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SUMMARY:Art & AgriCulture: Gilded Harvest
DESCRIPTION:Illuminating the beauty of food\, fields\, and seasonal abundance\n\n\nCelebrate the richness of the harvest season by turning the colors\, shapes\, and textures of food and agriculture into luminous works of art. In Gilded Harvest\, we’ll explore gold leaf in highlighting our imagery of foods and landscapes that sustain us.  Whether you’re gilding a drawing of a winter squash\, adding shine to a collage of corn husks and soil textures\, or adorning a shadow box filled with agricultural forms\, you’ll learn how to use metallic accents to deepen dimensionality and honor the inherent beauty of cultivated land. This workshop invites you to create a radiant artwork that reflects the nourishment and abundance this season brings.\n\nNadia Bongo is a teaching artist and translator whose writing and/or photographs have appeared in African Voices\, Litro online\, Solstice\, The Citron Review\, Blue Mesa Review\, and elsewhere. Her first co-directed short poetry film\, supported by a Brooklyn Public Library program\, has been selected by festivals. In the fall\, she was the September 2025 Teaching Artist in Residence for the Washington Square Park Conservancy and her co-created poetic video is on view at a gallery in Philadelphia. Find her at https://www.nadiabongo.com/ \n\n\n\nPhoto Courtesey of artist Nadia Bongo. Find more about Nadia’s work at https://www.nadiabongo.com/ \n\n\n\nJoin us for Art & AgriCulture every Thursday!\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? In 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 our agricultural system? \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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways our food systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\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-agriculture-gilded-harvest/
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:Art in the Garden: Journey Sticks
DESCRIPTION:Gather\, Wrap\, and Weave Your Storied Journeys\n\n\nStep into the garden and explore the beauty of natural materials as you craft your own Journey Stick—a colorful\, textural art piece inspired by the land and your unique creative story. Participants will work with sticks\, twigs\, yarn\, and gathered offerings from nature to build a personal visual narrative\, wrapping and assembling materials in ways that spark imagination and flow. Whether inspired by a walk through the garden\, a memory from childhood\, or the colors of the season\, your finished piece can be proudly displayed on the wall\, or to talk with you as a walking stick\, as a constant visual reminder of your connection to place. \n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper\nWilhelmina Grant Cooper uses found objects and discards to redirect unwanted items from the landfill. Her artistry embraces the DIY method of creating useful items through recycling.\nFind more of her work at @sistaahstudio on Instagram or on sistaah.org\n\n\n\nJoin us for Art in the Garden every Thursday!\n \nGrounded in the garden\, join us to critically and creatively engage in a diversity of artmaking techniques that open us up to deeper dialogue on place\, our relationships to our lived environments\, ecological concerns\, and contemporary culture. Learn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, nature-inspired intuitive artmaking and mixed media exploration\, and other various practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to nurture your relationship to the garden. \nImmerse 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. \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-journey-sticks/
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:Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Botanical Scent Bowls
DESCRIPTION:Bark\, Resin\, Leaf: Composing a Botanical Scent Story\n\n\nThe Scent Bowl Making Workshop is a hands-on experience designed to connect participants to the natural world through the art of blended scent creation. Using resins\, wood chips\, herbs\, and natural materials\, participants will craft their own custom bowl to take home. Each ingredient becomes a small lesson in botany—an invitation to notice how plants store memory in resin\, root\, bark\, and leaf\, and how those compounds shape the fragrances we receive. These bowls can be used for personal rituals\, relaxation\, meditation\, or as a centerpiece for shared gatherings. \n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Evandros Amani\nEvandros Amani is a multidisciplinary artist\, herbalist\, and scent maker whose work explores the intersection of art and nature – where form\, fragrance\, and ritual converge. Through his brand Essence Equilibrium\, he creates handcrafted perfumes and sensory experiences that honor nature and celebrate the art of balance. \nFind more of his work at:  www.essenceequilibrium.com and on instragram @essenceequilibrium \n\n\n\nJoin us for Recipes and Rituals for Collective Care every Wednesday!\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?\n \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.\n \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\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. \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. \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/recipes-rituals-for-community-care-botanical-scent-bowls/
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:20251216T110000
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SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor: Classic Remix
