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  • September 2025

  • Thu Sep 4, 2025 Art in the Garden

    Art in the Garden

    5:00pm - 6:00pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    Cultivate creativity, curiosity, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden. Combine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden. Learn meditative and mindful drawing, printmaking and sculptural techniques, scientific observation with plant portraiture, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused ... Art in the Garden

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    Thu Sep 4, 2025 Art and AgriCulture

    Art and AgriCulture

    6:30pm - 7:30pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared? “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 Why do we ... Art and AgriCulture

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    Mon Sep 8, 2025

    Urban Gardening 201: Green the In-Between

    5:30pm - 7:00pm

    Learn the skills to grow your own veggies, support wildlife, or simply to green-the-in-between!Participants 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.This is a continuing ... Urban Gardening 201: Green the In-Between

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    Wed Sep 10, 2025 Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    5:30pm - 6:30pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    We heal together in our kitchens, gardens, and shared spaces. What 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? Weave ... Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

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    Thu Sep 11, 2025 Art in the Garden

    Art in the Garden

    5:00pm - 6:00pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    Cultivate creativity, curiosity, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden. Combine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden. Learn meditative and mindful drawing, printmaking and sculptural techniques, scientific observation with plant portraiture, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused ... Art in the Garden

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    Thu Sep 11, 2025 Art and AgriCulture

    Art and AgriCulture

    6:30pm - 7:30pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared? “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 Why do we ... Art and AgriCulture

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    Wed Sep 17, 2025 Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    5:30pm - 6:30pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    We heal together in our kitchens, gardens, and shared spaces. What 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? Weave ... Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

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    Thu Sep 18, 2025 Art in the Garden

    Art in the Garden

    5:00pm - 6:00pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    Cultivate creativity, curiosity, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden. Combine the art and science of observation in weekly artmaking inspired by plants in the greenhouse and garden. Learn meditative and mindful drawing, printmaking and sculptural techniques, scientific observation with plant portraiture, and new practices from botanical and ecologically-focused ... Art in the Garden

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    Thu Sep 18, 2025 Art and AgriCulture

    Art and AgriCulture

    6:30pm - 7:30pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared? “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 Why do we ... Art and AgriCulture

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    Tue Sep 23, 2025

    Sauté Sizzle Savor: Food is Memory, Food is Medicine

    3:00pm - 4:00pm

    A cooking class that honors cultural heritage and community wellness.Join us at the Greenhouse & Education Center for a nourishing afternoon of cooking, culture, and community.In 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 ... Sauté Sizzle Savor: Food is Memory, Food is Medicine

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    Wed Sep 24, 2025 Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    5:30pm - 6:30pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    We heal together in our kitchens, gardens, and shared spaces. What 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? Weave ... Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

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    Wed Sep 24, 2025

    Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Herbs for Mutual Aid

    5:30pm - 6:30pm

    Plant Allies for Collective Care in ActionIn 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 ... Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Herbs for Mutual Aid

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