Native Plants & Forest Gardens for Food, Medicine, Habitat & Craft
Mon, Dec 08
|Roosevelt Island Library
Join us for a hands-on workshop with Adam Walker of Battery Urban Farm to explore how native plants can support food, medicine, habitat, and craft, and learn to make natural cordage from plant fibers. Presented by NYPL, iDig2Learn, and The Battery Conservancy.
Time & Location
Dec 08, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Roosevelt Island Library, 504 Main St, New York, NY 10044, USA
About the Event
Learn from Adam Walker, programs manager for Battery Urban Farm, about the many benefits native plants offer to people and wildlife and how to integrate them into your own garden. We’ll explore niches, functional diversity, plant guilds, and succession, and highlight northeast native plants that can be used for food, medicine, habitat, and craft. Participants will also learn to make natural cordage from native plant fibers.