DESCRIPTION:Reworking Menu Classics with a Plant-Forward Twist\n\n\nJoin us for a demo and tasting where chef-educator Brandy Cochrane leads us through a plant-based remix of familiar comfort dishes.  In this workshop\, we’ll remake classic mashed potatoes and onion gravy entirely plant-based\, building layers of umami with slow-sizzled sweet onions\, tamari depth\, nutritional yeast richness\, and greens from the garden. Together\, we’ll explore how to honor familiar flavors while transforming them into dishes that support wellness\, creativity\, and seasonal living.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Brandy Cochrane\n \nBrandy Cochrane is a culinary educator for PPMNY\, a licensed Food for Life Instructor through the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine\, and a chef\, recipe developer\, and author. She is also the co-founder of Plant Candy\, a food company committed to getting you just as excited about plants as you are about candy. Her fascination with plant-based living came after reading The China Study and converting one of her grandma’s cake recipes with butter beans and dates. Once she saw that it worked\, she went down a rabbit hole exploring ways to leverage the textures of plants and building in familiar flavor profiles to create food that anyone could enjoy. A graduate of Rouxbe’s Plant-Based Culinary Program\, Brandy has used her knowledge to introduce this healing lifestyle in a way that’s fun\, accessible\, and creative. Her cookbook\, Plant Candy Gathering\, shares simple recipes that can be enjoyed by the plant-committed and plant-curious alike. Her latest book\, The Plant-Based Handbook\, which simplifies the benefits and resources for sustaining a plant-based lifestyle\, was released in 2024. Brandy wants to create a narrative that a splash of creativity\, a dash of openness\, and a lot of spice can make plant-based living enjoyable and fun!\n\n\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. \nDuring our Summer season\, 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\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. An all-gender 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 programs@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/saute-sizzle-savor-classic-remix/
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:20251213T110000
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SUMMARY:Family Farmacy: Gaciers and Alpine Ecology for Intl. Day of Mountains
DESCRIPTION:A family celebration of mountains and meltwater.\n\n\nA hands-on\, intergenerational journey into mountains\, meltwater\, and alpine plants.\nMountains are the water towers of the world\, holding nearly 70% of our planet’s freshwater in glaciers. As global temperatures rise\, these ancient ice reserves melt faster than they should—impacting water\, food\, energy\, and the lives of billions. This International Mountain Day\, join us for a joyful journey into the mountains with Family Farmacy to explorie why glaciers matter for plants\, water\, food\, and livelihoods—in the mountains and here at home.\nTogether\, we’ll learn how glacial melt shapes rivers and farms\, meet the hardy plants that thrive in alpine regions\, taste foods grown in glacier-fed valleys\, and imagine our own roles as caretakers of a warming world. \n❄️ Glacier-in-a-Jar Demonstration & Ice Exploration Table\nWatch how colored ice “glaciers” melt into rivers\, seep through soil\, and carve miniature landscapes. A playful way to understand watersheds\, melt patterns\, and why glacier loss matters. Then\, melt through ice blocks holding natural treasures using salt\, brushes\, and warm water. A mesmerizing way to understand thawing ice and rapid melt. \n🌱 Alpine Plant Discovery + “Grow Your Own” Station\nMeet the resilient plants that survive wind\, cold\, and intense sun at high altitudes. Explore mountain textures and scents\, then plant your own alpine-inspired herb or succulent to take home. Join in building a mini alpine garden filled with cold-loving species. Reflect: What helps you stay resilient through change? \n🧊 Foods from Glacier-Fed Regions & Mountain Love Tea Making\nLook at and sample ingredients grown in mountain cultures—from Andean potatoes to Himalayan barley and orchard fruits—while learning how meltwater nourishes fields and families around the world. Then\, create your own herbal tea blend of some of our favorite medicinal herbals that grow on mountains! \n🗺️ Glacial Landforms Art Table: Who Depends on Glaciers?\nCreate collages inspired by glaciers\, moraines\, ridges\, and meltwater pathways using natural textures\, cool-toned watercolors\, papers\, and stones. As you make art\, Discover how communities from the Andes to the Himalayas—and even NYC through our Catskills watershed—rely on glaciers for drinking water\, farming\, and energy. \n\n\n\nGrowing family wellness through plants and play. \nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts. Each week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth. \nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\n \n\n\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. \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. \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/family-farmacy-gaciers-and-alpine-ecology-for-intl-day-of-mountains/
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:20251211T180000
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SUMMARY:Art & AgriCulture: Holiday Herbalism Survival Guide
