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32nd Annual GreenThumb GrowTogether Conference GuideHostos Community CollegeMarch 19, 2016

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PROGRAMRegistration / Breakfast 8:30 - 9:15am In front of AuditoriumOpening Ceremony 9:30 - 11:00am Auditorium

Welcome from Bill LoSasso, Director GreenThumb, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation

Keynote Address by Tanya Fields, food justice activist and founder / executive director of the BLK ProjeK

Performance by the Michelle Marie Jazz Trio featuring Ben Stivers

Workshop Session I 11:30am - 12:45pm 3rd, 4th and 5th Floors (Bldg. C)Exhibits / Networking 12:45 - 2:00pm 3rd Floor BridgeLunch 12:45 - 2:00pm Cafeteria, 3rd Floor and LobbyT-Shirt Pick-Up 12:45 - 2:15pm GymWorkshop Session II 2:15 - 3:30pm 3rd, 4th and 5th Floors (Bldg. C)T-Shirt Sale 3:30 - 4:00pm Lobby EntranceEvaluation Form and Raffle Drop off evaluation forms as you leave (look for green boxes)

Throughout the day, there will be a children’s play area in the gym for children ages 3 and up; children 13 and under must be accompanied by an adult. This year we will be providing Arts & Crafts throughout the event as well as hula hoop and bowling competitions. Light workouts and stretching will be provided by Shape Up NYC, which offers 300 free fitness classes weekly at more than 150 locations across the five boroughs.

Look through this guide for complete workshop descriptions. Use the symbols on page three of this guide for workshop categories located at the bottom of each description.

Special thanks to workshop leaders, networking partners and our sponsors: Weleda, Seeds of Change, Cabot Cheese, Nature’s Path Organic, Gotham Greens and Utz Snacks.

Garden to Café is a program within the NYC Department of Education’s Office of School Food and they have been generous enough to provide salads at lunch as well as a workshop on their program at this year’s conference. This valuable program connects school and community gardens with school lunch meals through seasonal harvest events and educational activities.

Earth Matter has generously provided support for organics, recyclables and landfill collection at this year’s GrowTogether. Please recycle!

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ABOUT OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TANYA FIELDSTanya Fields is a food justice activist, educator, urban farmer, food blogger, and the founder and executive director of the BLK ProjeK. This Bronx-based food justice and health organization serves underserved women of color by creating women-led economic development opportunities and is committed to urban farming and the elimination of food deserts. Fields and her work are gradually revolutionizing low-income neighborhoods in one of the poorest congressional districts in the country. Fields also writes a twice monthly column on food and food justice for EBONY.com and contributed a chapter for the book The Next Eco-Warriors by Emily Hunter.

Fields has solidified space for the Libertad Urban Farm in the South Bronx and is working on creating a women-led cooperative food business that would deliver locally sourced, nutritious meals to youngsters in group and family day care. These opportunities not only help create organic, nutritious and local food but give underserved women the chance to build community, learn in workshops and gain skills.

The group recently turned an old school bus into a clean energy vehicle using vegetable oil instead of diesel fuel and added solar panels to the bus. The bus, called South Bronx Mobile Market, will service the South Bronx with affordable, locally-grown produce and high-quality food, including food from the Libertad Urban Farm.

Tanya is also a Fellow with Green For All, a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Fields is recognized for her effective strategies for engaging low-income communities of color in the South Bronx in building healthy neighborhoods and climate solutions.


SESSION I WORKSHOPS11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

KEYJ Activities for Children

PBeyond Basic Gardening

q Composting

B Cultivating Community Engagement

G Financial and Political Support

$ For Teachers and Garden Educators

Y Health & Well-Being

R Horticulture

@ Making Things

$ Workshops for Teens

Designing Your Community Garden for Present and Future / RM 361Cindy Goulder – CindyGo Ecological Landscapes / Urban Gardens We’ll identify and explore the key issues in shaping gardens in space and time, learn from the processes, achievements, and mistakes of other community gardens, and address design problems raised by attendees.

