Teaching with Weeds: Cultivating Love of Wild Plant Medicines
In this workshop, educators and gardeners will learn ways to help young people develop their plant identification skills.
Dandelion, burdock, violet leaf and ground ivy: just a few of the plants we’ve all encountered growing in our school and community gardens in between the rows of neatly cultivated tomato, carrot and brassica. Unwelcome as they may seem, these plants have been valued for centuries as medicines and sources of wild food. In this workshop, educators and gardeners will learn ways to help young people develop their plant identification skills, and an appreciation of the healing plants—often discarded as mere weeds—that grow abundantly all over our city.
Facilitated by Jessica Turner, Harlem Children’s Zone; Grow to Learn; and GreenThumb
Throughout the month of July we will be highlighting community gardens that focus on ornamental plants as part of Botanical Month.
7/12/2018 0:00 6:00:00 PM 8:00:00 PM
(212) 602-5300
greenthumbinfo@parks.nyc.gov.
Seed Savers Planning Workshop at Taqwa Community Farm
Follow steps for planning and sowing a seed savers garden plot.
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Please join the gardeners of Taqwa Community Farm in this hands-on workshop.
We will follow steps for planning and sowing a seed savers garden plot.
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5/3/2014 0:00 11:00:00 AM 1:00:00 PM
(718) 817-8026
bronxgreenup@nybg.org.
Seed Keeping: Storytelling, Liberation, and How to Save Seeds
Keeping seeds connects us to our past and to our collective future. Come explore the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of saving seeds and the stories they hold.
Keeping seeds connects us to our past and to our collective future. Come explore the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of saving seeds and the stories they hold through discussion and hands-on practice.
Facilitated by Owen Taylor, Seed Keeping and Philadelphia Seed Exchange; Abu Talib, GreenThumb community gardener at Taqwa Community Farm; Bronx Green-Up/The New York Botanical Garden and GreenThumb.
8/10/2017 0:00 5:30:00 PM 8:30:00 PM
(212) 602-5300
greenthumbinfo@parks.nyc.gov