DESCRIPTION:Sustain your spirit this season with one home remedy at a time\n\n\nCome prepare your bodies for the holiday season by making a holiday herbalism survival kit to get through the busy season. From a soothing tea blend to a fortifying oxymel take sometime to pour into yourself to make the season extra bright.\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Arvolyn Hil\nArvolyn Hill (she/her) is a community herbalist\, flower essence practitioner and outdoor educator with a never-ending curiosity about plants and the natural world. Raised on Schaghticoke land of rural Kent\, CT\, her love of herbalism grew after the passing of several family members due to preventable environmental illnesses. She studied at Twin Star Connecticut’s School of Herbalism and Energetic Studies and in 2016 opened Gold Feather\, an online apothecary and flower art shop. Arvolyn is passionate about reclaiming herbalism for Black\, Indigenous and People of Color by using herbs to build ancestral connection. She’s the Associate Director of the Everett’s Children’s Adventure Garden at the New York Botanical Gardens where she creates nature centered science exploration activities for kids. Arvolyn can be found enjoying growing herbs at her local community garden in Harlem\, NY.\nFind out more about her work: www.goldfeathershop.com and on Instagram @goldfeather_\n\n\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\n\n \n\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? In 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 our agricultural system? \n\n \n\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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways our food systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\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. \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. \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-agriculture-holiday-herbalism-survival-guide/
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:20251211T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
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SUMMARY:Art in the Garden: Evergreen Arrangements
DESCRIPTION:Create winter greenery that nourishes the senses and the spirit\n\n\nCelebrate the quiet strength of winter by working with evergreens—plants that hold their color\, scent\, and structure long after the rest of the garden has gone dormant. In this session\, we’ll create seasonal arrangements using cuttings sourced from felled trees and from The Hort’s evergreen plantings across the city\, giving these branches a second life as objects of beauty and care.\nYou’ll be introduced to the unique characteristics that make evergreens so special:\n🌲Their year-round foliage\, adapted to withstand cold\, wind\, and low light.\n🌲Their resin-filled needles\, rich with scent and protective chemistry.\n🌲Their cultural and ecological roles\, from offering winter habitat to symbolizing endurance across generations.\nThrough making your own arrangement\, you’ll learn to work with pine\, spruce\, cedar\, juniper\, and other conifers by paying attention to their textures\, branching patterns\, and natural forms.\nYou’ll leave with a lush winter arrangement shaped by plants that have sheltered birds\, anchored city landscapes\, and stood green through frost and shortening days!\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Nicole Smith of A Tribe Called Flowers\nNicole Smith is the founder of A Tribe Called Flowers\, a community-centered project rooted in the belief that flowers—and the joy they bring—should be accessible to everyone. What began as a simple hobby of arranging blooms blossomed into a calling: sharing beauty\, encouragement\, and small moments of brightness with people who need it most.\nNicole describes herself as a flower enthusiast. Through A Tribe Called Flowers\, she creates handcrafted bouquets that are donated\, free of charge\, to local shelters\, rehabilitation centers\, and communities across the city. Each bouquet becomes a gesture of care\, a reminder that someone is thinking of you\, and a spark of joy delivered through flowers. \nAs a nonprofit organization\, all donations to ATCF directly fund the making of these bouquets\, allowing Nicole to continue spreading beauty and connection one arrangement at a time.\n\n\n\nGrounded in the garden\, join us to critically and creatively engage in a diversity of artmaking techniques that open us up to deeper dialogue on place\, our relationships to our lived environments\, ecological concerns\, and contemporary culture. Learn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, nature-inspired intuitive artmaking and mixed media exploration\, and other various practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to nurture your relationship to the garden.\n \nImmerse 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.\n\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-evergreen-arrangements/
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:Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Soundbowl Meditation and Tea Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Be held by plants and sound.\n\n\nA soundbath meditation for all! Join us for a December evening of rest\, reflection\, tea\, and sound. This community session will center around a soundbowl mindfulness meditation and a tea ceremony\, inviting participants of all ages and backgrounds to slow down\, breathe deeply\, and allow sound vibrations to support grounding and renewal. Take time to exchange breath with the plants in the greenhouse\, enjoy and herbal tea to calm the body\, and rest into this guided soundbath meditation.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Mattia “Tia” Colon is an Environmental Master Level Social Worker\, Soundbowl Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator and Community Gardener. She facilitates soundbowl mindfulness meditation events to diverse communities across NYC. She utilizes various singing bowls and other instruments to create sound frequencies to induce a relaxing and healing atmosphere. She will be hosting future meditation and tea ceremony events to create powerful meditative experiences.\n\n\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?\n \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. \n \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\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. \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. \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/recipes-rituals-for-community-care-soundbowl-meditation-and-tea-ceremony/