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Herb Spirals and Straw Bales: Small Space Gardening Methods that Produce Bountiful Harvests / RM 364Carolyn Zezima, Chris Batenhorst – NYC Foodscape An herb spiral is a permaculture garden that uses a spiral of rocks or bricks to contain soil and other filler to grow a diverse array of herbs. Straw bales are another fun and easy way for new and experienced gardeners of all ages to grow lots of healthy food in small spaces or with poor soil conditions. Learn about the many benefits of these unique garden styles for urban settings, small garden spaces, schools, areas with questionable soil or anywhere you want to put a gorgeous and unique conversation piece.

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Setting Goals in Your Garden: Getting the Most Out Of Every Season / RM 512Philip Silva and Sheryll Durrant – Farming ConcreteCommunity gardeners work together to make New York City a healthier, greener, and more environmentally sustainable city. Yet different gardens have different sets of goals to guide their efforts each year, and measuring their successes can be a challenge. By the end of this workshop, participants will have: identified at least three clear goals for their gardens; planned to set clear objectives for the season with their fellow gardeners; selected methods for measuring their progress toward achieving their goals; and practiced using the Farming Concrete website as one option for tracking data.

PB

Crop Management with Farm School NYC / RM C-150Cynthia Mellon and Lee Gerardi – Farm School NYCHow can knowing plant families and their specific needs help you manage your best crops of vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruits? Come to this workshop and learn how basic botany can help you manage your crops. This workshop is a mini-version of Farm School NYC’s Crop Management course to be held 7/6 - 7/30, 2016.

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Propagation with Farm School NYC / RM 351Travis Frazelle – Farm School NYC Want to grow your own plants from seed? Let Farm School NYC help you save money while adding variety to your garden and protecting plant diversity in our region while saving money. Participants will leave with an understanding of seed starting mixes, best practices for raising healthy seedlings from seed to transplant, and a six-pack of your seedlings-to-be! This workshop is a mini-version of Farm School NYC’s Propagation course to be held 3/23 - 4/9.

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Growing Soils with Farm School NYC / RM 355Kelly McLane – Farm School NYCEssential to growing healthy plants is growing healthy soil. This workshop will cover some of the basics of soil science and the best ways to boost soil fertility in our region. Bring 1 cup of your garden soil and do some analysis of its structure at the workshop! This workshop is a mini-version of Farm School NYC’s Growing Soils course to be held 4/13 - 5/21.

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Build a Mini Compost Sifter / RM 357Members of Earth Matter NY, IncTen garden groups will construct their own compost sifter to take home. With your new sifter, your group will be able to create soil blends for seed starting. The sifter is 16" x 24" - just the right size to fit over your wheelbarrow!

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Senior Citizens Arts and Crafts / Lobby on 1st FloorDeborah Gilliard – Community Board #10Participants will create and make beautiful garden collages and design flower hats.

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Green Chemistry - Bath & Body Products / Room FDRGioya De Souza-Fennelly, Viki Haung – GOAWORKS LLCParticipants will learn the ingredients of common chemicals found in bath and body products and their benign natural substitutes.

Y

How to Build and Manage Community Seed Libraries, Part I / RM 460Eric-Michael Rodriquez – The Bioheritage CollectiveSeed saving is a timeless way to keep food traditions alive, reduce costs, and protect biodiversity. Participants will learn how to plan, organize, and coordinate a citizen science community seed project.

BJ

Organic Pest Control and Prevention / RM 450Adam Hill – Pennsylvania Horticultural SocietyIn this workshop we will explore cultural, mechanical and biological methods for preventing and controlling pests in the garden as well as how and when to use organically approved sprays.

P

Intro to Harvesting Rain / RM 553Arif Ullah – Citizens Committee for New York CityLearn how to build a simple, inexpensive rain harvesting system to collect and reuse rainwater in your community garden. Anyone can do it! You will learn the basic components of a rain harvesting system and sketch out a system that is appropriate for your particular location.

