Juneteenth Weekend

Saturday & Sunday: 12–5 p.m.
Ruth Rea Howell Vegetable Garden

Enjoy drop-in, hands-on activities throughout the gardens of the Edible Academy.

Dig, Plant, and Water
Help us plant and tend the crops throughout our garden.

Meet Our Global Gardeners
Meet the Global Gardeners and learn about their foodways—what they are growing in their gardens and their culinary traditions.

Pot up Collard Greens
Start your own garden with the seeds of these mighty greens, which grow ready to harvest and eat at any size. Growing instructions and recipe for cooking included.

Saturday & Sunday: 12–5 p.m.
Solar Pavilion

Explore hands-on activity stations in the Solar Pavilion.

Decorate a Harvest Bag
Decorate a harvest bag of your own with colorful garden and vegetable-themed stamps.

Tea Traditions
Mix and measure your own drink using plants from the African American Garden | Diaspora: Same Boat, Different Stops, such as roselle, lemongrass, and more.

Saturday: 2 & 3:30 p.m.
Sunday: 12:30, 2, & 3:30 p.m.
Pauline Gillespie Gossett Overlook Pavilion

Ongoing culinary demonstrations presented by chefs and culinary educators inspired by seasonal crops from the garden that will inspire chefs of all ages. Recipes are shared online following each workshop.

Saturday, June 15

• 2 p.m.: LA Dunn, Black Girls Eat
  White Bean Salad
• 3:30 p.m.: Lyana Blount, Black Rican Vegan
  Collard Green Wraps

Sunday, June 16

• 12:30 p.m.: Henry Obispo, ReBorn Farms and Born Juice
  Sweet Potato & Coconut Bread
• 2 p.m.: Kristen Loudermilk, Da Bronx Vegan
  Strawberry Rhubarb Fritters
• 3:30 p.m.: Isha Sumner Guitterez, Weiga and Let’s Eat
  Tapou & Fried Fish

Ongoing
12–5 p.m.
Throughout the Edible Academy Campus

Explore Juneteenth
Learn more about the crops featured in the African American Garden | Diaspora: Same Boat, Different Stops and their uses now and throughout history.

Join Black herbalist Journei Bimwala on an exploration of Cultural Herbal Remedies: The Backbone of Black Family Wellness.
Location: Barnsley Beds Event Lawn, EAT Lab Classroom

Contribute to a Juneteenth Community Quilt while learning about the cultural significance of quilting, adinkra symbols, and textiles with artist and educator Evan T. Bishop of 320Arts.com.
Location: Barnsley Beds Event Lawn

Join natural dye and fiber artist Jaleeca Yancy of JRY DESIGNS in the EAT Lab and African American Garden for a hands-on exploration of inks, brushes and art made with and inspired by plants from the Garden.
Location: Barnsley Beds Event Lawn, EAT Lab Classroom

Learn about the process of preservation of the crops and stories of the last three years’ African American Garden through seed-saving and herbarium pressings.
Location: EAT Lab Classroom

Sharing Stories
Learn more about the history and celebration of Juneteenth through some of our favorite books.
Location: EAT Lab Classroom

Enjoy Hibiscus Drink
Enjoy a refreshing taste of hibiscus drink.
Location: Barnsley Beds Event Lawn

Saturday: 12:30, 1:45 & 3:15 p.m.
Sunday: 1:45 & 3:15 p.m.
Edible Academy Event Lawn at Barnsley Beds

Listen and dance to the music of Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company.

Saturday & Sunday
11 a.m.–3 p.m.
Everett Children’s Adventure Garden Pop-Up

Join us all weekend at ECAG’s Pop-Up location for our Wonder Thyme program!

• Craft an imaginative insect inspired by the fantastical creatures of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
• Mix up your own fragrant herbal tea blend using familiar and flavorful plants like thyme, chamomile, peppermint, hibiscus, catnip, and butterfly pea flower.
• Eat me, drink me at home: pot up a thyme plant to grow and care for at home. Use it to make teas and other culinary delights!
• Play our Caucus Race matching game to learn about planting and harvest times in the garden.
• Visit the Discovery cart to learn all about mushrooms and why they’re important to all of us. Craft a mycelium egg sculpture to take home.