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SUMMARY:Family Farmacy: Summer Solstice Soiree
DESCRIPTION:Sweetness in the Sun with Flower Crafts\, Herbal Remedies\, and Storytelling in the Sun\n\n\nJoin us for a joyful Summer Solstice gathering as we celebrate the longest day of the year through storytelling\, plant wisdom\, and hands-on creative activities inspired by the sun.\nAcross cultures and generations\, the solstice has been a time to honor the sun’s life-gving brilliance. Together\, we’ll spend the day exploring how we can celebrate the sun through plants\, rituals\, and seasonal traditions. \nWe’ll begin by brewing refreshing sun teas and creating beautiful sun prints\, using the power of sunlight itself as a creative collaborator. Join us to learn about plants that have long been associated with midsummer celebrations\, including Calendula\, Yarrow\, and Saint John’s Wort. \nFamilies will create:☀️ Sun Teas infused with seasonal herbs and flowers☀️ Botanical Sun Prints using light and plant materials☀️ Saint John’s Wort & Calendula Oils inspired by traditional midsummer herbal practices☀️ Yarrow Flower Essences to explore the energetic qualities of plants☀️ Pressed Flower Sun Catchers that capture and reflect summer’s golden light☀️ Sunflower Seedlings for families to take home or plant in our learning garden.\nAlong the way\, we’ll share stories about the plants of summer\, explore the many ways cultures have marked the solstice\, and reflect on the relationships between sunlight\, gardens\, pollinators\, and our own wellbeing.\n\n\n\nGrowing family wellness through plants and play. \nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts. Each week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\n\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\n \n\n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/family-farmacy-summer-solstice-soiree/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T190000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
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SUMMARY:Art & AgriCulture: Radiance in a Bottle
DESCRIPTION:Craft Your Own Culinary and Body Oils Paying Homage to Sun\, Olive Trees\, and Solstice-Revered Plants\n\n\nAs 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 we’ll create our own custom culinary and body oils.\nJoin us as to learn about the unique properties\, aromas\, and cultural histories of different plants while reflecting on how oils have long served for healing\, nourishment\, ritual\, and remembrance. We’ll also spend time with the story of the olive tree: learning about the protection of ancient Palistinean groves.\nInspired by the Summer Solstice and the plants that thrive under the season’s longest days\, we’ll consider the intentions we wish to cultivate in the months ahead\, infusing those intentions in oils that we can use in rituals of self-massages and nourishing cooking.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Junell Banks\nJunell Banks is a creative visionary from Harlem\, who blends her passions for creative direction\, youth empowerment\, and self-love advocacy. Through her multifaceted initiatives\, she embodies a commitment to inspiring those around her to embrace their authentic selves with creativity and confidence.\nFind more from her at @ju.thatsit on Instagram.\n\n\n\n“Another thing we lost is culture. . . look at the word agriculture. We lost that connection. And so now it’s going back to the culture of agriculture. Why do we grow the food that we do?” – Karen Washington\n\nWhy do we grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are you hungry to tell? What creative acts are you being called to digest? In this weekly series\, explore various techniques and practices introduced by visiting artists who will lead us in expressing our relationship to food\, agriculture\, and the histories and stories that shape how we connect with our foodways. \n\nThrough various artmaking techniques like bookmaking\, printmaking\, collage\, sculpture\, natural-pigment making and painting\, alternative photography processes\, participants will create artwork that begins to answer the question: Where is the culture in our agricultural system? \n\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways our food systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-agriculture-radiance-in-a-bottle/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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SUMMARY:Art in the Garden: Blooming in Blue
DESCRIPTION:Create Your own Botanical Prints Using the Alchemy of Cyanotype\n\n\nJoin 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 we’ll select the botanicals we most wish to work with\, composing our own prints and working witht the light of the sun to document what is alive and blooming in our garden.  \n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Nadia Bongo\nNadia Bongo is a teaching artist and translator. A former Brooklyn Poets Fellow\, her writing and/or photographs have appeared in African Voices\, Litro online\, Solstice\, The Citron Review\, Blue Mesa Review\, and elsewhere. Her first co-directed poetry short film\, supported by a BPL program\, has been selected by festivals. Nadia was the September 2025 Teaching Artist in Residence for the Washington Square Park Conservancy. \nFind more of her work at nadiabongo.com\nAll images Courtesy of the Artist\, Nadia Bongo\, Header ImagesL 1: Mallory Caring\, cyanotype collage on paper\, 2: Photos from Nadia’s workshops and class. Bio Image: Still from Nadia’s film Wandering in Beauty \n\n\n\nGrounded in the garden\, join us to critically and creatively engage in a diversity of artmaking techniques that open us up to deeper dialogue on place\, our relationships to our lived environments\, ecological concerns\, and contemporary culture. Learn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, nature-inspired intuitive artmaking and mixed media exploration\, and other various practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to nurture your relationship to the garden.\n \nImmerse yourself in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-blooming-in-blue/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T173000