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The Healthy Kitchen / RM 567Sharon McGrail – The Eco ChefThis workshop focuses on the basics of stocking one’s kitchen with things like: coconut oil, apple cider vinegar, sea salt, Himalayan salt, high quality oils and how to use these products in a myriad of ways for internal and external health.

Y

Climate Gardens / RM 551Claudia Joseph – New York Permaculture Exchange, The Old Stone HouseEvery gardener knows that Climate Change is happening—how do we respond? Be proactive: learn how to sequester carbon in trees, soil, and woody shrubs. Improve soil permeability and water retention capacity. Identify characteristics of resilience in food crops and perennial plantings and adjust your plant selection, planting styles and schedules. As gardeners, we are on the leading edge of climate response.

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Learning From the Challenges of Creating an Urban Pollinator Habitat / RM 554Ursula Chanse – Bronx Green-Up/New York Botanical Garden, Chrissy Word – Butterfly Project NYC/City Parks Foundation, Christina Delfico – iDig2LearnLearn about how to handle the challenges of creating native plant gardens and more urban pollinator resources. Come prepared to exchange ideas and experiences to help others as well.

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How to Make a Mini-Meadow / RM 150Maureen O’Brien – Brooklyn Botanic Garden Whoosh, whoosh, flutter, flutter, chirp, chirp! Create a beautiful banquet for foraging native pollinators, butterflies and birds even if you don’t have lots of space. Learn the basics of planning, growing and maintaining your own mini-meadow. Together we’ll make a custom seed mix to plant this year. This will be a hands-on workshop.

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Toys from Twigs / RM 593AEric ThomannThis is a hands-on workshop for teachers, parents and care-givers of elementary school children. Learn how to safely build an array of toys that can be made from twigs the kids have gathered. Share your own ideas. You will build a toy in this workshop. Handouts will be provided with twig toy plans and a suggested tool list.

$JOrganizing Your Garden / RM 356Janice Hawkins-Flood – Bainbridge Ave Garden President, Bronx Land Trust Board PresidentBy creating documents to support your garden and its members you can run meetings better, develop a stronger sense of community and collect information to write grants.

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Introduction to Aquaponics / RM 358Yemi Amu – Oko Farm and Moore Street Market Farm Learn the basics of raising vegetables and fish in a natural, balanced, and integrated ecosystem in a small urban space. Explore the role of fish waste in food production, examine aquaponics hardware and explore system design basics. This workshop will provide critical analysis of aquaponics and its impact on the environment, human health, and food security for urban residents.

$P

Smart Social Media for Green Groups / RM 362Clare Doyle – Green Shores NYC How to do smart social media for your green group. We’ll cover the do’s and don’ts of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and e-mail newsletters.

B

Grow Some Green: Crowd Funding for Community Gardens / RM 592Ethany Uttech – ioby Join the nationwide nonprofit crowd-resourcing platform ioby to learn the basics of crowdfunding through case studies of successfully funded garden projects. We’ll cover the fundraising cycle, campaign planning, storytelling, and valuable grassroots fundraising tips.

GB

Medicinal Herbs / RM 457Heidi Woolever – Edgemere Farm This workshop will focus on medicinal plants that can be grown or harvested in New York City. It will cover planting/ identifying, harvesting, and processing medicinal herbs.

RY


The NYC Clean Soil Bank Pilot Study / RM 451Sara Perl Egendorf and Zhongqi (Joshua) Cheng – Brooklyn College / NYC Urban Soils Institute The NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (MOER) created the Clean Soil Bank to keep subsurface materials out of landfills and find productive uses for them. In 2015, MOER collaborated with GreenThumb and Brooklyn College to study how these clean sub soils can be used for growing food in community gardens. Come hear about what we found!

