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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-29/2025-10-09/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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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-32/2025-10-08/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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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-11/2025-10-07/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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SUMMARY:Family Farmacy
DESCRIPTION:Growing family wellness through plants and play.\n\n\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.\n\nEach 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.\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\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-x-city-of-forest-day-young-and-old-growth-forests-2/2025-10-04/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T130000
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CREATED:20250920T213423Z
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SUMMARY:Family Farmacy x City of Forest Day: Young and Old-Growth Forests
DESCRIPTION:Taste\, touch\, write\, and walk with the trees that shape our city.\n\n\nIn partnership with Forest for All\, join joinThe Hort at the Greenhouse & Education Center for City of Trees Day in NYC—a celebration of the vibrant forest woven through our neighborhoods by the street trees\, parks\, and woodlands that sustain us.\n\nIn this special Family Farmacy day\, we’ll explore the interconnected stories of young forests and old-growth forests—from the saplings lining our sidewalks to the ancient stands that inspire awe and resilience worldwide. Together we’ll reflect on how our learning garden and at home habits can support forests across our city and beyond.\n  \nActivities & Stations (11 AM – 12:30 PM)\n🌿 Street Tree Herbaria\n🍵 Tree Tea Blends & Tastings\n🎨 Tree Ring Self-Portrait Artmaking\n🌳 Poet-tree: Writing with the Forest\n🍂 Ephemeral Nature Artmaking\n\n🧘‍♀️ Guided Meditative Tree Walk | 12:30 – 1 PM\nSlow down and root yourself in presence during this contemplative walk through the park\, guided by the wisdom of trees.\n\nThis is a free\, family-friendly event\, inviting all ages to connect with tree medicine\, artmaking\, and ecological wonder.\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.\n\nEach 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.\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\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-x-city-of-forest-day-young-and-old-growth-forests/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T190000
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SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\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\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?\nIn 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 agriculture?\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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\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-and-agriculture-32-2/2025-10-02/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20251002T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T180000
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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-29/2025-10-02/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20251001T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175603Z
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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-32/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250930T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T120000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175802Z
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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-11/2025-09-30/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250930T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T120000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20250926T192409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T192409Z
UID:10002661-1759230000-1759233600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor: Warm Your Body\, Warm Your Soul
DESCRIPTION:A cooking class focused on preparing easy\, fast and light soups for your seasonal need.\n\n\n\nAs the seasons shift\, our bodies call for warmth\, nourishment\, and ease. Join us for an evening of cooking with chef and nutritional coach Emm Sackey\, who will guide us in preparing easy\, fast\, and light soups designed to meet your body’s seasonal needs.\nEmm shares how eating Gluten\, Soy\, MSG\, Dairy\, & Nut free does not have to mean compromising taste! \nLearn simple techniques for creating flavorful\, nourishing soups and get to know the ingredients that your support and health during seasonal transitions on a more intimate level. \n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Emm Sackey\nEm Sackey is a New York native of Ghanaian descent with a background in Psychology (focused on multicultural structures and issues)\, economics\, and finance. She is also a chef\, certified nutritional couch and dietitian who has tapped into her roots to focus on cultural healing practices and Social justices related to ethnic dining and food sustainability. Her initiatives include bringing to the forefront awareness of sustainable and affordable meal planning\, food security initiatives and healthy eating practices\, sustainable apartment gardening\, reduction of waste and facilitating programing for people of ethnic descent outside of the diaspora through workshops\, demos\, & community events. Em has been structuring workshop series focused on cultivating healthy eating practices for 5 years. She continues to find avenues to combine conversations\, workshops and cooking demos to highlight what sustainable eating looks like\, how to secure and afford healthy practices through resource sharing\, and catalyzing nutritional reform initiatives across communities.\n\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-warm-your-body-warm-your-soul/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231230T145808Z
UID:10001673-1758825000-1758828600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\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\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?\nIn 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 agriculture?\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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\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-and-agriculture-32/2025-09-25/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250925T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
UID:10000886-1758819600-1758823200@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-29/2025-09-25/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250924T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20250920T213421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250920T213421Z
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SUMMARY:Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Herbs for Mutual Aid
