Juneteenth Weekend » New York Botanical Garden

Join us for hands-on gardening, crafts, and exploration throughout the Edible Academy campus. Enjoy cooking demonstrations featuring special guests and the edible plants of the African American Garden: Remembrance & Resilience.

Gardening Activities

Ongoing; 12–5 p.m.

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

Dig, Plant, Water, & Harvest
Green Thumb Gardens
Help us plant and tend the crops in the Edible Academy!

Meet Our Global Gardeners
Global Gardens
Meet the Global Gardeners and learn about their foodways—what they’re growing in their plots and the culinary traditions they keep.

Pot up Collard Greens
Greenhouse
Start your own garden with the seeds of these mighty greens, which grow ready to harvest and eat at any size—and take home recipes and a growing guide.

wooden sign of a woman and child holding a globe in the forefront and international garden beds in the background

Maker Station

Ongoing; 12–5 p.m.

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 tea using plants from the African American Garden: Remembrance & Resilience, such as hibiscus and ginger.

Culinary Demonstrations

12:30, 2, & 3:30 p.m.

Ongoing culinary demonstrations are presented by local chefs and culinary educators, each featuring seasonal plants from the garden that will inspire chefs of all ages. Recipes are shared following each workshop.

Celebrate Juneteenth

Ongoing; Edible Academy Campus

Learn how edible plants in the African American Garden: Remembrance & Resilience were used historically in everyday life.

Sharing Stories

Learn more about the history and celebration of Juneteenth through some of our favorite books.

Hibiscus Drink Station
African American Garden: Remembrance & Resilience at the Hibiscus Drink Station

Taste and learn about a refreshing hibiscus drink—or “red drink”—traditionally made for Juneteenth celebrations.

an exercise in which children place various seeds in the region or Africa they originated from

Tours & Family Fun

Meet at Edible Academy, Barnsley Beds

African American Garden: Remembrance & Resilience
Saturday, June 18; 11 a.m., 1 & 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 19; 1 p.m.

Participate in a guided tour of our African American Garden that traces the roots of American cuisine to the plants of the African Diaspora.

Entertainment
1 & 3 p.m.
Susan P. and Coley Burke Amphitheater

Enjoy performances by Harambee Dance Company.

a woman explaining the various parts of a carrot plant to three adults

More Juneteenth Programming at the Garden

A farm with greenhouse and red shed on it

A Seat at the Table Symposium

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Two small children engage with a young woman in a mask as they learn how to plant a seedling in a pot of soil

Around the Kids' Table

June 4 – September 11, 2022