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:20251209T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175802Z
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SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\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. \nDuring our CSA season\, 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\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. An all-gender 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 programs@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/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2025-12-09/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251206T130000
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SUMMARY:Family Farmacy
DESCRIPTION:Growing family wellness through plants and play.\n\n\nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts.\n\nEach week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\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. \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. \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/family-farmacy-x-city-of-forest-day-young-and-old-growth-forests-2/2025-12-06/
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:20251204T180000
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SUMMARY:Art & AgriCulture: Beauty in Botany With Textile Printmaking
DESCRIPTION:Seasonal Marks from the Garden\n\n\nWhy do we grow the things that we grow? Why do we use the things that we use?\nJoin us as we remember y(our) roots while preparing for the holiday season.\nIn this playful\, plant-centered workshop\, you’ll explore textile printmaking using flower petals\, seedheads\, and vegetables from the garden as your stamps. Come customize a tea towel or tote bag and head home with a one-of-a-kind creation infused with the textures and colors of the season.\nPrepare to get a little messy as we dive into hands-on stamp making and sensory mark-making. As we turn inward and gather for Winter\, let your tote bag hold your harvest—or use your tea towel to wipe up any tears (of laughter!)—with the print becoming a gentle reminder of your roots\, your seasons\, and your connection to the land.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Jules Jīvanī Ruby Kulaya \nI focus on ritual\, routine\, and divinity across nature & culture in my art and holistic wellness services. Through a long-term background working in theater\, I became disenchanted with the industry- as time went on… particularly\, post Lockdown – it wasn’t the storytelling I thought I signed up for. I found there was a lack of intention in the processes\, and a lot of waste\, adding to the climate crises When I began to seriously set aside time for the care of my spirit\, I began to learn\, remember – that what I was called to practice\, was already rooted in my body’s memory and ancestry. My lived experience & career has led me to an ethos rooted in advocacy & activism for the overlapping intersections of the global majority\, LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse communities\, with a focus on mental wellbeing and resource access. \n\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\n \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? In 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. \n\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 our agricultural system? \n\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. Explore your relationship to food and agriculture and the ways our food systems can connect us more deeply to our local ecosystems and communities.\n\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-agriculture-beauty-in-botany-with-textile-printmaking/
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:20251204T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T180000
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SUMMARY:Art in the Garden: Gathered from the Field Ornaments
DESCRIPTION:Botanical and Intention-filled Ornaments. Working with seedheads and grasses to craft objects of reflection.\n\n\nAs winter settles in and the landscape shifts toward its quieter hues\, join teaching artist Junell Banks for a  seasonal and mindful workshop. Using seedheads\, dried grasses\, and clipped evergreens—materials gathered from the edges of fields\, garden beds\, and the lingering memory of autumn growth—participants will craft botanical ornaments designed to carry personal affirmations or winter intentions.\n\nTogether\, we’ll sort through our found natural materials from the garden and park\, and work with the feathery plumes of wild grasses\, sculptural seedheads\, and the grounding scent of evergreen clippings. At the heart of each piece\, you’ll tuck a written affirmation or intention to nurture through the winter season.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Junell Banks\nJunell Banks is a creative visionary from Harlem\, who blends her passions for creative direction\, youth empowerment\, and self-love advocacy. Through her multifaceted initiatives\, she embodies a commitment to inspiring those around her to embrace their authentic selves with creativity and confidence. \n\n\n\nGrounded in the garden\, join us to critically and creatively engage in a diversity of artmaking techniques that open us up to deeper dialogue on place\, our relationships to our lived environments\, ecological concerns\, and contemporary culture. Learn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, nature-inspired intuitive artmaking and mixed media exploration\, and other various practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to nurture your relationship to the garden.\n \nImmerse 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.\n\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-gathered-from-the-field-ornaments/
