Join us for a children’s tea party at the Lott House! This hands-on workshop promises an exciting journey into the world of wild plants and herbal tea crafting. Guided by Aly Stoffo, the Glam Gardener NYC, children will explore the art of herbal tea crafting, learning how to create, brew, and enjoy their personalized herbal infusions. After we forage for wild plants and learn about some of their uses, children will be guided through the process of making individualized tea blends with wild plants and common herbal plants like chamomile, hibiscus, and mint. As a group, we will craft a wild pesto with plants that we harvest, and attendees will finish the workshop by enjoying a personalized cup of wild tea and a bite of wild pesto!
This is a free event, but registration is required. As a gentle reminder, this workshop is intended exclusively for children, and adults' participation is limited to chaperoning roles only. Please register for the number of children participating in this workshop.
This event is supported by public funds from the NYS Office of Family Services in partnership with Assemblymember Jamie Williams.
ABOUT ALY FROM GLAM GARDENER NYC:
Aly Stoffo is a wild-foods forager, outdoor and sustainability educator, herbal product maker, and owner of Glam Gardener NYC: a business offering healing herbal products, art, and eco-education.
She’s taught thousands of kids and adults through Glam Gardener NYC about foraging, the outdoors, and wildcrafting.
Aly has been a lover of nature for a lifetime! Growing up and residing in Staten Island, NYC, she brings outdoor education to the city, showing folks that we can rejoice in the outdoors no matter how urban our environment is.
Aly has a background and education in Sustainability Solutions from Arizona State University. She can identify over 200 regional wild-growing edible and medicinal plants. Glam Gardener NYC is an outdoor education partner for the NYC Department of Transportation and a variety of museums and nonprofits across NYC.
You can learn more about Aly, the wild foods forager behind Glam Gardener NYC, in her New York Times feature “How An Urban Forager Spends Her Sundays” and explore the Glam Gardener NYC website.
