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  • May 2026

  • Tue May 26, 2026 Sauté Sizzle Savor

    Sauté Sizzle Savor

    11:00am - 12:00pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    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. Sauté 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, ... Sauté Sizzle Savor

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    Wed May 27, 2026 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 in rituals and recipes into both your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts, somatic ... Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

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    Thu May 28, 2026 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 contemporary artists to create works of art to celebrate the plants and flowers you feel most connected to. Immerse yourself ... Art in the Garden

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  • June 2026

  • Tue Jun 2, 2026 Sauté Sizzle Savor

    Sauté Sizzle Savor

    11:00am - 12:00pm
    • Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

    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. Sauté 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, ... Sauté Sizzle Savor

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    Wed Jun 3, 2026 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 in rituals and recipes into both your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts, somatic ... Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

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    Thu Jun 4, 2026 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 contemporary artists to create works of art to celebrate the plants and flowers you feel most connected to. Immerse yourself ... Art in the Garden

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    Sat Jun 6, 2026

    Family Farmacy: Linden and Locust Love

    11:00am - 1:00pm

    Celebrate our garden's neighboring trees that shelter, nourish, and connect our gardens.While some of our early Spring flowering trees like Cherrry Blossom and Magnolia have come and gone, June brings its own abundance of the fragrance of flowering trees. Join us Family Farmacy to meet and breathe with some of June's most vibrant flowering trees, the linden and locust and explore the many ways these trees support our urban garden spaces. Together, we'll learn how ... Family Farmacy: Linden and Locust Love

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    Tue Jun 9, 2026

    Sauté Sizzle Savor: Greens and Beans

    11:00am - 12:00pm

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

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    Wed Jun 10, 2026

    Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Cacao Circle

    5:30pm - 6:30pm

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

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    Wed Jun 10, 2026

    Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Kinning in the Garden

    6:30pm - 7:30pm

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

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    Thu Jun 11, 2026

    Art in the Garden: Flower Affirmation Charms

    5:00pm - 6:00pm

    Work with Pressed Florals To Create a Charms to Carry Flowers as Messengers of Powerful AffirmationsFlowers have long been used to express either what feels difficult to say, and even secret messages. Join us in the garden to get your hands to making with clay, pressed florals, and your own carefully crafted affirmations to create pocket-sized charms or tailsman. Together, we'll explore the symbolism and stories carried by different blooms, reflecting on the qualities we ... Art in the Garden: Flower Affirmation Charms

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    Thu Jun 11, 2026

    Art & AgriCulture: Rose Water Chocolate Bark

    6:00pm - 7:00pm

    Learn about Cacao and Rose, and Work with the Two Powerful Culinary Heart MedicinesLearn about the plants behind some of the most luxurious treats we can gift ourselves, cacao and rose, and deepen into the heart medicine they offer. Together, we'll create our own rose water white chocolate bark while enjoying a cup of cacao using roses from the garden and learning about the cacao tree and this tree's important cultural and ecological origins.Your Facilitator: ... Art & AgriCulture: Rose Water Chocolate Bark

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