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:20251203T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T183000
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SUMMARY:Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Herbs for Mutual Aid
DESCRIPTION:Let’s nurture systems of care and dream of the worlds we would like to live in that center care of all.\n\n\nIn this hands-on workshop\, we’ll dive into the practice of direct mutual aid with herbs. Together\, we will process\, package\, and label herbs that will be distributed in solidarity with migrant communities. As we work\, we’ll explore the role of herbalism in nurturing systems of care\, learn what mutual aid is and can look like\, and imagine the kinds of worlds we’d like to live in—ones that center care\, reciprocity\, and collective flourishing.\n \n🌱 Process\, package\, and label herbs for mutual aid distribution🌿 Learn about herbalism as a tool for care and resilience🤝 Explore the meaning and practice of mutual aid in community✨ Dream together about future systems rooted in care for all\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Jasmín Duran\nNestled in the intersections of decolonization\, immigration\, youth work\, healing justice\, land and herbalism\, Jasmín’s work seeks to uplift\, celebrate and preserve the legacy of ancestral healing\, wisdom\, and technologies in the diaspora. As a child of immigrants\, Jasmín embodies a deep understanding of the challenges and joys of the migrant experience in the US.\n \nJasmín has a B.A. in International Relations & Food Studies from Syracuse University (2015). In 2020\, she completed a Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship under the guidance of Master Herbalist Karen Rose at Sacred Vibes Apothecary in Brooklyn\, NY. She has worked extensively at local community gardens and in organic farm projects abroad. As an educator\, her work is participatory\, culturally aware\, youth centered and trauma informed. Today\, she continues to support youth in NYC\, working in an anti-violence organization where she co-creates brave spaces with young people to unpack\, question\, dream and decolonize.\n\n\n\nJoin us for Recipes and Rituals for Collective Care every Wednesday!\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?\n \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.\n \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\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. \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. \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/recipes-rituals-for-community-care-herbs-for-mutual-aid-2/
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:20251202T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251031T172251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175802Z
UID:10002954-1764673200-1764676800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\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. \nDuring our CSA season\, 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\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. An all-gender 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 programs@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/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2025-12-02/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251104T184858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T184858Z
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SUMMARY:Family Farmacy: Preservation Pantry
DESCRIPTION:Preserve the Last Fall Herbs and Explore Your Own Family’s Kitchen Traditions\n\n\nAs autumn winds down\, join us in the greenhouse for a cozy Family Farmacy gathering celebrating food\, memory\, and preservation. Through storytelling and artmaking\, we’ll reflect on the recipes\, people\, and moments that flavor our lives.\nFamilies will create “Preserve Jars” using collage\, drawing\, and pressed herbs — each one holding a story\, tradition\, or seasonal memory to keep through the winter. Together we’ll also make simple herbal oxymels (vinegar-and-honey infusions) to preserve the last of the fall herbs and learn how to use them for wellness through the colder months.\nThis gentle workshop invites kids and caregivers to slow down\, make something beautiful together\, and add their stories to our Preservation Pantry display.\n\n\n\nGrowing family wellness through plants and play.\n \nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts.\n\nEach week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\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. \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. \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/family-farmacy-preservation-pantry/
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:20251129T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251103T175936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T180219Z
UID:10003027-1764414000-1764421200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Farmacy
DESCRIPTION:Growing family wellness through plants and play.\n\n\nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts.\n\nEach week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\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. \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. \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/family-farmacy-x-city-of-forest-day-young-and-old-growth-forests-2/2025-11-29/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251127T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251127T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20250926T195059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163727Z
