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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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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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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
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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-2/2025-11-29/
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
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SUMMARY:Art and AgriCulture
DESCRIPTION:What are the food stories that most urgently need to be shared?\n\n\n“Another thing we lost is culture. . . look at the word agriculture. We lost that connection. And so now it’s going back to the culture of agriculture. Why do we grow the food that we do?” – Karen Washington\nWhy do we grow the foods we do? How is culture tied to our local foodways and agricultural systems? What stories of nourishment are you hungry to tell? What creative acts are you being called to digest?\nIn this weekly series\, explore various techniques and practices introduced by visiting artists who will lead us in expressing our relationship to food\, agriculture\, and the histories and stories that shape how we connect with our foodways.\nThrough various artmaking techniques like bookmaking\, printmaking\, collage\, sculpture\, natural-pigment making and painting\, alternative photography processes\, participants will create artwork that begins to answer the question: Where is the culture in agriculture?\nThis is a free drop-in program. Come to every class to build on your skill or come to one or two that you are available for. This class will end in a culminating Community 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
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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
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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
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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-11/2025-11-25/
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:20260505T014110
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
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:20260505T014110
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
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:20260505T014110
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:20260505T014110
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:20260505T014110
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
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:20260505T014110
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T183000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175603Z
UID:10001156-1762968600-1762972200@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-32/2025-11-12/
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:20251111T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
CREATED:20251031T172251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T175802Z
UID:10002951-1762858800-1762862400@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-11/2025-11-11/
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:20251108T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
CREATED:20251104T184855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T184855Z
UID:10003038-1762599600-1762606800@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Family Farmacy: Resonant Roots
DESCRIPTION:Sound meditation + nature-inspired instrument-making to listen more deeply to the land\, to our bodies\, and to each other.\n\n\nJoin us for a grounding afternoon of collective rest\, reflection\, and creativity at Family Farmacy. This gathering centers a Fall Soundbowl Meditation for All led by Tia (11:30 – 12:30)\, inviting us to reflect on how we can grow together and what seeds can we sow as a community to be prosperous next year. \nBefore and after the meditation\, we’ll explore how sound connects us to our own nervous systems and to the more-than-human world. Participants will be invited to create their own simple musical instruments inspired by the sounds of nature\, creating seed shakers\, wind chimes\, rainsticks\, and rattles for natural and upcycled materials. \nWe’ll close by gathering around a calming herbal tea\, featuring Lemon Balm\, a plant known for its soothing effects on the vagus nerve—the body’s internal bridge between sound\, breath\, and emotional regulation.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Tia Colon\nMattia “Tia” Colon is a NYC native\, Master Level Social Worker\, Soundbath Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator and Community Gardener. She will lead a soundbath mindfulness meditation workshop where participants will enter a sacred space. Find out more about Tia @tia_miyo \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-resonant-roots/
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:20251108T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
CREATED:20251103T175936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T180219Z
UID:10003024-1762599600-1762606800@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-2/2025-11-08/
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:20251106T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
CREATED:20251104T184854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T184854Z
UID:10003037-1762452000-1762455600@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art & AgriCulture: Echoes in the Garden -Plant Stories and Ancestral Wisdom
DESCRIPTION:Explore how oral histories of plants preserve ancestral knowledge and kinship with the earth\n\n\nIn this hands-on workshop\, participants will explore how preserving plant stories within Indigenous and diasporic intergenerational communities can restore relationships to land\, lineage\, and memory. Through listening and creative reflection\, we’ll uncover how ancestral knowledge lives in the foods we grow and eat\, and how tending these stories bridges generations and cultivates connection to the land. Participants will have a chance to learn what Oral History is and gain tips on sensiobiographical interviewing to collect plant stories.\n \n“Our indigenous herbalists say to pay attention when plants come to you; they’re bringing you something you need to learn.”\n― Robin Wall Kimmerer\, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom\, Scientfic Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Clarissa Shane\nClarissa Shane is an interdisciplinary creative and plant oral historian from Stockton\, CA. Her research explores how plant stories connect communities to ancestry\, land\, and healing\, including her project “Re-Rooting Orality” in Paredones\, Michoacán\, Mexico. She holds an M.A. in Oral History from Columbia University and a B.A. from Bard College Berlin\, and continues to study Ayurvedic herbalism in her free time.\n \nHeader image courtesey of Clarissa Shane: Yerba del Sapo is a plant that helped remedy a treacherous migration to the United States. \nFind more of Clarissa’s work at:  https://clarissashane.sandbox.library.columbia.edu/about/ \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-echoes-in-the-garden-plant-stories-and-ancestral-wisdom/