Rq

Seed Starting with Recycled Materials / RM 458Pamela Davis – Just Food This hands-on workshop will teach gardeners how to make paper pots and seed starting mix from most recycled materials found around your home, school, or community garden. (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)

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Conscious Orchards: Place-Making, People Growing / RM 462Paola Garcia, Jose LaSalle – Conscious Orchards / BioSTEAD / Earthship Sustainable community revitalization demands creativity and resilience. With a growing popu-lation, diminishing resources, intensifying climate change, and inequitable frameworks to navigate, there is an urgency to rethink and nurture new spaces and ideologies that spark action across generations and imbue well-ness. Showcasing Earthships to illustrate how we can subsist and empower ourselves while remedying our Earth, different projects will be examined to inspire ways we can become stewards of our planet and human kind.

BP

The Power of Herbs / RM B-501Sebert Harper – Horticulturist Herbs are powerful in treating common sicknesses as well as other aspects impacting our quality of life. Let us explore the ancient art of herbs for arthritis, asthma, diabetes, blood pressure, P.M.S., even beauty care and much more.

Y

NYCCGC’s Gardens Rising Project / RM JFKAziz Dehkan and Charles Krezell – LUNGSNYCCGC’s green infrastructure project for flood control in our community gardens is an experiment in citizen participation, self-governance and self-determination providing a sustainable future by reducing the impact of stormwater.

B

Reclaiming Our Health Through Tradition / RM 464Brunilda Pizarro and Daniel Pizarro – Evergreen Community GardenMuch of our cultural knowledge of plants has been lost with our migrations to cities. The agrarian lifestyle of yesteryear has been replaced by the convenience of mass produced foods. It is no coincidence then that preventable chronic disease is on the rise. Community gardens are a living library of this once forgotten past, and can help us regenerate this lost knowledge, leading us on a road to better health. The path to documenting and sharing this knowledge, however, is not always clear. Each garden has its own complex dynamics that can pose barriers to unlocking their full potential. Conflict can be common in these green spaces, and by working together, we can reclaim and conserve these once vibrant traditions. Join us in an open discussion on how communication and participation play vital roles in creating resilient community gardens.

B

Aquaponics / RM 465Jimmy GarciaThis workshop will discuss aquaponic systems and how to make an Aquaponic Garden from Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC), which produces three to four times more fresh produce than traditional growing methods in a smaller footprint.

P


Marvelous Mushrooms: DIY Cultivation / RM 550Dina Ciccarone – Smiling Hogshead RanchWe’ll discuss various types of fungi, how they grow, their role in nature & use in bioremediation. We’ll also demonstrate how to grow oyster mushrooms on coffee grounds in your home.

P

Organizing Ourselves: The Basics of Working in Groups / RM 560Paula Segal – 596 Acres We will present a toolkit designed to build on strategies group members already have to help facilitate the development of healthy group dynamics and habits.

B

From Kitchen Waste to Garden Gold: How to Build and Maintain an Indoor Worm Bin / RM 593Shannon Haas – The New York Botanical GardenDuring this hands-on workshop, learn the environmental conditions and dietary needs of red worms to survive and thrive indoors while they recycle your kitchen waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer.

q

Youth in Gardens / RM 363Nando Rodriguez – The Brotherhood-Sister SolLed by our youth from the The Brotherhood-Sister Sol organization this workshop will introduce participants to the theory of change that provides a multi-layered support, guidance, education and love to our membership. We teach them to have self-discipline and form order in their lives, and then to offer opportunities and access so that they may develop better connections in their community.

$$

Herbal Soap Making / RM 391Fajr Khadijah Muhammad – The Learning Tree Twenty adult participants will make and take with them two bars of herbal soap. Made from vegetable glycerin, alovera, coconut, chlorophyll, calendula, lemon grass, peppermint, herbs, and scented oil.

@Y

Cooking with Kids / RM 390George Edwards and Holly Howitt – NYC Department of Education/School Food A chance to show that cooking with family isn’t difficult and can be, in fact, fun. Join SchoolFood’s Garden to Café team for recipes and tips for working with children to prepare delicious food from the garden and also learn about school garden grants and resources.

$J

Seed Keeping: Storytelling, Liberation and How to Save Seeds / RM 454Owen Taylor – Roughwood Seed Collection and Onika Abraham – Farm School NYC 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.

