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SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:Our remedies are in our kitchens.\n\n\nWhat 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?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes.  \nJune 7 – Kombucha with Miriam Aristy-Farer of Herbas Skin Care \nLearn to art of fermentation by making your own kombuchas as you learn the science and power of kombucha in gut-health and anti-inflammation. Walk away with your own starter scoby to share with your beloveds. \nJune 14 – Summer Cleansing Rituals with Miriam Aristy-Farer of Herbas Skin Care \nWork with antivirals\, antifungals\, and antiseptic herbs to consider the energies and vibrations of medicinal herbs that cleanse. Create herbal bundles with bio-regional herbs as you learn from an array of culturally-sensitive practices to find a cleansing ritual that is right for you. \nJune 21 – For the Skin of the Earth: Natural Soap-Making with Mallory Craig \nSoil is said to be the skin of the earth. Care for your skin and the skin of the earth by creating your own bar soaps free of harmful substances like parabens and plastic packaging\, infused with natural exfoliants\, florals\, and herbs from the Learning Garden. \nJune 28 – Eating with the Seasons with Rinku Bhattacharya \nRinku Bhattacharya takes a real-life approach to cooking with the seasons\, and will share ways that the recipes we make in real-life can serve as rituals for contemplative cooking. \nJuly 5 – Details to Come \nJuly 12 – Details to Come \nJuly 19 – Details to Come \nJuly 26 – Details to Come \nAugust 2 – Details to Come \nAugsut 9 – Details to Come \nAugust 16 – Details to Come \nAugust 23 – Details to Come \nAugust 30 – Details to Come
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-15/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community in the Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Crafting Storied Recipes with Community Supported Agriculture\n\n\nEach week\, be guided by a guest food-worker\, chef\, artist\, farmer\, or culture-bearer who 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.\nIn Community in the Kitchen\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets.\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community.\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/community-in-the-kitchen-14/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cookbook Club
DESCRIPTION:Share the food stories close to your heart and home while pouring over cookbooks in community\n\n\nWhat’s cookin’ in community?\nCome around our shared table to peruse\, create\, share\, and choose new recipes surrounded by a curated collection of cookbooks with a diversity of recipes and food stories across kitchens—from locally-foraged to passed down in the diaspora. Artfully arrange your recipe to bring back to your own kitchen and share the stories that infuse these recipes with meaning. On the last Tuesday of the month\, bring your newly learned recipe to share in a communal potluck.\n\n\nWhen taking your seat at the table\, what are the dishes that fill you with joy? Bring you back to childhood home? What are the dishes that turn you to a storyteller? \nIn this open-ended time\, explore the cultural histories\, origin stories\, as well as the present day challenges and joys of eating and sharing a meal. Beyond a recipe share\, this open-ended time invites participants to get curious about the histories of specific crops that make up their diet\, where their food comes from and why\, challenges and joys in our current foodways\, the impact of our food choices\, and more. \nCookbook Club will take place outside of the Greenhouse Education Center and in the event of rain will be cancelled. \n\n\nSome of the cookbooks we are loving right now: \nSpices and Seasons by Rinku Bhattarcharya \nHeirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women by Anna Francese Gass \nAn Evelasting Meal: To Cook With Economy and Grace: Tamar Adler \nEat Weeds: A Field Guide to Foraging by Diego Bonetto \nThe Kitchen Garden by Lucy Mora \nMy America: Recipes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi \nEat Your Flowers by Loria Stern \nMilk Street: Cook What You Have Cookbook by Christopher Kimball \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/cookbook-club-19/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230827T100000
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SUMMARY:Seeding Our Stories: Greenhouse Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:a reading room nestled in the cozy nook of a greenhouse stocked with books & activities curated around themes in therapeutic horticulture.\n\n\nNestle into one of the books\, zines\, storytelling games\, artmaking prompts\, tarot and oracle decks\, or other self-guided activities we’ve curated each week to explore topics in eco-literacy\, community care\, gardening\, and all things horticulture as you sit surrounded by plants and seedlings in a sunny\, plant-filled nook in our working greenhouse.\n\n\n“Each one of us descends from people who have been in an intimate and reciprocal relationship with plants and seeds since the dawning of time.”\n– Rowen M. White; on For the Wild Podcast\n\n\nWe welcome you into this space with the belief that everyone should have access to a healing environment and the mental and physical health benefits that cultivating plants and being immersed in green spaces gives us. In this reading room engage with readings as well as prompts for self-guided plant activities that support community-building and belonging through creating a shared connection with the natural world. \nIn addition to a library of books covering such topics as ecological poetry and memoirs on deep ecology\, in this reading room\, you’ll also find materials that will equip you with ideas and skill-building designed to encourage sensory experience and physical activity and to deepen into your gardening\, propagating of house plants\, garden and nature inspired cooking and eating\, and crafts such as seasonal floral arrangements\, plant based self-care goods and tea blends. \nAll ages are welcome into this intergenrational space and our library is stocked each week for book and activities for children\, youth\, and adults. \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/seeding-our-stories-greenhouse-reading-room-36/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T130000
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SUMMARY:Family Gardening: Seed to Table
