Garden School: Creative Workshops

1660 North Roman Street,New Orleans LA 70116

25 June, 2022

Description

Our recently established Community Garden is growing into an edible garden producing free produce and teaching agricultural techniques rooted in African diasporic traditions with our neighbors in New Orleans, 7th Ward. This summer we are hosting a Garden School series of creative workshops inspired by our garden and the creative community of the city. Workshops sharing traditional knowledge and customs of African and Indigenous peoples concerning plants and their medical, religious, spiritual, entrepreneurial, and artistic uses. Program Schedule: Ethnobotany "In our Ancestors Garden" - By Bailey Hutchison Saturday, June 25th, 10AM-12PM Medicinal Herbs "The Healing Garden" - By Bailey Hutchison Saturday, July 9th, 10AM-12PM  Toiling in Textiles "From Seed to Sew" - By Utē Petit Saturday, July 23rd, 10AM-12PM Entrepreneurship in the Garden "Money Really Does Grow on Trees" - By Nailah Griffin Saturday, August 6th, 10AM-12PM  Garden Art for the Soul - By Ken That Artist and Bailey Hutchison Saturday, August 20th, 10AM-12PM  For more information on The Black School visit https://theblack.school/