat to read it.

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