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The Visitor Center is your gateway to Bowman's Hill Wildflower
Preserve. A friendly volunteer or staff member in the Twinleaf
Shop will orient you to the Preserve and tell you about upcoming
events. They also can suggest the best trails for you to walk
on  based
on your time, interests and abilities.
If you're not a member of the Preserve,
please pay the admission fee to the Preserve in the Shop.
Your admission fee entitles you to unlimited access to the
Preserve for the day and to a free, guided tour (offered daily
at 2:00 p.m. from mid-March through October). If you're interested,
sign up when you arrive. For more about guided tours, click
here.
Members receive free admission and a free, guided tour, among
many other benefits. Membership details and forms are available
in the Visitor Center. To find out more about membership,
click here.
Pick up a free trail map, bloom guide and seasonal trail
guide. If you're visiting with children, ask the person in
the Shop for "A Children's Guide to Bowman's Hill Wildflower
Preserve." Click here to find out more about bloom
guides and seasonal
trail guides.
The Twinleaf Shop also sells field guides, books, nature-themed
items and native plant seeds. To find out more about the Shop,
click
here.
To whet your appetite, look at the bulletin boards of photographs
and tidbits about what's in bloom. Peruse the exhibits. For
more about what's in bloom, click
here. To find out about current exhibits, click
here. Free information
sheets about gardening with natives and invasive
plants are available, as well as brochures about volunteering
and group/school
tours.
While you're in the Visitor Center, watch a wildflower video,
check out the Sinkler
Bird Observatory and the Platt Bird Collection, which
is located downstairs.
An 800-title library of books about native plants, horticulture, ecology, plant folklore, birds and related subjects is now catalogued and available to the public for on-site use. With a small table, a few comfortable chairs and a built-in bank of books beckoning through glass doors, the library corner provides a cozy retreat for learning more about plants you see on the trails or for digging deeper into a nature topic that interests you.
Restrooms, a drinking fountain and a soda/bottled water machine
also are located at the Visitor Center. Sorry, no food is
available to buy, but there are restaurants and convenience
stores in nearby New
Hope.
The main floor of the Visitor Center and its restrooms, and the parking lot are handicapped accessible. There is ample free parking close to the Visitor Center.
Just outside the Visitor Center during the growing season, you'll find an inviting selection of native plants for sale. Nearby display gardens showcase native plants for home landscapes; a free handout describes the plantings.
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