Public Events

One-of-a kind programs and hands-on experiences with plants, including seed-starting, plant potting, plant-based product-making, and plant giveaways. Free opportunities to experience the benefits of the people-plant connection.

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  • Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    5:30pm – 6:30pm

    Autumn Harvest Sound Healing & Tea Ceremony Join us for a free soundbath meditation open to kids, caregivers, and elders alike. After introductions and time for your questions, you’ll rest for 20 minutes as Tia plays Tibetan singing bowls. Their gentle vibrations support healing, stress relief, and focus. Next, we’ll brew herbs together and taste the tea while we talk. We’ll close with a short send-off. If you feel called, bring a journal to write … Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    Art in the Garden

    5:00pm – 6:00pm

    Bookbinding in the Garden: Learn How to Make a Sketchbook for Fall Musings (Part 2) Join us for a free two-part workshop where you’ll make your own sketchbook from start to finish. You’ll collage the covers and fold paper into signatures, the bundles that form its inside. Then you’ll stitch everything together, ready for your fall musings. This event is part of Art in the Garden. Critically and creatively engage with a diversity of artmaking … Art in the Garden

    Art and AgriCulture

    6:00pm – 7:00pm

    Words Through the Grape Vine, a Community Project Join us for a free community art project about those who harvest grapes. Vineyard Farm workers are struggling through labor cuts as an outcome of losses in the wine industry and climate change impacting the growth of grapes. Together, we’ll make a grape vine that carries those stories. They’ll trace the history of workers in the fields and the struggle that continues now. This event is part … Art and AgriCulture

    Family Farmacy

    Family Farmacy

    11:00am – 1:00pm

    Growing family wellness through plants and play Join us for a free drop-in workshop where you and your family will learn how plants support healthy bodies and minds. The garden is our classroom, and each lesson follows the season. You’ll grow, make, and taste your way through the session. Activities draw on herbalism and cooking, along with plant-based art. Family Farmacy: From crafting home remedies and harvesting herbs to cooking garden-fresh meals and making nature-inspired … Family Farmacy

    Gay in The Garden

    1:00pm – 3:00pm

    Join Hort facilitators for an herbal soap making workshop. ACCESSIBILITY The kitchen/classroom is wheelchair accessible; with advance notice we can add a mat path across the greenhouse’s pebbled ground (garden entrance has a small raised threshold; garden paths are grass). Tables adjust height; backless benches/stools available. Kitchen is shared—we avoid peanuts but can’t guarantee a nut-free space; water provided in refillable pitchers. First aid on-site; nearest AED is one building away. Nearest restrooms are ~1 … Gay in The Garden

    Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

    5:30pm – 6:30pm

    Garden Seasoning Salt: Blending Herbs & Spices Join us for a free, hands-on class on how the garden can flavor your meals long after the harvest. You’ll explore dried herbs and spices and learn to combine them with salt. Along the way, you’ll smell, taste, and experiment. Then you’ll create your own seasoning blend to take home. We’ll also talk about how simple mixtures can transform everyday cooking. This event is part of Recipes & … Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

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The Greenhouse and Education Center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week (Sunday – Saturday) all year.