DESCRIPTION:We grow our gardens! Food is medicine!\n\n\nSpanning 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 and have informal time in the garden to weed\, water\, and tend to the plants.\nAlternate between gardening and cooking classes to learn how to collaboratively grow\, harvest\, cook\, and eat with the plants of the learning garden and greenhouse as you learn ways our garden can tend to our community–people to plant and bee to bird. Storytelling and introduction to the day’s theme will take place every hour at 11 and 12. \n\n\nJune 10 – Water is Life \nCreate your ollas water irrigation system for a container garden to learn about self-watering. Use water and bubbles to create fantastical art. Make flower essences using a copper sill. Water the garden\, paint the rain water harvest barrel and honor the water that is life. \nJune 17th – Plants and People for Parks! \nJoin us from 10 am – 1 pm\, for this special 30th Birthday of Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, for a pollinator photo booth\, lavender sachet-making\, herbal bundle giveaways\, a make-your-own sun tea hydration station\, and open-ended garden care. \nJune 24th –  Sunny Days and Solar Power \nCreate your own sun teas\, cyanotype sun prints\, collective sun-dial\, and plant your own sunflowers to celebrate the sunny days ahead. \nJuly 1 – NO FAMILY FARMACY TODAY! See you next week!  \nJuly 8 – Details to Come \nJuly 15 – Details to Come \nJuly 22 – Details to Come \nJuly 29 – Details to Come \nAugust 5 – Details to Come \nAugust 12 – Details to Come \nAugust 19 – Details to Come \nAugust 26 – Details to Come
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/family-gardening-seed-to-table-13/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230826T150000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161627Z
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SUMMARY:Seeding Our Stories: Greenhouse Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:a reading room nestled in the cozy nook of a greenhouse stocked with books & activities curated around themes in therapeutic horticulture.\n\n\nNestle into one of the books\, zines\, storytelling games\, artmaking prompts\, tarot and oracle decks\, or other self-guided activities we’ve curated each week to explore topics in eco-literacy\, community care\, gardening\, and all things horticulture as you sit surrounded by plants and seedlings in a sunny\, plant-filled nook in our working greenhouse.\n\n\n“Each one of us descends from people who have been in an intimate and reciprocal relationship with plants and seeds since the dawning of time.”\n– Rowen M. White; on For the Wild Podcast\n\n\nWe welcome you into this space with the belief that everyone should have access to a healing environment and the mental and physical health benefits that cultivating plants and being immersed in green spaces gives us. In this reading room engage with readings as well as prompts for self-guided plant activities that support community-building and belonging through creating a shared connection with the natural world. \nIn addition to a library of books covering such topics as ecological poetry and memoirs on deep ecology\, in this reading room\, you’ll also find materials that will equip you with ideas and skill-building designed to encourage sensory experience and physical activity and to deepen into your gardening\, propagating of house plants\, garden and nature inspired cooking and eating\, and crafts such as seasonal floral arrangements\, plant based self-care goods and tea blends. \nAll ages are welcome into this intergenrational space and our library is stocked each week for book and activities for children\, youth\, and adults. \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/seeding-our-stories-greenhouse-reading-room-35/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230608T161410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161615Z
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SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\n\n\n“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\nWhy do we grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are you hungry to tell? What creative acts are you being called to digest?\nIn this weekly series\, explore various techniques and practices introduced by visiting artists who will lead us in expressing our relationship to food\, agriculture\, and the histories and stories that shape how we connect with our foodways.\nThrough various artmaking techniques like bookmaking\, printmaking\, collage\, sculpture\, natural-pigment making and painting\, alternative photography processes\, participants will create artwork that begins to answer the question: Where is the culture in agriculture?\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Fall Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse. Come and explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes. \nJune 15 – Spring Show \nTake inspiration from the Spring Community Arts Show to inform future works. Come early to the 5 pm class to help Spring art students make the finishing touches to the installation of their work and a behind-the-scenes look into curating a community art show. Reception and artist share-out at 6 pm. \nJune 22 – Details to Come \nJune 28 – Mural Painting for The Giving Garden  \nCollectively paint a mural on two raised beds that will be installed outside of the Greenhouse that will invite Harlem community to plant and harvest herbs and familiar vegetables as they need.  \nJuly 6 – No Programs Today! See You Next Week! \nJuly 13 – Details to Come \nJuly 20- Details to Come \nJuly 27 – Details to Come \nAugust 3 – Details to Come \nAugsut 10- Details to Come \nAugust 17 – Details to Come \nAugust 24 – Details to Come \nAugust 31 – Details to Come \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-and-agriculture-16/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161605Z
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SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine 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 the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Fall Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes. \nJune 8 – Collograph Printing with Kraig Blue \nMake prints by creating your own on-of-a-kind printing plate made from cutting organic shapes inspired by greenhouse plants from paper and other up-cycled materials and collaging to create your own inner landscapes. \nJune 15 – Spring Show \nTake inspiration from the Spring Community Arts Show to inform future works. Come early to the 5 pm class to help Spring art students make the finishing touches to the installation of their work and a behind-the-scenes look into curating a community art show. \nJune 22 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJune 28 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJuly 6 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJuly 13 – Details to Come \nJuly 20- Details to Come \nJuly 27 – Details to Come \nAugust 3 – Details to Come \nAugsut 10- Details to Come \nAugust 17 – Details to Come \nAugust 24 – Details to Come \nAugust 31 – Details to Come \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-12/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T183000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161553Z