DESCRIPTION:Plant Allies for Collective Care in Action\n\n\nIn this hands-on workshop\, we’ll dive into the practice of direct mutual aid with herbs. Together\, we will process\, package\, and label herbs that will be distributed in solidarity with migrant communities. As we work\, we’ll explore the role of herbalism in nurturing systems of care\, learn what mutual aid is and can look like\, and imagine the kinds of worlds we’d like to live in—ones that center care\, reciprocity\, and collective flourishing.\n \n🌱 Process\, package\, and label herbs for mutual aid distribution🌿 Learn about herbalism as a tool for care and resilience🤝 Explore the meaning and practice of mutual aid in community✨ Dream together about future systems rooted in care for all\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Jasmín Duran\nNestled in the intersections of decolonization\, immigration\, youth work\, healing justice\, land and herbalism\, Jasmín’s work seeks to uplift\, celebrate and preserve the legacy of ancestral healing\, wisdom\, and technologies in the diaspora. As a child of immigrants\, Jasmín embodies a deep understanding of the challenges and joys of the migrant experience in the US.\n \nJasmín has a B.A. in International Relations & Food Studies from Syracuse University (2015). In 2020\, she completed a Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship under the guidance of Master Herbalist Karen Rose at Sacred Vibes Apothecary in Brooklyn\, NY. She has worked extensively at local community gardens and in organic farm projects abroad. As an educator\, her work is participatory\, culturally aware\, youth centered and trauma informed. Today\, she continues to support youth in NYC\, working in an anti-violence organization where she co-creates brave spaces with young people to unpack\, question\, dream and decolonize.\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?\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-herbs-for-mutual-aid/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175603Z
UID:10001149-1758735000-1758738600@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-32/2025-09-24/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250923T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20250920T213420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250920T213420Z
UID:10002658-1758639600-1758643200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor: Food is Memory\, Food is Medicine
DESCRIPTION:A cooking class that honors cultural heritage and community wellness.\n\n\nJoin us at the Greenhouse & Education Center for a nourishing afternoon of cooking\, culture\, and community.\n \nIn this session of Sauté Sizzle Savor\, Chef Em Sackey invites participants into the kitchen to explore culturally rooted approaches to cooking that center health\, sustainability\, and ease. Together\, we’ll prepare three-courses: fruit punch\, green stew\, and cookies. Come join us in learning about the natural ingredients that support wellness and the ways they are prepared across traditions\, with food sensititives and affordability in mind.  \n \nEm describes the approach to this meal as “Ethnically Secure Cooking\,” an approach that uplifts food traditions while making space for participants to explore their own food identities. With roots in Ghanaian heritage and training in European-style cuisines\, she brings a multitide of knowledges around nutrition and delicious eating.  \n\n\nYour Facilitator: Em Sackey\nEm Sackey is a New York native of Ghanaian descent with a background in Psychology (focused on multicultural structures and issues)\, economics\, and finance. She is also a chef\, certified nutritional couch and dietitian who has tapped into her roots to focus on cultural healing practices and Social justices related to ethnic dining and food sustainability. Her initiatives include bringing to the forefront awareness of sustainable and affordable meal planning\, food security initiatives and healthy eating practices\, sustainable apartment gardening\, reduction of waste and facilitating programing for people of ethnic descent outside of the diaspora through workshops\, demos\, & community events. Em has been structuring workshop series focused on cultivating healthy eating practices for 5 years. She continues to find avenues to combine conversations\, workshops and cooking demos to highlight what sustainable eating looks like\, how to secure and afford healthy practices through resource sharing\, and catalyzing nutritional reform initiatives across communities.\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-food-is-memory-food-is-medicine/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231230T145808Z
UID:10001672-1758220200-1758223800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\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\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?\nIn 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 agriculture?\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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\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-and-agriculture-32/2025-09-18/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250918T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
UID:10000885-1758214800-1758218400@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-29/2025-09-18/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250917T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175603Z
UID:10001148-1758130200-1758133800@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-32/2025-09-17/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250911T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T193000
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CREATED:20231230T145808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231230T145808Z
UID:10001671-1757615400-1757619000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\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\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?\nIn 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 agriculture?\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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\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-and-agriculture-32/2025-09-11/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250911T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
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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-29/2025-09-11/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250910T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175603Z
UID:10001147-1757525400-1757529000@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-32/2025-09-10/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250908T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T190000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20250822T195120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T195120Z
UID:10002657-1757352600-1757358000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Urban Gardening 201: Green the In-Between
DESCRIPTION:Learn the skills to grow your own veggies\,  support wildlife\, or simply to green-the-in-between!\n\n\nParticipants will continue to learn how to maintain a green space in summer. In this class\, we will go over topics such as crop rotation\, plant identification\, and intergrated pest management to enhance your knowledge of horticulture and agriculture. \nThis is a continuing class\, and we would like you to join us for each session. Please enroll for all eight sessions on Eventbrite. We will have classes on following dates: \n7/7/25 \n7/14/25 \n7/21/25 \n8/4/25 \n8/18/25 \n8/25/25 \n9/8/25 \n \nPrerequisite(s): This class uses knowledge participants have gained in our previous class\, Urban Gardening 101. If you have not taken that class\, email Programs@thehort.org and we will sign you up for our next beginning gardening class! \nRequired Texts and Resources: No texts are required. Optional supplemental readings will be given for each class. \nAttendance Policy: Due to limited spots in this class\, we ask that participants take an honest look at the schedule and reflect if this course will work with their existing commitments. Classes will build on each other\, and participants will benefit most if they are able to attend all of the sessions. If a participant is not able to attend\, we ask that they communicate via email to the instructor. Participants who miss class are encouraged to see what they missed from fellow classmates in the next class and to get class materials to review on their own time. \nRegistration: Each track is limited to 18 participants per session. We ask that you kindly register prior the start of the cohort. Urban Gardening 201 is most suited for adults\, and we kindly ask participants with children to consider one of our other weekly free family-friendly programs instead. \n \nWhen registering\, please select all 8 of the dates.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/urban-gardening-201-green-the-in-between-2/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231230T145808Z
