The Greenhouse Education Center

Celebrate our garden's neighboring trees that shelter, nourish, and connect our gardens.While some of our early Spring flowering trees like Cherrry Blossom and Magnolia have come and gone, June brings its own abundance of the fragrance of flowering trees. Join us Family Farmacy to meet and breathe with some of June's most vibrant flowering trees, ... Family Farmacy: Linden and Locust Love

Garlicky Sautéed Spring Greens + BeansGreens and beans are more than a meal, they are food ingredients that reflect how communities have nourished themselves with what’s available, seasonal, and shared. This workshop uses that foundation to explore health, culture, and collective care.Your Facilitator: Brandy CochraneBrandy Cochrane is a culinary educator for PPMNY, a licensed Food ... Sauté Sizzle Savor: Greens and Beans

Working with Heart Medicine of Cacao & The Cacao Tree in Mayan CosmovisionCacao, known as the medicine of the heart, will guide us through gentle ritual and reflection to soften, open, and nourish our inner world.Together, we’ll learn about the medicine of the cacao tree and the Mayan Cosmovision that honors cacao as "food for ... Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Cacao Circle

"What are the practical, everyday, and lifelong ways we become kin?" - Center for Humans and Nature PressWith every breath, every sip of water, every meal, we are reminded that our lives are inseparable from the life of the world—and the cosmos—in ways both material and spiritual. What are the sources of our deepest evolutionary ... Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Kinning in the Garden

Work with Pressed Florals To Create a Charms to Carry Flowers as Messengers of Powerful AffirmationsFlowers have long been used to express either what feels difficult to say, and even secret messages. Join us in the garden to get your hands to making with clay, pressed florals, and your own carefully crafted affirmations to create ... Art in the Garden: Flower Affirmation Charms

Learn about Cacao and Rose, and Work with the Two Powerful Culinary Heart MedicinesLearn about the plants behind some of the most luxurious treats we can gift ourselves, cacao and rose, and deepen into the heart medicine they offer. Together, we'll create our own rose water white chocolate bark while enjoying a cup of cacao ... Art & AgriCulture: Rose Water Chocolate Bark

Explore the connections between gardens and fibers through the living stories woven between plants, animals, and humans.Join us for a morning of fiber arts inspired by the plants, animals, and agricultural traditions that connect us to land. Together we'll explore the relationships between gardens, farms, and textiles while experimenting with wet felting techniques and need-felting ... Family Farmacy: Softness is a Super Power

Quick Pickle Your Food Using Spring's Fresh Produce!In this hands-on, plant-based workshop, participants will create their own jar of bright spring pickles inspired by global traditions such as Haitian pikliz, Vietnamese do chua, Mexican escabeche, and Middle Eastern pickled vegetables. Using fresh, seasonal produce, herbs, and simple brines, everyone will build a customized mix to ... Sauté Sizzle Savor: Spring Pickles

As we approach Summer Solstice, Nourish Your Heart with LindenJoin us at the greenhouse to deepen your relationship with the tree medicine of Linden! While many of the flowering trees of Spring come and go by May, Linden blossoms with sweet fragrant flowers sheltered by their canopy of thick green leaves, providing an important nectar ... Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Linden Love

Create Your own Botanical Prints Using the Alchemy of CyanotypeJoin us at the Greenhouse as we approach the Summer Soltice to take in the sun's powerful rays of light to create sun prints, or cyanotypes through this camera-less photographic process. Together, we'll learn the alchemy of the cyanotype process, then move to the garden where ... Art in the Garden: Blooming in Blue

Craft Your Own Culinary and Body Oils Paying Homage to Sun, Olive Trees, and Solstice-Revered PlantsAs we near the Summer Solstice, join us for an evening of crafting infused oils for both the kitchen and body. Working with fragrant herbs and flowers associated with the Solstice, such as calendula, yarrow, rosemary, lavender, and others, together ... Art & AgriCulture: Radiance in a Bottle