UID:10000502-1692811800-1692815400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:Our remedies are in our kitchens.\n\n\nWhat 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?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes.  \nJune 7 – Kombucha with Miriam Aristy-Farer of Herbas Skin Care \nLearn to art of fermentation by making your own kombuchas as you learn the science and power of kombucha in gut-health and anti-inflammation. Walk away with your own starter scoby to share with your beloveds. \nJune 14 – Summer Cleansing Rituals with Miriam Aristy-Farer of Herbas Skin Care \nWork with antivirals\, antifungals\, and antiseptic herbs to consider the energies and vibrations of medicinal herbs that cleanse. Create herbal bundles with bio-regional herbs as you learn from an array of culturally-sensitive practices to find a cleansing ritual that is right for you. \nJune 21 – For the Skin of the Earth: Natural Soap-Making with Mallory Craig \nSoil is said to be the skin of the earth. Care for your skin and the skin of the earth by creating your own bar soaps free of harmful substances like parabens and plastic packaging\, infused with natural exfoliants\, florals\, and herbs from the Learning Garden. \nJune 28 – Eating with the Seasons with Rinku Bhattacharya \nRinku Bhattacharya takes a real-life approach to cooking with the seasons\, and will share ways that the recipes we make in real-life can serve as rituals for contemplative cooking. \nJuly 5 – Details to Come \nJuly 12 – Details to Come \nJuly 19 – Details to Come \nJuly 26 – Details to Come \nAugust 2 – Details to Come \nAugsut 9 – Details to Come \nAugust 16 – Details to Come \nAugust 23 – Details to Come \nAugust 30 – Details to Come
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-14/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161535Z
UID:10000501-1692723600-1692727200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Community in the Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Crafting Storied Recipes with Community Supported Agriculture\n\n\nEach week\, be guided by a guest food-worker\, chef\, artist\, farmer\, or culture-bearer who 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.\nIn Community in the Kitchen\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets.\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community.\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/community-in-the-kitchen-13/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230822T120000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161524Z
UID:10000561-1692702000-1692705600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Cookbook Club
DESCRIPTION:Share the food stories close to your heart and home while pouring over cookbooks in community\n\n\nWhat’s cookin’ in community?\nCome around our shared table to peruse\, create\, share\, and choose new recipes surrounded by a curated collection of cookbooks with a diversity of recipes and food stories across kitchens—from locally-foraged to passed down in the diaspora. Artfully arrange your recipe to bring back to your own kitchen and share the stories that infuse these recipes with meaning. On the last Tuesday of the month\, bring your newly learned recipe to share in a communal potluck.\n\n\nWhen taking your seat at the table\, what are the dishes that fill you with joy? Bring you back to childhood home? What are the dishes that turn you to a storyteller? \nIn this open-ended time\, explore the cultural histories\, origin stories\, as well as the present day challenges and joys of eating and sharing a meal. Beyond a recipe share\, this open-ended time invites participants to get curious about the histories of specific crops that make up their diet\, where their food comes from and why\, challenges and joys in our current foodways\, the impact of our food choices\, and more. \nCookbook Club will take place outside of the Greenhouse Education Center and in the event of rain will be cancelled. \n\n\nSome of the cookbooks we are loving right now: \nSpices and Seasons by Rinku Bhattarcharya \nHeirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women by Anna Francese Gass \nAn Evelasting Meal: To Cook With Economy and Grace: Tamar Adler \nEat Weeds: A Field Guide to Foraging by Diego Bonetto \nThe Kitchen Garden by Lucy Mora \nMy America: Recipes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi \nEat Your Flowers by Loria Stern \nMilk Street: Cook What You Have Cookbook by Christopher Kimball \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/cookbook-club-18/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T150000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161515Z
UID:10000560-1692525600-1692543600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Seeding Our Stories: Greenhouse Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:a reading room nestled in the cozy nook of a greenhouse stocked with books & activities curated around themes in therapeutic horticulture.\n\n\nNestle into one of the books\, zines\, storytelling games\, artmaking prompts\, tarot and oracle decks\, or other self-guided activities we’ve curated each week to explore topics in eco-literacy\, community care\, gardening\, and all things horticulture as you sit surrounded by plants and seedlings in a sunny\, plant-filled nook in our working greenhouse.\n\n\n“Each one of us descends from people who have been in an intimate and reciprocal relationship with plants and seeds since the dawning of time.”\n– Rowen M. White; on For the Wild Podcast\n\n\nWe welcome you into this space with the belief that everyone should have access to a healing environment and the mental and physical health benefits that cultivating plants and being immersed in green spaces gives us. In this reading room engage with readings as well as prompts for self-guided plant activities that support community-building and belonging through creating a shared connection with the natural world. \nIn addition to a library of books covering such topics as ecological poetry and memoirs on deep ecology\, in this reading room\, you’ll also find materials that will equip you with ideas and skill-building designed to encourage sensory experience and physical activity and to deepen into your gardening\, propagating of house plants\, garden and nature inspired cooking and eating\, and crafts such as seasonal floral arrangements\, plant based self-care goods and tea blends. \nAll ages are welcome into this intergenrational space and our library is stocked each week for book and activities for children\, youth\, and adults. \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/seeding-our-stories-greenhouse-reading-room-34/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T130000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161504Z
UID:10000500-1692441000-1692450000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Gardening: Seed to Table
