Voelker Orth Museum
techniques, such as hand-pruning. Only natural fertilizers and
pesticides are used. The garden attracts migrating birds — from
the more common cardinals and blue jays to orioles and even
hummingbirds. Monarch butterflies usually stop by for a visit in
June and July.
Volker Orth hosts performances, art exhibitions, and workshops
throughout the year and “Shakespeare in the Garden” during the
summer.
Inside scoop: The museum offers beekeeping courses. Walter
Blohm, who has more than 30 years of apiculture experience and
maintains about 25 hives, imparts his knowledge on general bee
care and honey harvesting in the fall.
Address: 149-19 38th Avenue, Flushing,
vomuseum.org.
FLUSHING QUAKER MEETING HOUSE
The Friends Meeting House was built in 1694. It is the first
house of worship in Flushing and New York City’s oldest
structure in continuous use for religious purposes. It is also the
second oldest Quaker meeting house in the United States.
The early Quakers did not use headstones until the mid 1820s,
so it is difficult to determine all of those who are buried in
the graveyard, but it is the final resting place for a number of
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