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SUMMARY:Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Linden Love
DESCRIPTION:As we approach Summer Solstice\, Nourish Your Heart with Linden\n\n\nJoin 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 source for bees and other pollinators in June. Beyond linden’s resourcing for pollinators\, linden is also a powerful herbal ally for us humans\, providing support for our hearts and nervous systems. In preperation of the Summer Solstice\, join us to learn how to work with linden leaves and blossoms to create your own linden sweet syrups and linden teas.  \n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Diana Arellano \nDiana is a clinical herbalist in training born and raised in the southside of Chicago with roots in Durango\, Mexico now based in Brooklyn\, NY. For the past 12 years\, herbal medicine has played a key role in Diana’s healing journey and she has been working closely with plants\, teachers\, and curanderas to continue deepening her knowledge of plants. She loves to teach single herb workshops to highlight the extensive magic and medicine that any herb holds. During her herbal workshops\, Diana empowers participants to use their intuition and senses to guide their own relationship with plants. Through establishing a reciprocal relationship with plants\, we’re reminded of the connection and aliveness in ourselves and in plant beings.\n\n\n\nJoin us for Recipes and Rituals for Collective Care every Wednesday!\n \nWhat does it mean to heal in community? What does it feel like when we extend care to ourselves and the collective? How do plants and our local ecologies care for us? How can we care for the plants and local ecologies in return?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with. \nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care. \n\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways our food systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-rituals-for-community-care-linden-love/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
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SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor: Spring Pickles
DESCRIPTION:Quick Pickle Your Food Using Spring's Fresh Produce!\n\n\nIn 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 take home. \nThe session explores pickling as a way cultures around the world preserve early harvest foods and extend the life of the garden. This accessible\, sensory activity invites participants to engage with color\, texture\, and flavor while reflecting on seasonal eating\, food preservation\, and shared food traditions.\n\n\n\nChef Keesha is a passionate culinary artist and entrepreneur dedicated to celebrating global flavors while promoting health and well-being through food. As the founder of Live Loud Foods\, she creates innovative\, plant-based dishes inspired by her diverse cultural heritage and commitment to community empowerment. Her teaching philosophy centers on making cooking approachable\, fun\, and a powerful tool for connection\, showing that every dish can tell a story and foster shared experiences.\n\n\n\nIn Sauté Sizzle Savor\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets. \nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community. \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. An all-gender bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to programs@thehort.org \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/saute-sizzle-savor-spring-pickles-2/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T130000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
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SUMMARY:Family Farmacy: Softness is a Super Power
DESCRIPTION:Explore the connections between gardens and fibers through the living stories woven between plants\, animals\, and humans.\n\n\nJoin 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 with wool\, papermaking with flax\, and even making our own wet-felted soaps.\nEver think about how the clothes you wear come from farms and gardens? Together\, we’ll learn how wool comes from sheep who graze on grasses and meadows\, how linen comes from the flax plant\, and even how plants like teasel have been historically used in the textile industry.\nJoin us to indulge in the softness of some our favorite plant and animal farm friends\, and we’ll explore how softness is a super power!\n\n\n\nGrowing family wellness through plants and play. \nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts. Each week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\n\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\n \n\n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/family-farmacy-softness-is-a-super-power/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T190000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20260605T190526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T190526Z
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SUMMARY:Art & AgriCulture: Rose Water Chocolate Bark
DESCRIPTION:Learn about Cacao and Rose\, and Work with the Two Powerful Culinary Heart Medicines\n\n\nLearn 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 using roses from the garden and learning about the cacao tree and this tree’s important cultural and ecological origins.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Vivian Arias \nVivian is a Crystal Therapist specializing in Personal & Spiritual Development. Her unique approach integrates mindset\, energetics\, and spirituality to provide a grounded wholistic approach to personal growth and empowerment.\nPhoto Courtesey of artist Vivian Arias. Find more about Vivian’s work at https://www.crystallinechrysalis.co/\n \n\n\n\n \n“Another thing we lost is culture. . . look at the word agriculture. We lost that connection. And so now it’s going back to the culture of agriculture. Why do we grow the food that we do?” – Karen Washington\n\n \n\nWhy do we grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are you hungry to tell? What creative acts are you being called to digest? In this weekly series\, explore various techniques and practices introduced by visiting artists who will lead us in expressing our relationship to food\, agriculture\, and the histories and stories that shape how we connect with our foodways. \nThrough various artmaking techniques like bookmaking\, printmaking\, collage\, sculpture\, natural-pigment making and painting\, alternative photography processes\, participants will create artwork that begins to answer the question: Where is the culture in our agricultural system? \n\n \n\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways our food systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-agriculture-rose-water-chocolate-bark/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T180000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20260605T190525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T190525Z