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SESSION II WORKSHOPS2:15 – 3:30pmKEYJ Activities for Children


q Composting

B Cultivating Community Engagement

G Financial and Political Support

$ For Teachers and Garden Educators

Y Health & Well-Being

R Horticulture

@ Making Things

$ Workshops for Teens

Plant Health with Farm School NYC / RM 551Lee Gerardi – Farm School NYC Aphids, whitefly, blight and thrips — plenty of pests threaten plant health in our region. In this introduction to organic pest and disease management, we will share methods to prevent and manage pests without poisoning our bodies, water or soils. This workshop is a mini-version of Farm School NYC’s Plant Health course to be held 8/3 - 8/13/2016.

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Training of Trainers with Farm School NYC / RM 351Julie Forgione – Farm School NYC Want to facilitate a fun, interactive workshop in your garden that dissolves the teacher / student hierarchy and harnesses the knowledge of learners of all ages to learn from each other? Join us for this brief introduction to popular education methods for the garden. This workshop is a mini-version of Farm School NYC’s Training of Trainers course to be held in December 2016.

B

Garden Stories: Community Gardens and Youth Leadership / RM 554Holly O’Grady, Garden Stories Founding Director; Carolyn Zezima, Master Gardener and President, NYCFoodscape; Linda Gelman, Master Storyteller, Producer, Chicago City Limits; Aswad Foster, Interim Director, University Settlement’s Cornerstone Program at Campos Plaza Garden Stories Leadership Workshops draw inspiration from community gardens to help children develop their life stories. In our interactive session we will share our case study of our pilot with children from the University Settlement’s Cornerstone Program at Campos Plaza and the Campos Community Garden.

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Film: Community Gardening: “Green Streets” / RM C-150Maria DeLuca – DeLuca Films “Green Streets,” an 87 minute award-winning nationally & internationally shown film on community gardening in all 5 NYC boroughs covering 35 gardens in the '70s & '80s. “An exuberant film full of dazzling variety... that celebrates our deepest hopes & joys.” (“Riverfront Times”)

B

Urban Farm Tour / Lobby (1st Floor)Kathleen McTigue – International Rescue Committee Walk and visit the New Roots Community Farm to learn how food production, native plants, compost and bees all contribute to this productive green space in the heart of the Bronx. (This workshop will take place at the garden, which is roughly 4 blocks away from Hostos.)

PRq

Baby Calf and Glitter Rabbit / RM 150Effie Serlis We will learn to sculpt two best friends, a baby calf and her barnyard pal, Glitter Rabbit. Air-drying clay is easy to use. You’ll be so happy with your creation. You’ll leave feeling like a real artist. Open to adults and children 7 and older.

J


Herbal Use of Common Weeds / RM 361Sarah ElisabethEat your way to a nutritious and weedless garden with a hands-on workshop in the practical use of common weeds.

Y

Growing For Market / RM 512Nadia Johnson, Farmers’ Market Network Manager; Greg Anderson, Urban Agriculture Manager–Just Food Community-run farmers’ markets are excellent places for community gardeners to share your bounty with your community. For over a decade Just Food has trained numerous NYC community gardeners how to start their own markets and connect to existing ones. Come learn tips for successfully growing for market, and get connected to our market network.

B

Real Food in a Fake Democracy / RM 450Amy RoweHow to find safe food, improve your health, satisfy your cravings, and vote with your fork. A few nutrition principles can help prevent or cure many illnesses. We’ll discuss building health by identifying trustworthy sources of nutrition information as well as invigorating, delicious, and affordable foods.

Y

Growing Caribbean/South Asian Crops in NYC (dasheen, pigeon peas, bitter melon and beyond!) / RM 364Marlene Wilks and Mohammad Faroze – East New York Farms East NY Farms and the community gardeners we work with have learned a lot about growing crops favored in the Caribbean and South Asia. Come join this workshop as we offer tips and best practices to growing some of these popular crops. Come learn about our experiences and share your own.