UID:10002683-1764266400-1764270000@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 Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse. 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\n  \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-32-2/2025-11-27/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251127T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251127T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
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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.\nLearn 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 Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \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-29/2025-11-27/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251126T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251126T183000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175603Z
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SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:We heal together in our kitchens\, gardens\, and shared spaces.\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 both 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\n  \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/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-32/2025-11-26/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251031T172251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175802Z
UID:10002953-1764068400-1764072000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\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. \nDuring our CSA season\, 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\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. An all-gender 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 programs@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/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2025-11-25/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251104T184856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T184857Z
UID:10003040-1763809200-1763816400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Farmacy: To the Market!
DESCRIPTION:A Market Bag Giveaway Hosted by Youth from HORTGreenhouse Internship\n\n\nStep into our greenhouse marketplace and celebrate the joy of sharing food\, seeds\, and stories! In this special Family Farmacy event\, our HORTGreenhouse interns will host a lively community giveaway — inviting families to take home free bags of fresh\, seasonal produce grown with care.\nAlongside this abundance\, participants will learn how to grow their own microgreens — tiny\, nutrient-packed plants you can harvest right from your kitchen window. Families can also decorate their own reusable tote bags\, transforming them into colorful works of art perfect for future farmers’ market trips.\n\n\n\nGrowing family wellness through plants and play.\n \nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts.\n\nEach week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\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. \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. \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/family-farmacy-to-the-market/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251103T175936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T180219Z
UID:10003026-1763809200-1763816400@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Farmacy
DESCRIPTION:Growing family wellness through plants and play.\n\n\nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts.\n\nEach week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\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. \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. \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/family-farmacy-x-city-of-forest-day-young-and-old-growth-forests-2/2025-11-22/
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:20251120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20250926T195059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163727Z
UID:10002682-1763661600-1763665200@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 Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse. 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\n  \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-32-2/2025-11-20/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
UID:10000894-1763658000-1763661600@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.\nLearn 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 Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \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-29/2025-11-20/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T183000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20231230T145522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175603Z
UID:10001157-1763573400-1763577000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Recipes and Rituals for Community Care
DESCRIPTION:We heal together in our kitchens\, gardens\, and shared spaces.\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 both 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\n  \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/recipes-and-rituals-for-community-care-32/2025-11-19/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251031T172251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175802Z
UID:10002952-1763463600-1763467200@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Sauté Sizzle Savor
