The Greenhouse Education Center

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 movement ... Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

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 in ... Art in the Garden

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 grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are ... Art and AgriCulture

Food is medicine!Food is medicine! Spanning across the Greenhouse Education Center’s learning garden, greenhouse, and kitchen, families are invited to learn the art of gardening, herbalism, and kitchen-skills to support healthy and happy bodies, minds, and hearts. Each week families will be welcomed into this drop-in program to craft their own home remedies, meals, and garden-inspired artworks.

How will you celebrate the lungs of our city?Join us at the Greenhouse & Education Center for a day of celebrating the street trees that make up our city of forest! Join us for herbal healing, artmaking, time in the garden and greenhouse, and a guided meditative tree walk for this free and family-friendly event. Stations from 12 - 2 pmStreet Tree Herbaria with artist Duy HoàngTree Tea Blends and TastingsTree Ring Self-Portrait ArtmakingPoet-treeEphemeral ArtmakingGuided ... From Roots to Canopy: City of Forest Day at the Greenhouse Education Center

Crafting Storied Recipes with Community Supported AgricultureEach week, be guided by a guest food-worker, chef, artist, farmer, or culture-bearer who will help us unpack our CSA box and lead us in making a collectively-crafted meal. Deepen your relationship with the crops that regional farmers are harvesting while in conversations that help us reimagine our relationships to food and farms. In Community in the Kitchen, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center ... Sauté Sizzle Savor

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 movement ... Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

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 in ... Art in the Garden

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 grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are ... Art and AgriCulture

Food is medicine!Food is medicine! Spanning across the Greenhouse Education Center’s learning garden, greenhouse, and kitchen, families are invited to learn the art of gardening, herbalism, and kitchen-skills to support healthy and happy bodies, minds, and hearts. Each week families will be welcomed into this drop-in program to craft their own home remedies, meals, and garden-inspired artworks.

Crafting Storied Recipes with Community Supported AgricultureEach week, be guided by a guest food-worker, chef, artist, farmer, or culture-bearer who will help us unpack our CSA box and lead us in making a collectively-crafted meal. Deepen your relationship with the crops that regional farmers are harvesting while in conversations that help us reimagine our relationships to food and farms. In Community in the Kitchen, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center ... Sauté Sizzle Savor

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 movement ... Recipes and Rituals for Community Care