The Greenhouse Education Center

Explore the connections between gardens and fibers through the living stories woven between plants, animals, and humans.Join us for a morning of fiber arts inspired by the plants, animals, and agricultural traditions that connect us to land. Together we'll explore the relationships between gardens, farms, and textiles while experimenting with wet felting techniques and need-felting with wool, papermaking with flax, and even making our own wet-felted soaps.Ever think about how the clothes you wear come ... Family Farmacy: Softness is a Super Power

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

As we approach Summer Solstice, Nourish Your Heart with LindenJoin us at the greenhouse to deepen your relationship with the tree medicine of Linden! While many of the flowering trees of Spring come and go by May, Linden blossoms with sweet fragrant flowers sheltered by their canopy of thick green leaves, providing an important nectar source for bees and other pollinators in June. Beyond linden's resourcing for pollinators, linden is also a powerful herbal ally ... Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Linden Love

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

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

Sweetness in the Sun with Flower Crafts, Herbal Remedies, and Storytelling in the SunJoin us for a joyful Summer Solstice gathering as we celebrate the longest day of the year through storytelling, plant wisdom, and hands-on creative activities inspired by the sun.Across cultures and generations, the solstice has been a time to honor the sun's life-gving brilliance. Together, we'll spend the day exploring how we can celebrate the sun through plants, rituals, and seasonal traditions. ... Family Farmacy: Summer Solstice Soiree

Ground yourself in the garden, name and feel you climate emotions in community, and learn about resources for natural disaster preparedness.It's hurricane season. Are you and your loved ones prepared? Join Climate Cafe NYC and receive materials from the NYC Department of Emergency Management to process climate emotions and learn how to keep you and your community safe in severe weather and natural disasters. We'll start with a brief grounding through meditation, surrounded by plant ... Art in the Garden: Climate Cafe + Resourcing Ourselves for Natural Disaster