This Weekend: Summer’s Green
Posted in Programs and Events on July 5 2013, by Matt Newman
I hope everyone had a safe, colorful Independence Day! Our fireworks are still going, so to speak (these flowers last longer than your average bottle rocket). And we’re not wasting any time leaping into this “sort of” long weekend, either, with a packed schedule of Wild Medicine activities, music, dance, and gardening demos.
With Commedia dell’Arte lilting through the Renaissance in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden and all things onions and garlic taking over the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden for Sweet & Stinky, your kids won’t be at a loss for entertainment. Meanwhile, join us in the Home Gardening Center on Saturday or Sunday for Herbal Delights, our latest gardening demonstration highlighting the stack of appetizing ways you can make herbs the workhorse of your garden. You can even continue your edible education back in the Family Garden with one of our daily cooking demonstrations using fresh-picked ingredients.
We’ll be outside all weekend, enjoying the fruits of summer, so joining us wouldn’t be a bad idea! Check out the events below.
Saturday, July 6
Tour Wild Medicine in the Conservatory
In the Conservatory, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Guides throughout the exhibition help bring the stories of Wild Medicine to life and guide your experience. Learn about featured medicinal plants and their cultural significance, the origin of medicinal gardens, and more.
Commedia dell’Arte for Children
In the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden’s Discovery Center Plaza, 12 – 4 p.m.
Join The New York Baroque Dance Company and experience life in the Renaissance through music, dance, and commedia dell’arte with characters of the period.
Commedia dell’Arte Pantomime – 12 & 2 p.m.
Renaissance Dance Lesson: “The Washerwoman” – 1 & 3 p.m.
Music and Dance of the Italian Renaissance
In the Ross Hall, 1 and 3 p.m.
Enjoy a rich repertoire of music and dance of the Italian Renaissance period presented by members of The New York Baroque Dance Company.
Home Gardening Demonstration: Herbal Delights
In the Home Gardening Center – 2 p.m.
There are versatile arrays of herbs that you can grow in your garden to spice up your life. Join us to explore how these tantalizing herbs can be used to make herbal butters, pesto, tasty vinegars, and soothing teas.
Sunday, July 7
Tour Wild Medicine in the Conservatory
In the Conservatory, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Guides throughout the exhibition help bring the stories of Wild Medicine to life and guide your experience. Learn about featured medicinal plants and their cultural significance, the origin of medicinal gardens, and more.
Commedia dell’Arte for Children
In the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden’s Discovery Center Plaza, 12 – 4 p.m.
Join The New York Baroque Dance Company and experience life in the Renaissance through music, dance, and commedia dell’arte with characters of the period.
Commedia dell’Arte Pantomime – 12 & 2 p.m.
Renaissance Dance Lesson: “The Washerwoman” – 1 & 3 p.m.
Music and Dance of the Italian Renaissance
In the Ross Hall, 1 and 3 p.m.
Enjoy a rich repertoire of music and dance of the Italian Renaissance period presented by members of The New York Baroque Dance Company.
Home Gardening Demonstration: Herbal Delights
In the Home Gardening Center – 2 p.m.
There are versatile arrays of herbs that you can grow in your garden to spice up your life. Join us to explore how these tantalizing herbs can be used to make herbal butters, pesto, tasty vinegars, and soothing teas.
Ongoing Children’s Programs
Outdoor Nature Exploration at the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
Open daily during regular Garden hours; Guided Activities: Tuesdays-Fridays, 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Saturdays & Sundays, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Explore nature and plant science through seasonally changing programs, themed galleries, and hands-on activities in the William and Lynda Steere Discovery Center as well as through outdoor exploration of the 12-acre Adventure Garden.
Mario Batali’s Kitchen Gardens
In the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden
April 6 – October 11, 2013; 1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Kids can explore with Mario’s Menu Mystery game, featuring favorite vegetables and herbs from nine of his restaurants’ kitchens, including Otto and Del Posto.
Included in any All-Garden Pass.
Cooking Demonstrations
In the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden, at the Whole Foods Market® Family Garden Kitchen
May 11 – October 11, 2013: Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays: 2 & 4 p.m.
From late spring into early fall, learn to cook up flavorful new recipes using garden-fresh ingredients, twice a day on Wednesdays and weekends in the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden.
Sweet and Stinky
Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden
June 11 – July 19, 2013, 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Aromatic alliums and spicy herbs thrive in the summer heat. Follow the sweet and stinky smells to the Family Garden and discover these culinary champions. Savor the scents and tickle your taste buds with cooking demonstrations and samples, and become a green thumb by planting your very own herb to tend at home.
Plants and imaginations grow at the Howell Family Garden, where kids are allowed—no, encouraged!—to play in the dirt. Display gardens such as the Global Gardens and the Breakfast Bowl, and daily activities delight and inspire.