UID:10003579-1781197200-1781200800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden: Flower Affirmation Charms
DESCRIPTION:Work with Pressed Florals To Create a Charms to Carry Flowers as Messengers of Powerful Affirmations\n\n\nFlowers 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 pocket-sized charms or tailsman.  \nTogether\, we’ll explore the symbolism and stories carried by different blooms\, reflecting on the qualities we wish to cultivate in our own lives and communities.  \n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Junell Banks\nJunell Banks is a creative visionary from Harlem\, who blends her passions for creative direction\, youth empowerment\, and self-love advocacy. Through her multifaceted initiatives\, she embodies a commitment to inspiring those around her to embrace their authentic selves with creativity and confidence. \n\n\n\nGrounded in the garden\, join us to critically and creatively engage in a diversity of artmaking techniques that open us up to deeper dialogue on place\, our relationships to our lived environments\, ecological concerns\, and contemporary culture. Learn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, nature-inspired intuitive artmaking and mixed media exploration\, and other various practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to nurture your relationship to the garden.\n \nImmerse yourself in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-flower-affirmation-charms/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T193000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20260605T190524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T190524Z
UID:10003578-1781116200-1781119800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Kinning in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:“What are the practical\, everyday\, and lifelong ways we become kin?” – Center for Humans and Nature Press\n\n\nWith 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 and planetary connections\, and of our profound longing for kinship? – Humans and Nature Press\nJust by living as humans on this animated Earth\, we are participating in relationships that sustain us. Yet many of us long for deeper ways of belonging.\nIn this gathering\, we’ll explore practical and creative ways of cultivating kinship with plants through everyday rituals and acts of care\, and how by deepening our relationships to plants\, we can deepen our sense of belonging and meaning in the world. Drawing inspiration from artists\, land stewards\, herbalists\, and thinkers whose work is rooted in reciprocal relationship (such as Robin Wall Kimmerer and Rowen White)\, we’ll spend time with the plants growing in the Greenhouse & Education Center’s Kinship Garden\, considering what it means to know them as more than resources—as neighbors\, teachers\, and fellow beings in the places we call home.\nTogether\, we’ll harvest herbs such as lemon balm\, tulsi\, and rosemary to prepare a nourishing tea\, exploring how daily rituals can foster attentiveness and connection. We’ll engage in reflective writing on handmade flax and mugwort paper\, practice tree breathing as a meditation on reciprocity\, and consider how tending relationships with plants might reshape our understanding of care. In return\, we’ll offer stewardship to the garden through weeding\, compost tea\, and observation\, recognizing that kinship is sustained through mutually beneficial relationship.\nParticipants will leave with simple recipes\, rituals\, and everyday practices for nurturing a deeper sense of belonging with the living world in their everyday lives.\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Mallory Craig\nMallory is a land and cultural worker cultivating caring spaces that nurture reflection and dialogue to work towards personal and social transformation. She currently stewards intergenerational programming in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and around the kitchen table at the Greenhouse Education Center at Riverbank State Park in NYC.\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for Recipes and Rituals for Collective Care every Wednesday!\nWhat does it mean to heal in community? What does it feel like when we extend care to ourselves and the collective? How do plants and our local ecologies care for us? How can we care for the plants and local ecologies in return?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-rituals-for-community-care-kinning-in-the-garden/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T183000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20260605T190522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T190522Z
UID:10003577-1781112600-1781116200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Cacao Circle