DESCRIPTION:We grow our gardens! Food is medicine!\n\n\nSpanning 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 and have informal time in the garden to weed\, water\, and tend to the plants.\nAlternate between gardening and cooking classes to learn how to collaboratively grow\, harvest\, cook\, and eat with the plants of the learning garden and greenhouse as you learn ways our garden can tend to our community–people to plant and bee to bird. Storytelling and introduction to the day’s theme will take place every hour at 11 and 12. \n\n\nJune 10 – Water is Life \nCreate your ollas water irrigation system for a container garden to learn about self-watering. Use water and bubbles to create fantastical art. Make flower essences using a copper sill. Water the garden\, paint the rain water harvest barrel and honor the water that is life. \nJune 17th – Plants and People for Parks! \nJoin us from 10 am – 1 pm\, for this special 30th Birthday of Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, for a pollinator photo booth\, lavender sachet-making\, herbal bundle giveaways\, a make-your-own sun tea hydration station\, and open-ended garden care. \nJune 24th –  Sunny Days and Solar Power \nCreate your own sun teas\, cyanotype sun prints\, collective sun-dial\, and plant your own sunflowers to celebrate the sunny days ahead. \nJuly 1 – NO FAMILY FARMACY TODAY! See you next week!  \nJuly 8 – Details to Come \nJuly 15 – Details to Come \nJuly 22 – Details to Come \nJuly 29 – Details to Come \nAugust 5 – Details to Come \nAugust 12 – Details to Come \nAugust 19 – Details to Come \nAugust 26 – Details to Come
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/family-gardening-seed-to-table-12/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230819T150000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161453Z
UID:10000559-1692439200-1692457200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Seeding Our Stories: Greenhouse Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:a reading room nestled in the cozy nook of a greenhouse stocked with books & activities curated around themes in therapeutic horticulture.\n\n\nNestle into one of the books\, zines\, storytelling games\, artmaking prompts\, tarot and oracle decks\, or other self-guided activities we’ve curated each week to explore topics in eco-literacy\, community care\, gardening\, and all things horticulture as you sit surrounded by plants and seedlings in a sunny\, plant-filled nook in our working greenhouse.\n\n\n“Each one of us descends from people who have been in an intimate and reciprocal relationship with plants and seeds since the dawning of time.”\n– Rowen M. White; on For the Wild Podcast\n\n\nWe welcome you into this space with the belief that everyone should have access to a healing environment and the mental and physical health benefits that cultivating plants and being immersed in green spaces gives us. In this reading room engage with readings as well as prompts for self-guided plant activities that support community-building and belonging through creating a shared connection with the natural world. \nIn addition to a library of books covering such topics as ecological poetry and memoirs on deep ecology\, in this reading room\, you’ll also find materials that will equip you with ideas and skill-building designed to encourage sensory experience and physical activity and to deepen into your gardening\, propagating of house plants\, garden and nature inspired cooking and eating\, and crafts such as seasonal floral arrangements\, plant based self-care goods and tea blends. \nAll ages are welcome into this intergenrational space and our library is stocked each week for book and activities for children\, youth\, and adults. \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/seeding-our-stories-greenhouse-reading-room-33/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230817T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230817T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230608T161410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161443Z
UID:10000575-1692297000-1692300600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\n\n\n“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\nWhy do we grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are you hungry to tell? What creative acts are you being called to digest?\nIn this weekly series\, explore various techniques and practices introduced by visiting artists who will lead us in expressing our relationship to food\, agriculture\, and the histories and stories that shape how we connect with our foodways.\nThrough various artmaking techniques like bookmaking\, printmaking\, collage\, sculpture\, natural-pigment making and painting\, alternative photography processes\, participants will create artwork that begins to answer the question: Where is the culture in agriculture?\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Fall Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse. Come and explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes. \nJune 15 – Spring Show \nTake inspiration from the Spring Community Arts Show to inform future works. Come early to the 5 pm class to help Spring art students make the finishing touches to the installation of their work and a behind-the-scenes look into curating a community art show. Reception and artist share-out at 6 pm. \nJune 22 – Details to Come \nJune 28 – Mural Painting for The Giving Garden  \nCollectively paint a mural on two raised beds that will be installed outside of the Greenhouse that will invite Harlem community to plant and harvest herbs and familiar vegetables as they need.  \nJuly 6 – No Programs Today! See You Next Week! \nJuly 13 – Details to Come \nJuly 20- Details to Come \nJuly 27 – Details to Come \nAugust 3 – Details to Come \nAugsut 10- Details to Come \nAugust 17 – Details to Come \nAugust 24 – Details to Come \nAugust 31 – Details to Come \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-and-agriculture-15/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230817T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230817T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161434Z
UID:10000558-1692291600-1692295200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine 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 the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Fall Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes. \nJune 8 – Collograph Printing with Kraig Blue \nMake prints by creating your own on-of-a-kind printing plate made from cutting organic shapes inspired by greenhouse plants from paper and other up-cycled materials and collaging to create your own inner landscapes. \nJune 15 – Spring Show \nTake inspiration from the Spring Community Arts Show to inform future works. Come early to the 5 pm class to help Spring art students make the finishing touches to the installation of their work and a behind-the-scenes look into curating a community art show. \nJune 22 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJune 28 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJuly 6 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJuly 13 – Details to Come \nJuly 20- Details to Come \nJuly 27 – Details to Come \nAugust 3 – Details to Come \nAugsut 10- Details to Come \nAugust 17 – Details to Come \nAugust 24 – Details to Come \nAugust 31 – Details to Come \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-11/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230816T183000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161423Z