P

Method for Regrow & Save / RM 355Angela Maull – Chenchita’s Group Garden Lessen the financial burden of purchasing food by preserving your kitchen scraps. Learn how to avoid throwing food scraps in the trash and start producing more food from them.

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Saving Stories / RM 553Sabine Bernards – Citizens Committee for New York CityPreserve local history, share knowledge, and honor the work of community gardeners and activists by conducting an oral history project. Learn why and how to collect stories from your garden members; the workshop will cover the basics of oral history, basic project planning, techniques for interviews, and ideas for sharing your project with a wider community audience.

B

Barrier-free Garden Design / RM 593AEric ThomannGardens should be accessible to everyone, regardless of age level or movement ability. This workshop will show several design work-arounds to common garden structures that insure and enables everyone will enjoy your garden. Bring in your ideas and questions if your group is planning a garden building project. Handouts will be provided.

B

Fermentation 104 / RM FDRFrances MastrotaFor adults: A definative guide to home fermentation. Alcohol, vinegars, souring, and pickeling will be addressed. Participants will receive instruction/resource booklet, SCOBY, vinegar, and fermented food samples.

Y


Not Just For Salads: Tasting and Using Vinegar / RM 567Harry Rosenblum – The Brooklyn Kitchen Harry Rosenblum of the Brooklyn Kitchen will lead this workshop on how to taste, buy, make and use vinegar to elevate your cooking and your eating. Vinegar adds flavor and healthy probiotics to your food and drink. This workshop will cover the basics and get you on your way. Harry’s forthcoming vinegar book (Clarkson Potter, 2017) will cover in-depth the history of vinegar, how to make your own vinegar and how to use it in everything from stocks and soups to cocktails and desserts.

Y

How to Build and Manage Community Seed Libraries, Part II / RM 460Eric-Michael Rodriguez – The Bioheritage Collective Seed saving is a timeless way to keep food traditions alive, reduce costs, and protect biodiversity. Participants will learn how to plan, organize, and coordinate a citizen science community seed project.

B

Organizing Your Garden / RM 356Janice Hawkins-Flood – Bainbridge Ave Garden President, Bronx Land Trust Board PresidentBy creating documents to support your garden and its members you can run meetings better, develop a stronger sense of community and collect information to write grants.

G

Introduction to Aquaponics / RM 358Yemi Amu – Oko Farm and Moore Street Market FarmLearn the basics of raising vegetables and fish in a natural, balanced, and integrated ecosystem in a small urban space. Explore the role of fish waste in food production, examine aquaponics hardware, and explore system design basics. This workshop will provide critical analysis of aquaponics and its impact on the environment, human health, and food security for urban residents.

$P

Smart Social Media for Green Groups / RM 362Clare Doyle – Green Shores NYC How to do smart social media for your green group. We’ll cover the do’s and don’ts of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and e-mail newsletters.

B

Grow Some Green: Crowd Funding for Community Gardens / RM 592Ethany Uttech – iobyJoin the nationwide nonprofit crowd-resourcing platform ioby to learn the basics of crowdfunding through case studies of successfully funded garden projects. We’ll cover the fundraising cycle, campaign planning, storytelling, and valuable grassroots fundraising tips.

GB

Medicinal Herbs / RM 465Heidi Woolever – Edgemere Farm This workshop will focus on medicinal plants that can be grown or harvested in New York City. It will cover planting/identifying, harvesting, and processing medicinal herbs.

RY

The NYC Clean Soil Bank Pilot Study / RM 451Sara Perl Egendorf and Zhongqi (Joshua) Cheng – Brooklyn College / NYC Urban Soils Institute The NYC Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (MOER) created the Clean Soil Bank to keep subsurface materials out of landfills and find productive uses for them. In 2015, MOER collaborated with GreenThumb and Brooklyn College to study how these clean sub soils can be used for growing food in community gardens. Come hear about what we found!

