Due to COVID-19 this event has been cancelled.
Where: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Palm House | Enter at 1000 Washington Avenue
SHINE THE LIGHT ON PLANTS
Taking plants out of the shadows, the theme for this year’s conference, draws inspiration from the Garden’s Fight for Sunlight campaign. The day’s workshops, tours, and keynote address will highlight the powerhouse of knowledge, healing, and connection that plants provide us. Visitors will have the opportunity to network with dozens of NYC greening organizations in the Palm House.
WILBUR A. LEVIN KEYNOTE ADDRESS
She Hid Seeds in Her Hair: The Power of Ancestral African Foods
Christopher Bolden-Newsome, farmer and codirector of the Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia
“How have African people built a food culture in America? Far from the succulent greens, pearlescent cowpeas, and comfort-cooked yams? New World stand-ins—collards, red beans, and sweet potatoes—ingeniously reconfigured, helped our ancestors re-create home and humanity wherever we went. Celebrating our ancestral foods by farming, consciously cooking, praying with, and sharing them can heal the spiritual and physical damage that we and our ancestors have experienced in our bittersweet American journey.”