UID:10000499-1692207000-1692210600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:Our remedies are in our kitchens.\n\n\nWhat 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?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes.  \nJune 7 – Kombucha with Miriam Aristy-Farer of Herbas Skin Care \nLearn to art of fermentation by making your own kombuchas as you learn the science and power of kombucha in gut-health and anti-inflammation. Walk away with your own starter scoby to share with your beloveds. \nJune 14 – Summer Cleansing Rituals with Miriam Aristy-Farer of Herbas Skin Care \nWork with antivirals\, antifungals\, and antiseptic herbs to consider the energies and vibrations of medicinal herbs that cleanse. Create herbal bundles with bio-regional herbs as you learn from an array of culturally-sensitive practices to find a cleansing ritual that is right for you. \nJune 21 – For the Skin of the Earth: Natural Soap-Making with Mallory Craig \nSoil is said to be the skin of the earth. Care for your skin and the skin of the earth by creating your own bar soaps free of harmful substances like parabens and plastic packaging\, infused with natural exfoliants\, florals\, and herbs from the Learning Garden. \nJune 28 – Eating with the Seasons with Rinku Bhattacharya \nRinku Bhattacharya takes a real-life approach to cooking with the seasons\, and will share ways that the recipes we make in real-life can serve as rituals for contemplative cooking. \nJuly 5 – Details to Come \nJuly 12 – Details to Come \nJuly 19 – Details to Come \nJuly 26 – Details to Come \nAugust 2 – Details to Come \nAugsut 9 – Details to Come \nAugust 16 – Details to Come \nAugust 23 – Details to Come \nAugust 30 – Details to Come
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-13/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161402Z
UID:10000498-1692118800-1692122400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Community in the Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Crafting Storied Recipes with Community Supported Agriculture\n\n\nEach week\, be guided by a guest food-worker\, chef\, artist\, farmer\, or culture-bearer who 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.\nIn Community in the Kitchen\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets.\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community.\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/community-in-the-kitchen-12/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230815T120000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161351Z
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SUMMARY:Cookbook Club
DESCRIPTION:Share the food stories close to your heart and home while pouring over cookbooks in community\n\n\nWhat’s cookin’ in community?\nCome around our shared table to peruse\, create\, share\, and choose new recipes surrounded by a curated collection of cookbooks with a diversity of recipes and food stories across kitchens—from locally-foraged to passed down in the diaspora. Artfully arrange your recipe to bring back to your own kitchen and share the stories that infuse these recipes with meaning. On the last Tuesday of the month\, bring your newly learned recipe to share in a communal potluck.\n\n\nWhen taking your seat at the table\, what are the dishes that fill you with joy? Bring you back to childhood home? What are the dishes that turn you to a storyteller? \nIn this open-ended time\, explore the cultural histories\, origin stories\, as well as the present day challenges and joys of eating and sharing a meal. Beyond a recipe share\, this open-ended time invites participants to get curious about the histories of specific crops that make up their diet\, where their food comes from and why\, challenges and joys in our current foodways\, the impact of our food choices\, and more. \nCookbook Club will take place outside of the Greenhouse Education Center and in the event of rain will be cancelled. \n\n\nSome of the cookbooks we are loving right now: \nSpices and Seasons by Rinku Bhattarcharya \nHeirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women by Anna Francese Gass \nAn Evelasting Meal: To Cook With Economy and Grace: Tamar Adler \nEat Weeds: A Field Guide to Foraging by Diego Bonetto \nThe Kitchen Garden by Lucy Mora \nMy America: Recipes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi \nEat Your Flowers by Loria Stern \nMilk Street: Cook What You Have Cookbook by Christopher Kimball \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/cookbook-club-17/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230813T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230813T150000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161339Z
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SUMMARY:Seeding Our Stories: Greenhouse Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:a reading room nestled in the cozy nook of a greenhouse stocked with books & activities curated around themes in therapeutic horticulture.\n\n\nNestle into one of the books\, zines\, storytelling games\, artmaking prompts\, tarot and oracle decks\, or other self-guided activities we’ve curated each week to explore topics in eco-literacy\, community care\, gardening\, and all things horticulture as you sit surrounded by plants and seedlings in a sunny\, plant-filled nook in our working greenhouse.\n\n\n“Each one of us descends from people who have been in an intimate and reciprocal relationship with plants and seeds since the dawning of time.”\n– Rowen M. White; on For the Wild Podcast\n\n\nWe welcome you into this space with the belief that everyone should have access to a healing environment and the mental and physical health benefits that cultivating plants and being immersed in green spaces gives us. In this reading room engage with readings as well as prompts for self-guided plant activities that support community-building and belonging through creating a shared connection with the natural world. \nIn addition to a library of books covering such topics as ecological poetry and memoirs on deep ecology\, in this reading room\, you’ll also find materials that will equip you with ideas and skill-building designed to encourage sensory experience and physical activity and to deepen into your gardening\, propagating of house plants\, garden and nature inspired cooking and eating\, and crafts such as seasonal floral arrangements\, plant based self-care goods and tea blends. \nAll ages are welcome into this intergenrational space and our library is stocked each week for book and activities for children\, youth\, and adults. \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/seeding-our-stories-greenhouse-reading-room-32/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T130000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161329Z
UID:10000497-1691836200-1691845200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Gardening: Seed to Table
