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Denny Farrel Riverbank State Park Greenhouse & Education Center

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  • April 2026

  • Thu Apr 30, 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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    Thu Apr 30, 2026

    Art & AgriCulture: The Community Atlas

    6:00pm - 7:00pm

    Celebrate our learning journey in papermaking, and share your paper topographies, ecosystems that tell stories of the lands that shape you.Join us in creating a community atlas as you learn various tecniques in papermaking to create your own Ecosystems in Memory. Join us for all five, one, or a few of this papermaking series: Session 1: 4/2a Trail of Seeds: Every seed carries stories of place and people. Join us in this beginning session of ... Art & AgriCulture: The Community Atlas

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  • May 2026

  • Tue May 5, 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 6, 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 7, 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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    Tue May 12, 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 13, 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 14, 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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    Tue May 19, 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 20, 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 21, 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 May 23, 2026

    Water Conservation Festival

    10:00am - 1:00pm

    "every story is the story of water." - Natalie Diaz, lake-loop“What will it take for everyone to see that they carry water’s blood in every circular cell?...What will it take to believe. Water is life." — Joy Harjo, from Water is LifeNine million New York residents depend on the clean water of the New York City watershed region. Join us for this free family-friendly day in the learning garden to explore the myriad of ways ... Water Conservation Festival

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