DESCRIPTION:Working with Heart Medicine of Cacao & The Cacao Tree in Mayan Cosmovision\n\n\nCacao\, known as the medicine of the heart\, will guide us through gentle ritual and reflection to soften\, open\, and nourish our inner world.\nTogether\, we’ll learn about the medicine of the cacao tree and the Mayan Cosmovision that honors cacao as “food for the gods” and worked with cacao as a medicine in ritual and in life. \n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Vivian is a Crystal Therapist specializing in Personal & Spiritual Development. Her unique approach integrates mindset\, energetics\, and spirituality to provide a grounded wholistic approach to personal growth and empowerment.\n\n\nPhoto Courtesey of artist Vivian Arias. Find more about Vivian’s work at https://www.crystallinechrysalis.co/ \n\n\n\nWhat does it mean to heal in community? What does it feel like when we extend care to ourselves and the collective? How do plants and our local ecologies care for us? How can we care for the plants and local ecologies in return?\n \nWeave in rituals and recipes into your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with. \n \nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-rituals-for-community-care-cacao-circle/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20260605T190521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T190521Z
UID:10003576-1781002800-1781006400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor: Greens and Beans
DESCRIPTION:Garlicky Sautéed Spring Greens + Beans\n\n\nGreens 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.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Brandy Cochrane\nBrandy Cochrane is a culinary educator for PPMNY\, a licensed Food for Life Instructor through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine\, and a chef\, recipe developer\, and author. She is also the co-founder of Plant Candy\, a food company committed to getting you just as excited about plants as you are about candy. Her fascination with plant-based living came after reading The China Study and converting one of her grandma’s cake recipes with butter beans and dates. Once she saw that it worked\, she went down a rabbit hole exploring ways to leverage the textures of plants and building in familiar flavor profiles to create food that anyone could enjoy. A graduate of Rouxbe’s Plant-Based Culinary Program\, Brandy has used her knowledge to introduce this healing lifestyle in a way that’s fun\, accessible\, and creative. Her cookbook\, Plant Candy Gathering\, shares simple recipes that can be enjoyed by the plant-committed and plant-curious alike. Her latest book\, The Plant-Based Handbook\, which simplifies the benefits and resources for sustaining a plant-based lifestyle\, was released in 2024. Brandy wants to create a narrative that a splash of creativity\, a dash of openness\, and a lot of spice can make plant-based living enjoyable and fun!\n\n\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community. \nDuring our Summer season\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets. \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. An all-gender bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to programs@thehort.org \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/saute-sizzle-savor-greens-and-beans/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T130000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20260603T171244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260603T171244Z
UID:10003294-1780743600-1780750800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Farmacy: Linden and Locust Love
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate our garden’s neighboring trees that shelter\, nourish\, and connect our gardens.\n\n\nWhile 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\, the linden and locust and explore the many ways these trees support our urban garden spaces. \nTogether\, we’ll learn how to identify these trees\, observe their blossoms\, and discover their relationships with pollinators\, people\, and place. Join us in creating simple herbal remedies with these trees and complete your own nature journaling and herbarium pages. \nAs we gather beneath the canopy\, we’ll also explore the invisible exchange that connects us to trees every day: breath. Through observation and hands-on activities\, we’ll reflect on the reciprocal relationship between plants and people\, the oxygen trees offer and the carbon dioxide we return\, and consider how breathing connects us to the wider web of life.\n\n\n\nGrowing family wellness through plants and play. \nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts. Each week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\n\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\n \n\n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/family-farmacy-linden-and-locust-love/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T180000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191855Z
UID:10000922-1780592400-1780596000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden.\nLearn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to celebrate the plants and flowers you feel most connected to. Immerse yourself in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-29/2026-06-04/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T183000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191414Z
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SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:We heal together in our kitchens\, gardens\, and shared spaces.\n\n\nWhat does it mean to heal in community? What does it feel like when we extend care to ourselves and the collective? How do plants and our local ecologies care for us? How can we care for the plants and local ecologies in return?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into both your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-32/2026-06-03/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20251031T172251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191633Z
UID:10002980-1780398000-1780401600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community. \nDuring our CSA season\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets. \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. An all-gender bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to programs@thehort.org \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2026-06-02/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T180000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191855Z