DESCRIPTION:We grow our gardens! Food is medicine!\n\n\nSpanning 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 and have informal time in the garden to weed\, water\, and tend to the plants.\nAlternate between gardening and cooking classes to learn how to collaboratively grow\, harvest\, cook\, and eat with the plants of the learning garden and greenhouse as you learn ways our garden can tend to our community–people to plant and bee to bird. Storytelling and introduction to the day’s theme will take place every hour at 11 and 12. \n\n\nJune 10 – Water is Life \nCreate your ollas water irrigation system for a container garden to learn about self-watering. Use water and bubbles to create fantastical art. Make flower essences using a copper sill. Water the garden\, paint the rain water harvest barrel and honor the water that is life. \nJune 17th – Plants and People for Parks! \nJoin us from 10 am – 1 pm\, for this special 30th Birthday of Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, for a pollinator photo booth\, lavender sachet-making\, herbal bundle giveaways\, a make-your-own sun tea hydration station\, and open-ended garden care. \nJune 24th –  Sunny Days and Solar Power \nCreate your own sun teas\, cyanotype sun prints\, collective sun-dial\, and plant your own sunflowers to celebrate the sunny days ahead. \nJuly 1 – NO FAMILY FARMACY TODAY! See you next week!  \nJuly 8 – Details to Come \nJuly 15 – Details to Come \nJuly 22 – Details to Come \nJuly 29 – Details to Come \nAugust 5 – Details to Come \nAugust 12 – Details to Come \nAugust 19 – Details to Come \nAugust 26 – Details to Come
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/family-gardening-seed-to-table-11/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T150000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161317Z
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SUMMARY:Seeding Our Stories: Greenhouse Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:a reading room nestled in the cozy nook of a greenhouse stocked with books & activities curated around themes in therapeutic horticulture.\n\n\nNestle into one of the books\, zines\, storytelling games\, artmaking prompts\, tarot and oracle decks\, or other self-guided activities we’ve curated each week to explore topics in eco-literacy\, community care\, gardening\, and all things horticulture as you sit surrounded by plants and seedlings in a sunny\, plant-filled nook in our working greenhouse.\n\n\n“Each one of us descends from people who have been in an intimate and reciprocal relationship with plants and seeds since the dawning of time.”\n– Rowen M. White; on For the Wild Podcast\n\n\nWe welcome you into this space with the belief that everyone should have access to a healing environment and the mental and physical health benefits that cultivating plants and being immersed in green spaces gives us. In this reading room engage with readings as well as prompts for self-guided plant activities that support community-building and belonging through creating a shared connection with the natural world. \nIn addition to a library of books covering such topics as ecological poetry and memoirs on deep ecology\, in this reading room\, you’ll also find materials that will equip you with ideas and skill-building designed to encourage sensory experience and physical activity and to deepen into your gardening\, propagating of house plants\, garden and nature inspired cooking and eating\, and crafts such as seasonal floral arrangements\, plant based self-care goods and tea blends. \nAll ages are welcome into this intergenrational space and our library is stocked each week for book and activities for children\, youth\, and adults. \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/seeding-our-stories-greenhouse-reading-room-31/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T193000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230608T161409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161306Z
UID:10000574-1691692200-1691695800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\n\n\n“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\nWhy do we grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are you hungry to tell? What creative acts are you being called to digest?\nIn this weekly series\, explore various techniques and practices introduced by visiting artists who will lead us in expressing our relationship to food\, agriculture\, and the histories and stories that shape how we connect with our foodways.\nThrough various artmaking techniques like bookmaking\, printmaking\, collage\, sculpture\, natural-pigment making and painting\, alternative photography processes\, participants will create artwork that begins to answer the question: Where is the culture in agriculture?\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Fall Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse. Come and explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways these systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes. \nJune 15 – Spring Show \nTake inspiration from the Spring Community Arts Show to inform future works. Come early to the 5 pm class to help Spring art students make the finishing touches to the installation of their work and a behind-the-scenes look into curating a community art show. Reception and artist share-out at 6 pm. \nJune 22 – Details to Come \nJune 28 – Mural Painting for The Giving Garden  \nCollectively paint a mural on two raised beds that will be installed outside of the Greenhouse that will invite Harlem community to plant and harvest herbs and familiar vegetables as they need.  \nJuly 6 – No Programs Today! See You Next Week! \nJuly 13 – Details to Come \nJuly 20- Details to Come \nJuly 27 – Details to Come \nAugust 3 – Details to Come \nAugsut 10- Details to Come \nAugust 17 – Details to Come \nAugust 24 – Details to Come \nAugust 31 – Details to Come \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-and-agriculture-14/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161254Z
UID:10000554-1691686800-1691690400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Cultivate creativity\, curiosity\, & settle into the restorative power of artmaking in the greenhouse and garden.\n\n\nCombine 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 the learning garden\, greenhouse\, and across Riverbank State Park’s green roof overlooking the Hudson River to create artwork that is rooted in place and in partnership with plants.\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community Fall Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes. \nJune 8 – Collograph Printing with Kraig Blue \nMake prints by creating your own on-of-a-kind printing plate made from cutting organic shapes inspired by greenhouse plants from paper and other up-cycled materials and collaging to create your own inner landscapes. \nJune 15 – Spring Show \nTake inspiration from the Spring Community Arts Show to inform future works. Come early to the 5 pm class to help Spring art students make the finishing touches to the installation of their work and a behind-the-scenes look into curating a community art show. \nJune 22 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJune 28 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJuly 6 – Clay Relief Sculpture with Kraig Blue \nTake note of the intricate details in each petal and leaf vein as you play with the composition of dried florals and hand sculpted elements to evoke meaning in the textures of the botanicals that call to you.  \nJuly 13 – Details to Come \nJuly 20- Details to Come \nJuly 27 – Details to Come \nAugust 3 – Details to Come \nAugsut 10- Details to Come \nAugust 17 – Details to Come \nAugust 24 – Details to Come \nAugust 31 – Details to Come \n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/art-in-the-garden-10/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230809T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230809T183000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161244Z
