Join us for a fun afternoon ! We'll make corn husk dolls 1-2pm. Then we will be led by McLean in how to Ice Dye Cloth.Join us for an afternoon of art and crafting. We will make corn husk dolls then learn how to ice dye.
Explore the origins stories of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)as we unpack and taste test the foods inside.Join us in the garden and around the table to explore how we can reclaim ancestral cooking by recovering the principles that shaped our ancestors' relationship with food rather than simply recreating historical recipes. Participants will examine how traditional…
Create a petite and pocket-sided bouquet with a handful of garden blooms for your kitchen tableJoin is in the garden among the blooms to create your own pocket full of posies--a minerature bouqet to brighten the smallest of corners. Working with a few select blooms from the garden and from NYC's flower market, we'll create…
Draw as a form of care and attention using charcoal and walnut inks to imbue nature into your recordings.Celebrate the close of summer with this hands-on drawing class, using pencil, handmade charcoal, and walnut ink. Together, we will observe and record plant-life, as we talk about foraged color techniques that will transition to Fall. This…
Capture the sensory landscape of your most beloved placesJoin us at the greenhouse to explore the relationship between scent, nature, and visual composition through the creation of a miniature aromatic landscape.Using a curated selection of fragrant woods, resins, herbs, flowers, roots, and botanical materials, design a unique landscape within a shadow box to recreate a…
Gather around the table for collectively-crafted meals and food stories.
A self-guided cozy nook in the greenhouse with curated books, games, and artmaking for quiet moments to enjoy with plants.
Participants will harvest summer crops and learn how to prepare the garden for fall.In step with the growing season, beginner gardeners are invited to gain hands-on learning experiences at the learning garden and greenhouse. In the beggining of Summer, we’ll cover fundamental principles and practices of growing plants for specific urban green spaces, preparing soil,…
Explore the origins stories of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)as we unpack and taste test the foods inside.Join us for CSA Supper Club for collaborative cooking, recipe-sharing, and conversations around the table as we explore the cultural, ecological, and personal dimensions of food.Gather around our garden table for a community supper where simple food creates space…
Transform cyanotypes with kitchen scraps and herbs, revealing the hidden stories carried by everyday meals.Explore the world of cyanotype toning with kitchen scraps and culinary herbs from the garden as we learn how to transform the ingredients of everyday meals into photographic traces from meaningful food memories. Together, we'll begin in the garden to create…
What Stories Do Our Gardens Tell? How Will We Keep These Stories Alive?“The whole world will become a home to all of us, or none of us can hope to live on it, peacefully. But much of the American dream mistakenly supposes that, like a tree, we will grow and flourish, standing in one place...”—…
Inspired by plant ally butterfly pea, we'll tune into all that is blue and beautiful."Tea is an act complete in its simplicity. When I drink tea, there is only me and the tea. The rest of the world dissolves." — Thich Nhat HanhJoin us for a moment to slow down for a reflective evening of…
Gather around the table for collectively-crafted meals and food stories.
A self-guided cozy nook in the greenhouse with curated books, games, and artmaking for quiet moments to enjoy with plants.
A celebration of bees, blooms, and the many relationships alive in our garden!Join The Hort at the Greenhouse & Education Center at the Bee Jubilee featuring the New York Flower Show™, an afternoon celebrating bees and the flowering plants that sustain them. Explore the garden at your own pace, get an up-close look at bees…
Join us around the garden table for cooking, sharing, and storytelling through the harvest of the seasonJoin us for CSA Supper Club for collaborative cooking, recipe-sharing, and conversations around the table as we explore the cultural, ecological, and personal dimensions of food.Cool down with a refreshing agua fresca (drink) made with cooling herbs and fruits…
Create Your Own Charm Bracelet Made of Beautifully Fragrant Roses!Did you know that the Latin word for rosary is rosarium, meaning "gardland of roses"? Centuries ago, people were practicing the craft of turning rose petals into clay to create beads for their rosaries. Borrowing from this tradition, we will create our own rose beads to…
Work with materials and metaphors from the sea & find your creative flowDeepen into the vastness that is the sea to work with both material and metaphor of the ocean to reaquaint with your creativity and find flow. Together we'll work with natural materials such as shells and driftwood as well as upcycled materials to…
Slow down, breathe, allow your senses to open, listen to the messages from nature.Join us with certified Forest Therapy Guide Lori Klamner to explore how the concept of bathing in the essence of the forest and forest bathing can be integrated right here in our community garden spaces in our very urban landscapes. Together, we'll…
Gather around the table for collectively-crafted meals and food stories.