UID:10001670-1757010600-1757014200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\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\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?\nIn 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 agriculture?\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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\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-and-agriculture-32/2025-09-04/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250904T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
UID:10000883-1757005200-1757008800@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-29/2025-09-04/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250903T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
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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-32/2025-09-03/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250828T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231230T145808Z
UID:10001669-1756405800-1756409400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\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\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?\nIn 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 agriculture?\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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\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-and-agriculture-32/2025-08-28/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250828T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
UID:10000882-1756400400-1756404000@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-29/2025-08-28/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, 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:20250827T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T183000
DTSTAMP:20260507T060053
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175603Z
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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-32/2025-08-27/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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SUMMARY:Urban Gardening 201: Green the In-Between
DESCRIPTION:Learn the skills to grow your own veggies\,  support wildlife\, or simply to green-the-in-between!\n\n\nParticipants will continue to learn how to maintain a green space in summer. In this class\, we will go over topics such as crop rotation\, plant identification\, and intergrated pest management to enhance your knowledge of horticulture and agriculture. \nThis is a continuing class\, and we would like you to join us for each session. Please enroll for all eight sessions on Eventbrite. We will have classes on following dates: \n7/7/25 \n7/14/25 \n7/21/25 \n8/4/25 \n8/18/25 \n8/25/25 \n9/8/25 \n \nPrerequisite(s): This class uses knowledge participants have gained in our previous class\, Urban Gardening 101. If you have not taken that class\, email Programs@thehort.org and we will sign you up for our next beginning gardening class! \nRequired Texts and Resources: No texts are required. Optional supplemental readings will be given for each class. \nAttendance Policy: Due to limited spots in this class\, we ask that participants take an honest look at the schedule and reflect if this course will work with their existing commitments. Classes will build on each other\, and participants will benefit most if they are able to attend all of the sessions. If a participant is not able to attend\, we ask that they communicate via email to the instructor. Participants who miss class are encouraged to see what they missed from fellow classmates in the next class and to get class materials to review on their own time. \nRegistration: Each track is limited to 18 participants per session. We ask that you kindly register prior the start of the cohort. Urban Gardening 201 is most suited for adults\, and we kindly ask participants with children to consider one of our other weekly free family-friendly programs instead. \n \nWhen registering\, please select all 8 of the dates.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/urban-gardening-201-green-the-in-between/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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SUMMARY:Family Farmacy: Tuning to the Land
DESCRIPTION:“Another world is not only possible\, she is on her way. On a quiet day\, I can hear her breathing.” – Arundhati Roy\n\n\nHow do we deepen our connection to the land by first listening inward?\nJoin us for this special Family Farmacy\, where we’ll tend to both our inner and outer ecosystems through sound\, imagination\, and world-building. Join us first for a soundbath meditation led by Mattia “Tia” Colón\, followed by terrarium building.\n \nSoundbath Meditation for All (11:30 -12:30)\nLed by sound facilitator Mattia “Tia” Colón\, this immersive soundbath meditation invites participants (babies\, kids\, caregivers\, elders alike!) into a sacred space of resonance and restoration. Through the soothing sounds and gentle vibrations of meditation instruments\, we’ll open pathways for healing\, align with the rhythms of our bodies\, and deepen our sense of presence. After the meditation\, we’ll gather in circle to reflect on how mindfulness helps us root into our authentic connection with the land. Together\, we’ll explore how caring for our nervous systems supports our capacity to care for the earth. A seasoned educator\, Tia will tailor this soundbath for kids and adults alike—all ages welcome and babies encouraged!\n \nTransformational Terrariums (11 am – 11:30 & 12:30 – 1 pm)\nPrior and following the soundbath\, participants are invited to build mini-worlds that reflect their vision of a thriving planet. Using succulents\, air plants\, rocks\, soil\, moss\, and found objects\, we’ll create transformational terrariums—tiny green ecosystems that serve as tiny worlds mirroring the worlds we wish to build together! These terrariums hold both plants we can learn to care for each day as well our intentions and imagination\, reminding us of our place within the larger web of life.\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Tia Colon\nMattia “Tia” Colon is a NYC native\, Master Level Social Worker\, Soundbath Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator and Community Gardener. She will lead a soundbath mindfulness meditation workshop where participants will enter a sacred space. \n\n\n\nGrowing family wellness through plants and play.\n \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.\n\nEach 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.\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\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-tuning-to-the-land/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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