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:20251106T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
CREATED:20250926T195059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163727Z
UID:10002680-1762452000-1762455600@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-32-2/2025-11-06/
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:20251106T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
CREATED:20251104T184853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T184853Z
UID:10003036-1762448400-1762452000@www.thehort.org
SUMMARY:Art in the Garden: Fall Harvest Totes
DESCRIPTION:Stitch and stamp your favorite veggies into a tote made for autumn abundance\n\n\nJoin us in looking into the wisdom of plants that cleanse and connect us to the changing season. In this hands-on making space\, we’ll invite the grounding energy of herbs into both our inner and outer ecosystems—learning how to work with plants that purify air\, uplift mood\, and strengthen our sense of place.\nWe’ll begin with a short grounding meditation to attune our senses\, before moving into creating our tea and incence blends. Together we’ll learn and work with allspice\, thyme\, and mugwort. We’ll make space discuss mugwort’s complex history as both a beloved herbal ally and an abundant\, sometimes invasive plant. Often dismissed as a weed\, mugwort is a resilient plant with deep roots in healing traditions worldwide. It is used to soothe the nerves\, invite vivid dreams\, and purify the air when burned. In centering mugwort in our incence\, we’ll invite a nuanced love this plant that knows how to reclaim space.\nParticipants will then craft their own incense and tea pairings\, blending herbs\, resins\, and essential oils into personalized sets for seasonal refreshment and renewal.\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator:Your Facilitator: Odalys Burgoa\nO is a Mexican artist from the Bronx with a focus in photography\, storytelling and painting. They curate and facilitate workshops in green spaces.\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-fall-harvest-totes/
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:20251106T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
CREATED:20231230T145418Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T163919Z
UID:10000892-1762448400-1762452000@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-29/2025-11-06/
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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SUMMARY:Recipes & Rituals for Community Care: Sensing the World Through Spice
DESCRIPTION:Create your own magical spice blends using common spices and spices from faraway places\n\n\nWhat does it mean to be in relationship with the plants that flavor our lives?\nIn this Recipes & Rituals for Community Care session\, gardener\, artist\, and flower esscence maker\, Pepper Negron invites participants to gather around a vibrant table of world spices and herbs—plants that have traveled across continents and generations\, carrying stories of healing\, home\, and care.\nThrough a sensory introduction to each plant\, we’ll see\, smell\, and touch spices such as lavender\, cumin\, thyme\, cloves\, and rosemary\, learning about their histories\, properties\, and the ways they connect people to land and lineage.\nParticipants will then be guided to create their own spice blend\, intuitively mixing the plants that call to them. Toward the end\, each person will be invited to name their blend and share its meaning—a small ritual of creativity and reverence.\nWhat You’ll Experience\n🌿 Meet and learn about a range of herbs and spices from around the world\n🌿 Engage all your senses—smelling\, touching\, and blending each plant\n🌿 Create and name your own spice mix to take home\n🌿 Reflect on the stories and sensations each plant carries\n\n\n\nYour Facilitator: Pepper Negron\nPepper has been a gardener since 2019\, beginning at governors island and later tending community gardens\, cultivating and maintaining healthy\, beautiful outdoor spaces. skilled in landscaping and garden design\, Pepper is dedicated to continuous learning and has earned certificates in farm apprenticeship\, soil health\, tree and garden pruning\, botany\, eco-gardening\, agriculture and horticulture training\, and master composting. His specialty and greatest interest lie in medicinal plants\, spices\, and edible flowers.\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?\nWeave in rituals and recipes into your own self-care and community care practices through weekly explorations in herbal arts\, somatic movement in the greenhouse and garden\, folk remedies\, and other wild-crafts and meditative activities that foster a deeper connection to plants to care for the body\, mental health\, and the people you move with. \nEach week\, be guided by a guest herbalist\, healing artist\, or wellness practitioner who will help you create your own toolkit and apothecary for self and communal care. \n\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/recipes-rituals-for-community-care-sensing-the-world-through-spice/
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:20251105T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T183000
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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-32/2025-11-05/
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:20251104T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T014110
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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-11/2025-11-04/
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:20251101T110000
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CREATED:20251103T175936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T180219Z
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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-2/2025-11-01/
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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