UID:10000496-1691602200-1691605800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:Our remedies are in our kitchens.\n\n\nWhat 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?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with.\nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care.\n\n\nClass Schedule: \nClass Schedule will be updated periodically. Check back for themes and facilitators of future classes.  \nJune 7 – Kombucha with Miriam Aristy-Farer of Herbas Skin Care \nLearn to art of fermentation by making your own kombuchas as you learn the science and power of kombucha in gut-health and anti-inflammation. Walk away with your own starter scoby to share with your beloveds. \nJune 14 – Summer Cleansing Rituals with Miriam Aristy-Farer of Herbas Skin Care \nWork with antivirals\, antifungals\, and antiseptic herbs to consider the energies and vibrations of medicinal herbs that cleanse. Create herbal bundles with bio-regional herbs as you learn from an array of culturally-sensitive practices to find a cleansing ritual that is right for you. \nJune 21 – For the Skin of the Earth: Natural Soap-Making with Mallory Craig \nSoil is said to be the skin of the earth. Care for your skin and the skin of the earth by creating your own bar soaps free of harmful substances like parabens and plastic packaging\, infused with natural exfoliants\, florals\, and herbs from the Learning Garden. \nJune 28 – Eating with the Seasons with Rinku Bhattacharya \nRinku Bhattacharya takes a real-life approach to cooking with the seasons\, and will share ways that the recipes we make in real-life can serve as rituals for contemplative cooking. \nJuly 5 – Details to Come \nJuly 12 – Details to Come \nJuly 19 – Details to Come \nJuly 26 – Details to Come \nAugust 2 – Details to Come \nAugsut 9 – Details to Come \nAugust 16 – Details to Come \nAugust 23 – Details to Come \nAugust 30 – Details to Come
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-12/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230808T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230808T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161232Z
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SUMMARY:Community in the Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Crafting Storied Recipes with Community Supported Agriculture\n\n\nEach week\, be guided by a guest food-worker\, chef\, artist\, farmer\, or culture-bearer who 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.\nIn Community in the Kitchen\, we invite participants to come together in the Greenhouse Education Center around the kitchen table to share in the harvest of our weekly CSA share. In a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model\, community members and farmers build a reciprocal and mutually-beneficial relationship—community members support farmers by sharing the risk and paying upfront so that farmers can focus on stewarding the land while farmers provide community with healthy\, organic\, and sustainably grown produce at an affordable price that goes directly into the farm’s pockets.\n\nIn these weekly sessions\, we invite participants to gather and build community as we share recipes\, food stories\, and helpful tips for how to cook with the plants that are in season. Each week\, participants can expect to be guided by food-workers\, culture-bearers\, chefs\, farmers\, elders\, or food-system thought visionaries who will lead us in both cooking class and critical conversation that has us consider how we share the foods we grow in community.\n\n\nWorkshops are rain or shine. \nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/community-in-the-kitchen-11/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230808T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230808T120000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161223Z
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SUMMARY:Cookbook Club
DESCRIPTION:Share the food stories close to your heart and home while pouring over cookbooks in community\n\n\nWhat’s cookin’ in community?\nCome around our shared table to peruse\, create\, share\, and choose new recipes surrounded by a curated collection of cookbooks with a diversity of recipes and food stories across kitchens—from locally-foraged to passed down in the diaspora. Artfully arrange your recipe to bring back to your own kitchen and share the stories that infuse these recipes with meaning. On the last Tuesday of the month\, bring your newly learned recipe to share in a communal potluck.\n\n\nWhen taking your seat at the table\, what are the dishes that fill you with joy? Bring you back to childhood home? What are the dishes that turn you to a storyteller? \nIn this open-ended time\, explore the cultural histories\, origin stories\, as well as the present day challenges and joys of eating and sharing a meal. Beyond a recipe share\, this open-ended time invites participants to get curious about the histories of specific crops that make up their diet\, where their food comes from and why\, challenges and joys in our current foodways\, the impact of our food choices\, and more. \nCookbook Club will take place outside of the Greenhouse Education Center and in the event of rain will be cancelled. \n\n\nSome of the cookbooks we are loving right now: \nSpices and Seasons by Rinku Bhattarcharya \nHeirloom Kitchen: Heritage Recipes and Family Stories from the Tables of Immigrant Women by Anna Francese Gass \nAn Evelasting Meal: To Cook With Economy and Grace: Tamar Adler \nEat Weeds: A Field Guide to Foraging by Diego Bonetto \nThe Kitchen Garden by Lucy Mora \nMy America: Recipes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi \nEat Your Flowers by Loria Stern \nMilk Street: Cook What You Have Cookbook by Christopher Kimball \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers. \nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org. \nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/cookbook-club-16/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230806T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230806T150000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161212Z
