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LUNCH WITH GREENTHUMB 
Lunch with GreenThumb is our virtual programming to dig in, grow food, and keep your community garden going while following health and safety protocols.
*All workshops, unless noted, are from noon – 1:00 p.m.. Please register to receive a link to join the webinars.

• Wednesday, May 27: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  RSVP for Growing Peanuts and Cotton in NYC
• Thursday, May 28: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  RSVP for Marvelous Mushrooms

RECLAIMING ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE WORKSHOP SERIES
During this workshop series, Happy Healthy Latina will use nature, observation, and ancestral knowledge for hands-on cooking demonstrations of Latin American and Caribbean dishes and foodways in a culturally rich nutritious, delicious, and educational experience appropriate for all ages. 
*All workshops, unless noted, are from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.. Please register to receive a link to join the webinars.

• Sunday, May 31:
  RSVP for Season Extension - Grow Your Own Herbs! (Window Farming)
• Saturday, June 6:
  RSVP for Ancestral Healing of Caribbean Pickling and Ferments
• Saturday, June 20:
  RSVP for DIY Build Your Culinary Botanica

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
GreenThumb is partnering with the United Nations Environment Programme to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5, 2020 and the entire first week of June. This year's theme is Biodiversity. There is no better time than the present to focus on the importance of protecting habitats that support biological diversity, and the important role that community gardens play in that effort.

We are hosting these virtual workshops for World Environment Day. 
Please register to receive a link to join the webinars.

• Wednesday, June 3 - Noon - 1:00 p.m.:
  The NYC EcoFlora Project and Community Gardens
  Facilitated by Brian Boom and Daniel Atha (New York Botanical Garden)
  Learn how the NYC EcoFlora Project, which engages New Yorkers in protecting and preserving the city's native plant species, can be helpful to community gardeners and how gardeners can get involved.
  RSVP for The NYC EcoFlora Project and Community Gardens
   
• Friday, June 5 - 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.:
  Learn about the role that community gardens play in addressing climate change through biodiversity and sustainable gardening practices from community gardeners and local partners.
  RSVP for Climate Resiliency in Community Gardens

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