DESCRIPTION:A culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking and the food stories that nourish us. Set in the garden and rooted in seasonal cooking\, critical conversation\, and collective nourishment. \nSauté Sizzle Savor is a weekly culinary series celebrating seasonal\, plant-based cooking rooted in horticulture through learning more about the plants we grow for food. Centering these plants and their growing cycles\, we explore the food stories that nourish us and the vital connections between garden\, kitchen\, and community. Through critical conversation\, collective nourishment\, and the rhythms of the growing season\, these gatherings invite participants to build community by sharing recipes\, cooking tips\, food stories\, and communal meals. \n\n\n\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. \nDuring our CSA season\, 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\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. An all-gender 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 programs@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/saute-sizzle-savor-11/2025-11-18/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251103T175936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T180219Z
UID:10003025-1763204400-1763211600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Farmacy
DESCRIPTION:Growing family wellness through plants and play.\n\n\nFood is medicine—and the garden is our classroom! Through hands-on exploration across the Greenhouse & Education Center’s learning garden\, greenhouse\, and teaching kitchen\, Family Farmacy invites families to learn together about how plants support healthy bodies\, curious minds\, and open hearts.\n\nEach week\, families will engage in joyful\, drop-in workshops where they can grow\, make\, and taste their way through seasonal lessons in gardening\, herbalism\, cooking\, and plant-based arts. From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs\, to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired art\, children and caregivers alike will discover how to care for themselves\, each other\, and the earth.\nNote: We very generously interpret family here at the greenhouse. We know that welcoming everyone of all ages makes us storng and vibrant. Elders\, children\, youth\, young adults–everyone is welcome and appreciated. We know that caregivers come in many forms–chosen family\, birth family\, those who need the love of family are all welcome. \n\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. \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. \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/family-farmacy-x-city-of-forest-day-young-and-old-growth-forests-2/2025-11-15/
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:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20250926T195059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163727Z
UID:10002681-1763056800-1763060400@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 Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse. 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\n  \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-32-2/2025-11-13/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20251104T184855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T184856Z
UID:10003039-1763053200-1763056800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden: The Colors Beneath
DESCRIPTION:Translating autumn’s and the hoop house’s subtle tones into art.\n\n\nDiscover the subtle world beneath the hoop house — where roots\, stems\, and seedheads reveal a hidden autumnal palette. We’ll work with a few chosen hues to explore how limited color can evoke texture\, depth\, and emotion in botanical art. This gentle workshop invites you to slow down\, look closely\, and translate the garden’s transition into a warm symphony of paint and paper through discernment and limited use of color. \n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Susan Kricorian\nSince I was a young girl growing up in Watertown\, MA\, drawing\, painting in response to my surroundings have always been magical acts that brought me great satisfaction.Art has been a private world where my interests in parallels that exist within the natural world and human nature\, gestural brushwork\, bright colors\, and patterns continue to be important elements in my work.I moved to NYC in 1986 and began teaching art for the DOE in 1988. In 2021 I retired from teaching full-time.Recently\, Iʼve been inspired by old family photographs taken by my father\, works by beloved artists\, construction in my neighborhood\, world events\, collective experiences during these tumultuous times.I love studying the subjectsʼ expressions\, gestures and exploring their underling temperaments\, honest evocations in relationships and bringing them to life with paint. Mystery\, curiosity and beauty remain constant forces behind my creative energy.\n\n\n\nGrounded in the garden\, join us to critically and creatively engage in a diversity of artmaking techniques that open us up to deeper dialogue on place\, our relationships to our lived environments\, ecological concerns\, and contemporary culture. Learn meditative and mindful drawing\, printmaking and sculptural techniques\, scientific observation with plant portraiture\, nature-inspired intuitive artmaking and mixed media exploration\, and other various practices from botanical and ecologically-focused contemporary artists to create works of art to nurture your relationship to the garden.\n \nImmerse 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.\n\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-the-colors-beneath/
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:20251113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T002030
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
UID:10000893-1763053200-1763056800@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.\nLearn 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 Winter Show to exhibit your work in our greenhouse.\n\n\n  \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-29/2025-11-13/
LOCATION:The Greenhouse and Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park\, 679 Riverside Dr\, Greenhouse\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Greenhouse & Education Center at Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
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