UID:10000552-1691316000-1691334000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Seeding Our Stories: Greenhouse Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:a reading room nestled in the cozy nook of a greenhouse stocked with books & activities curated around themes in therapeutic horticulture.\n\n\nNestle into one of the books\, zines\, storytelling games\, artmaking prompts\, tarot and oracle decks\, or other self-guided activities we’ve curated each week to explore topics in eco-literacy\, community care\, gardening\, and all things horticulture as you sit surrounded by plants and seedlings in a sunny\, plant-filled nook in our working greenhouse.\n\n\n“Each one of us descends from people who have been in an intimate and reciprocal relationship with plants and seeds since the dawning of time.”\n– Rowen M. White; on For the Wild Podcast\n\n\nWe welcome you into this space with the belief that everyone should have access to a healing environment and the mental and physical health benefits that cultivating plants and being immersed in green spaces gives us. In this reading room engage with readings as well as prompts for self-guided plant activities that support community-building and belonging through creating a shared connection with the natural world. \nIn addition to a library of books covering such topics as ecological poetry and memoirs on deep ecology\, in this reading room\, you’ll also find materials that will equip you with ideas and skill-building designed to encourage sensory experience and physical activity and to deepen into your gardening\, propagating of house plants\, garden and nature inspired cooking and eating\, and crafts such as seasonal floral arrangements\, plant based self-care goods and tea blends. \nAll ages are welcome into this intergenrational space and our library is stocked each week for book and activities for children\, youth\, and adults. \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/seeding-our-stories-greenhouse-reading-room-30/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T130000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230603T204947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161158Z
UID:10000494-1691231400-1691240400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Gardening: Seed to Table
DESCRIPTION:We grow our gardens! Food is medicine!\n\n\nSpanning 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 and have informal time in the garden to weed\, water\, and tend to the plants.\nAlternate between gardening and cooking classes to learn how to collaboratively grow\, harvest\, cook\, and eat with the plants of the learning garden and greenhouse as you learn ways our garden can tend to our community–people to plant and bee to bird. Storytelling and introduction to the day’s theme will take place every hour at 11 and 12. \n\n\nJune 10 – Water is Life \nCreate your ollas water irrigation system for a container garden to learn about self-watering. Use water and bubbles to create fantastical art. Make flower essences using a copper sill. Water the garden\, paint the rain water harvest barrel and honor the water that is life. \nJune 17th – Plants and People for Parks! \nJoin us from 10 am – 1 pm\, for this special 30th Birthday of Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, for a pollinator photo booth\, lavender sachet-making\, herbal bundle giveaways\, a make-your-own sun tea hydration station\, and open-ended garden care. \nJune 24th –  Sunny Days and Solar Power \nCreate your own sun teas\, cyanotype sun prints\, collective sun-dial\, and plant your own sunflowers to celebrate the sunny days ahead. \nJuly 1 – NO FAMILY FARMACY TODAY! See you next week!  \nJuly 8 – Details to Come \nJuly 15 – Details to Come \nJuly 22 – Details to Come \nJuly 29 – Details to Come \nAugust 5 – Details to Come \nAugust 12 – Details to Come \nAugust 19 – Details to Come \nAugust 26 – Details to Come
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/family-gardening-seed-to-table-10/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230805T150000
DTSTAMP:20260508T111511
CREATED:20230606T123054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T161146Z
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SUMMARY:Seeding Our Stories: Greenhouse Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:a reading room nestled in the cozy nook of a greenhouse stocked with books & activities curated around themes in therapeutic horticulture.\n\n\nNestle into one of the books\, zines\, storytelling games\, artmaking prompts\, tarot and oracle decks\, or other self-guided activities we’ve curated each week to explore topics in eco-literacy\, community care\, gardening\, and all things horticulture as you sit surrounded by plants and seedlings in a sunny\, plant-filled nook in our working greenhouse.\n\n\n“Each one of us descends from people who have been in an intimate and reciprocal relationship with plants and seeds since the dawning of time.”\n– Rowen M. White; on For the Wild Podcast\n\n\nWe welcome you into this space with the belief that everyone should have access to a healing environment and the mental and physical health benefits that cultivating plants and being immersed in green spaces gives us. In this reading room engage with readings as well as prompts for self-guided plant activities that support community-building and belonging through creating a shared connection with the natural world. \nIn addition to a library of books covering such topics as ecological poetry and memoirs on deep ecology\, in this reading room\, you’ll also find materials that will equip you with ideas and skill-building designed to encourage sensory experience and physical activity and to deepen into your gardening\, propagating of house plants\, garden and nature inspired cooking and eating\, and crafts such as seasonal floral arrangements\, plant based self-care goods and tea blends. \nAll ages are welcome into this intergenrational space and our library is stocked each week for book and activities for children\, youth\, and adults. \n\n\nAccessibility: Our kitchen/classroom space is wheelchair accessible. With prior planning\, we can add a few small mats onto the pebbled ground of greenhouse to make a small wheel-chair accessible path. Our learning garden has grass paths\, and the entrance is through a gate with a small\, raised entrance. Our tables can be lowered/raised\, and we have several backless benches or stools. Our kitchen is in regular use\, and while we try to cook without peanuts\, much of our cookware is shared and we cannot guarantee a nut-free environment. We have a first aid kit\, and the closest AED is in another building several yards away. Drinking water is made available in refillable pitchers.\nOur closest bathrooms are a building away\, about a one-minute walk. A gender neutral bathroom is also available\, and this is accessible by key which you can request from staff. We are not a scent-free zone\, and because herbalism classes take place here\, cannot guarantee that the site will be clear of any essential oil smells. If you have needs not addressed here\, please reach out to Mallory Craig at mcraig@thehort.org.\nWhen inside the greenhouse and kitchen we will open our double-doors and windows to vent the space and encourage masking and social distancing when in more closed-in spaces.
URL:https://www.thehort.org/event/seeding-our-stories-greenhouse-reading-room-29/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
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