Rq


Seed Starting with Recycled Materials / RM 458Pamela Davis – Just FoodThis hands-on workshop will teach gardeners how to make paper pots and seed starting mix from most recycled materials found around your home, school or community garden. (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)

R

Conscious Orchards: Place-Making, People Growing / RM 462Paola Garcia and Jose LaSalle – Conscious Orchards / BioSTEAD / Earthship Sustainable community revitalization demands creativity and resilience. With a growing population, diminishing resources, intensifying climate change, and inequitable frameworks to navigate, there is an urgency to rethink and nurture new spaces and ideologies that spark action across generations and imbue wellness. Showcasing Earthships to illustrate how we can subsist and empower ourselves while remedying our Earth, different projects will be examined to inspire ways we can become stewards of our planet and human kind.

BP

The Power of Herbs / RM B-501Sebert Harper – Horticulturist Herbs are powerful in treating common sicknesses as well as other aspects impacting our quality of life. Let us explore the ancient art of herbs for arthritis, asthma, diabetes, blood pressure, P.M.S., even beauty care and much more.

Y

NYCCGC’s Gardens Rising Project / RM JFK Aziz Dehkan and Charles Krezell – LUNGSNYCCGC’s green infrastructure project for flood control in our community gardens is an experiment in citizen participation, self-governance and self-determination providing a sustainable future by reducing the impact of stormwater.

B

Reclaiming Our Health Through Tradition / RM 464Brunilda Pizarro and Daniel Pizarro – Evergreen Community GardenMuch of our cultural knowledge of plants has been lost with our migrations to cities. The agrarian lifestyle of yesteryear has been replaced by the convenience of mass produced foods. It is no coincidence then that preventable chronic disease is on the rise. Community gardens are a living library of this once forgotten past, and can help us regenerate this lost knowledge, leading us on a road to better health. The path to documenting and sharing this knowledge, however, is not always clear. Each garden has its own complex dynamics that can pose barriers to unlocking their full potential. Conflict can be common in these green spaces, and by working together, we can reclaim and conserve these once vibrant traditions. Join us in an open discussion on how communication and participation play vital roles in creating resilient community gardens.

B

Aquaponics / RM 465Jimmy Garcia This workshop will discuss aquaponic systems and how to make an Aquaponic Garden from Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC), which produces three to four times more fresh produce than traditional growing methods in a smaller footprint.

P

Marvelous Mushrooms: DIY Cultivation / RM 550Dina Ciccarone – Smiling Hogshead RanchWe’ll discuss various types of fungi, how they grow, their role in nature and use in bioremediation. We’ll also demonstrate how to grow oyster mushrooms on coffee grounds in your home.

P


Organizing Ourselves: The Basics of Working in Groups / RM 560Paula Segal – 596 AcresWe will present a toolkit designed to build on strategies group members already have to help facilitate the development of healthy group dynamics and habits.

B

From Kitchen Waste to Garden Gold: How to Build and Maintain an Indoor Worm Bin / RM 593Shannon Haas – The New York Botanical Garden During this hands-on workshop, learn the environmental conditions and dietary needs of red worms to survive and thrive indoors while they recycle your kitchen waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer.

q

Youth in Gardens / RM 363Nando Rodriguez – The Brotherhood-Sister SolLed by our youth from the The Brotherhood-Sister Sol organization this workshop will introduce participants to the theory of change that provides a multi-layered support, guidance, education, and love to our membership. We teach them to have self-discipline and form order in their lives, and then to offer opportunities and access so that they may develop better connections in their community.

$$

Herbal Soap Making / RM 391Fajr Khadijah Muhammad - The Learning Tree Twenty adult participants will make and take with them two bars of herbal soap. Made from vegetable glycerin, alovera, coconut, chlorophyll, calendula, lemon grass, peppermint, herbs, and scented oil.

@Y

Cooking with Kids / RM 390George Edwards and Holly Howitt – NYC Department of Education/School Food A chance to show that cooking with family isn’t difficult and can be, in fact, fun. Join SchoolFood’s Garden to Café team for recipes and tips for working with children to prepare delicious food from the garden and also learn about school garden grants and resources.

