New York Botanical Garden Goes Locavore

Ariel Handelman over at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx let me know about the EDIBLE GARDEN exhibit a few weeks ago and I'm finally able to focus on all they have to offer. A combination of festivals, weekly farmers markets, and "learn it, grow it, eat it" kinds of events all summer-long. The Edible Garden at NYBG has a lot of great stuff going on:

- Exhibitions and daily tours: herbs, tomatoes, farm to table, edible plants, coffee, coconuts + more

- Vegetable and Fruit Gardening and Art classes for adults and children

- Cooking demonstrations on Saturdays

- Weekly farmers markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays

- Festival weekends (September 12-13) with celebrity chefs

- Edible Garden Store including an online site

Highlights of upcoming events and classes for local food loving locavores:

CLASSES:

Saturday, July 18: VEGETABLE GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

Saturday, July 25: THE HERB GARDEN and VEGGIES AND HERBS FOR CONTAINERS

Sunday, July 26: EATING LOCAL in the BIG APPLE

COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS:

Saturday, July 18 1 & 3 p.m. Gillian Duffy, Culinary Editor New York magazine

Saturday, July 25 1 & 3 p.m. Shimme, Senior Bakery Coordinator, Whole Foods Market

EDIBLE EVENINGS

Thursdays, July and August, 6 – 9 p.m.

Savor specialties from NYC restaurants, learn about using food plants for healthy living from Garden scientists in the Café Scientifique, and gather gardening tips at our hands-on demonstrations.

- July 16: Beer, Wine, and More

- July 23: Grilling from the Garden

- July 30: Summer Desserts: Berries, Pastries, and Chocolate

FOR MORE INFO, to buy tickets, shop online or make a donation to the New York Botanical Garden visit the exhibit website at http://www.nybg.org/edible_garden/