Daily Archives: May 28, 2024

Friday, May 31, 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Eastern – Cutting Gardens: Bouquets, Small Spaces, and Lots of Bloom, Online

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Growing flowers brings beauty to your garden, supports pollinators, and provides bouquets to spread joy to others. Join the US Botanic Garden and Maya Kosok, owner and lead gardener of Hillen Homestead, on May 31 at noon to hear about her urban flower farm on a half acre in urban Baltimore city, and learn how you can grow loads of cut flowers in your home garden or small farm. She will touch on variety selection, plant spacing, pest management, harvest practices, and some tips and tricks for making beautiful and bountiful homegrown bouquets. Registration required at https://usbg.swoogo.com/CuttingGardensLecture-May24

Wednesday, June 5, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern – The Kitchen Mycologist

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Knowing a little mycology (the study of fungi) can make you a better mushroom cook. This New York Botanical Garden illustrated talk online on June 5 teaches basic mycology through the lens of your kitchen. It explores the intersection of mycology and the selection, storage, preparation, and nutritional value of mushrooms; the way fungi spoils foods and improves foods; the biologic reason why mushrooms taste differently and why some are more expensive than others; and the impact of endophytic fungi and mycorrhizal networks on food crops.

Instructor Eugenia Bone is a critically acclaimed journalist, with an emphasis on food, fungi, and other microorganisms, and former president of the New York Mycological Society. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers. Her previous books include Microbia, Mycophilia, The Kitchen Ecosystem, Well Preserved, At Mesa’s Edge, and Italian Family Dining. Her books have been nominated for a variety of awards, including a Colorado Book Award and James Beard Award, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Denver Post, The Wall Street Journal, Saveur, Food & Wine, and Gourmet, among others. She has lectured widely, at venues like the Missouri Botanical Gardens, the Denver Botanical Garden, and the New York Public Library.

Nonmembers $70, Members $65. Register HERE.