J$


SESSION 1 WORKSHOPS 11:30am – 12:45pmHow to Make a Mini-Meadow P@ 150

Crop Management with Farm School NYC R C-150

Propagation with Farm School NYC R 351

Growing Soils with Farm School NYC R 355

Organizing Your Garden G 356

Build a Mini Compost Sifter q@ 357

Introduction to Aquaponics $P 358

Designing Your Community Garden for Present and Future P 361

Smart Social Media for Green Groups B 362

Youth in Gardens $$ 363

Herb Spirals and Straw Bales: Small Space Gardening Methods that Produce Bountiful Harvests P 364

Cooking with Kids $ J 390

Herbal Soap Making @ 391

Organic Pest Control and Prevention P 450

The NYC Clean Soil Bank Pilot Study Rq 451

Seed Keeping: Storytelling, Liberation and How to Save Seeds RP 454

Medicinal Herbs RY 457

Seed Starting with Recycled Materials R 458

How to Build and Manage Community Seed Libraries, Part I B 460

Conscious Orchards: Place-Making, People Growing BP 462

Reclaiming Our Health Through Tradition B 464

Aquaponics P 465

Setting Goals in Your Garden: Getting the Most Out Of Every Season P 512

Marvelous Mushrooms: DIY Cultivation P 550

Climate Gardens P 551

Intro to Harvesting Rain @ 553

Learning From The Challenges of Creating an Urban Pollinator Habitat R 554

Organizing Ourselves: The Basics of Working in Groups B 560

The Healthy Kitchen Y 567

Grow Some Green: Crowdfunding for Community Gardens G B 592

From Kitchen Waste to Garden Gold: How to Build and Maintain an Indoor Worm Bin q 593

Toys from Twigs $ J 593A

The Power of Herbs Y B-501

Green Chemistry - Bath & Body Products Y FDR

NYCCGC's Gardens Rising Project B JFK

Senior Citizens Arts and Crafts @ Lobby 1st Floor

KEY

JActivities for Children


qComposting

BCultivating Community Engagement

GFinancial and Political Support

$For Teachers and Garden Educators

YHealth & Well-Being

RHorticulture

@Making Things

$Workshops for Teens


SESSION 2 WORKSHOPS 2:15 – 3:30pm Baby Calf and Glitter Rabbit J 150

Film: Community Gardening: "Green Streets" B C-150

Training of Trainers with Farm School NYC B 351

Method for Regrow & Save @q 355

Organizing Your Garden G 356

Introduction to Aquaponics $P 358

Herbal Use of Common Weeds Y 361

Smart Social Media for Green Groups B 362

Youth in Gardens $$ 363

Growing Caribbean/South Asian Crops in NYC (dasheen, pigeon peas, bittermelon and beyond!) P 364

Cooking with Kids J$ 390

Herbal Soap Making @ 391

Real Food in a Fake Democracy Y 450

The NYC Clean Soil Bank Pilot Study Rq 451

Medicinal Herbs RY 457

Seed Starting with Recycled Materials R 458

How to Build and Manage Community Seed Libraries, Part II B 460

Conscious Orchards: Place-Making, People Growing BP 462

Reclaiming Our Health Through Tradition B 464

Aquaponics P 465

Growing For Market B 512

Marvelous Mushrooms: DIY Cultivation P 550

Plant Health with Farm School NYC R 551

Saving Stories B 553

Garden Stories: Community Gardens and Youth Leadership $ 554

Organizing Ourselves: The Basics of Working in Groups B 560

Not Just For Salads: Tasting and Using Vinegar Y 567

Grow Some Green: Crowdfunding for Community Gardens G B 592

From Kitchen Waste to Garden Gold: How to Build and Maintain an Indoor Worm Bin q 593

Urban Farm Tour PRq Lobby 1st Floor

Barrier-free Garden Design B 593A

The Power of Herbs Y B-501

Fermentation 104 Y FDR

NYCCGC's Gardens Rising Project B JFK

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