UID:10000921-1779987600-1779991200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden.\nLearn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to celebrate the plants and flowers you feel most connected to. Immerse yourself in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-29/2026-05-28/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T183000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191414Z
UID:10001184-1779903000-1779906600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:We heal together in our kitchens\, gardens\, and shared spaces.\n\n\nWhat does it mean to heal in community? What does it feel like when we extend care to ourselves and the collective? How do plants and our local ecologies care for us? How can we care for the plants and local ecologies in return?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into both your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-32/2026-05-27/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20251031T172251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191633Z
UID:10002979-1779793200-1779796800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community. \nDuring our CSA season\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets. \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. An all-gender bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to programs@thehort.org \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2026-05-26/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T130000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20260522T164416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T164416Z
UID:10003293-1779530400-1779541200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Water Conservation Festival
DESCRIPTION:“every story is the story of water.” – Natalie Diaz\, lake-loop\n\n\n“What will it take for everyone to see that they carry water’s blood in every circular cell?…What will it take to believe. Water is life.” — Joy Harjo\, from Water is Life\n\nNine million New York residents depend on the clean water of the New York City watershed region. Join us for this free family-friendly day in the learning garden to explore the myriad of ways our land work practices can support our clean waterways! \n💧Learn about our resovoirs\, rivers\, and NYC watershed through games and hands on science experiments. \n💧Estuary Flow Jam Session–make music with the river. \n💧Artmaking: Help us revamp our rain water harvesting barrels and blue-ify our greenhouse space with indigo\, cyanotype\, and the words of our favorite water-keepers. \n💧Garden Stewardship: Practice water-wise gardeing!  \n💧Water is life! Water is medicine! Visit our Mobile Apothecary featuring flower esscences and a hydration Station \n💧Giveaways of Drought-Resistent Plant and Home Water Conservation Tools \n“Will we remember from where we’ve come? The water. And once remembered\, will we return to that first water\, and in doing so return to ourselves\, to each other?” — Natalie Diaz; The First Water is the Body \n \nThis program is generously funded by Catskill Watershed Corporation.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/water-conservation-festival/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T180000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191855Z
UID:10000920-1779382800-1779386400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden.\nLearn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to celebrate the plants and flowers you feel most connected to. Immerse yourself in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-29/2026-05-21/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T183000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191414Z
UID:10001183-1779298200-1779301800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:We heal together in our kitchens\, gardens\, and shared spaces.\n\n\nWhat does it mean to heal in community? What does it feel like when we extend care to ourselves and the collective? How do plants and our local ecologies care for us? How can we care for the plants and local ecologies in return?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into both your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-32/2026-05-20/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20251031T172251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191633Z
UID:10002978-1779188400-1779192000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community. \nDuring our CSA season\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets. \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. An all-gender bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to programs@thehort.org \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2026-05-19/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T180000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191855Z
UID:10000919-1778778000-1778781600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden.\nLearn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to celebrate the plants and flowers you feel most connected to. Immerse yourself in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-29/2026-05-14/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T183000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191414Z
UID:10001182-1778693400-1778697000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:We heal together in our kitchens\, gardens\, and shared spaces.\n\n\nWhat does it mean to heal in community? What does it feel like when we extend care to ourselves and the collective? How do plants and our local ecologies care for us? How can we care for the plants and local ecologies in return?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into both your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-32/2026-05-13/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20251031T172251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191633Z
UID:10002977-1778583600-1778587200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community. \nDuring our CSA season\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets. \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. An all-gender bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to programs@thehort.org \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2026-05-12/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T180000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T191855Z
UID:10000918-1778173200-1778176800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden.\nLearn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to celebrate the plants and flowers you feel most connected to. Immerse yourself in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-29/2026-05-07/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T173000
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UID:10001181-1778088600-1778092200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:We heal together in our kitchens\, gardens\, and shared spaces.\n\n\nWhat does it mean to heal in community? What does it feel like when we extend care to ourselves and the collective? How do plants and our local ecologies care for us? How can we care for the plants and local ecologies in return?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into both your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-32/2026-05-06/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T120000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
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SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community. \nDuring our CSA season\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets. \n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. An all-gender bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to programs@thehort.org \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2026-05-05/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T190000
DTSTAMP:20260620T142005
CREATED:20260428T174806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T174806Z
UID:10003292-1777572000-1777575600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art & AgriCulture: The Community Atlas
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate our learning journey in  papermaking\, and share your paper topographies\, ecosystems that tell stories of the lands that shape you.\n\n\n \nJoin us in creating a community atlas as you learn various tecniques in papermaking to create your own Ecosystems in Memory. Join us for all five\, one\, or a few of this papermaking series: \n\nSession 1: 4/2\na Trail of Seeds: Every seed carries stories of place and people. Join us in this beginning session of an ongoing series in which we will work with seeds and papermaking\, learning about how these seeds are sown and stewarded\, and how the seed is loved and used across places. Each person will choose one seed to build an ongoing relationship with throughout future sessions. Together\, we’ll learn how these seeds are sown and stewarded\, and how each seed is uniquely loved and used across the world. Guided by reflection\, you’ll select a word that resonates with both you and your seed\, then create a trail on paper to map your own connection with this seed to inspire your papermaking journey over the next few sessions together. In this session\, we’ll learn about amate paper and its rich history in Mexican culture in resisting colonization and keeping culture alive through stories and recipes. \nSession 2 and 3: 4/8 and 4/16\nEcosystems of Memory: Participants are invited to bring photos of land they relate to\, are close to\, where they migrated from or from printed images of landscapes that feel like home. Be guided by O to write your own reflection of this land\, and turn those notes into recycled paper pulp to be mixed with fibers\, dried grasses\, leaves\, and other various upcycled papers. In this session\, learn how to add natural pigments to dye the papers. \nSession 4: 4/23\nA Feflection of Ourselves: Looking at our paper topography\, we’ll reflect\, taking time to write a small letter on handmade paper to ourselves\, answering the question\, how do we make home for ourselves? We will place this at the center of our handmade paper topography\, mounting both our seed of trails and our landscapes onto amate paper\, finishing our final pieces for this Earth Day. \nSession 5: 4/30\nThe Community Atlas\, a celebration: We will lay our topographys in the greenhouse as an exhibit and invite community to come and discuss how we make home and live in an ecosystem together. Looking at photos from O’s archive\, we’ll share and connect over ways to re-member the land and how we can heal together. \n\n\nYour Facilitator: Odalys Burgoa\nO is a Mexican artist from the Bronx with a focus in photography\, storytelling and painting. They curate and facilitate workshops in green spaces.\n\n\n\n\n“Another thing we lost is culture. . . look at the word agriculture. We lost that connection. And so now it’s going back to the culture of agriculture. Why do we grow the food that we do?” – Karen Washington\n\nWhy do we grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are you hungry to tell? What creative acts are you being called to digest? In this weekly series\, explore various techniques and practices introduced by visiting artists who will lead us in expressing our relationship to food\, agriculture\, and the histories and stories that shape how we connect with our foodways.\nThrough various artmaking techniques like bookmaking\, printmaking\, collage\, sculpture\, natural-pigment making and painting\, alternative photography processes\, participants will create artwork that begins to answer the question: Where is the culture in our agricultural system?\n\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways our food systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-agriculture-the-community-atlas/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T180000
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UID:10000917-1777568400-1777572000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden.\nLearn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to celebrate the plants and flowers you feel most connected to. Immerse yourself in the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-29/2026-04-30/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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