Native plants are essential for healthy, climate-resilient ecosystems. Learn plant identification and responsible seed collection techniques.
Event type: Archive
Get Outside! Wildflower Seed Collecting Workshop to Preserve Native Plants and Genetic Diversity
Worm Alchemy: Building Soil Health through Vermiculture
Explore the magic worms can work on soil and plant health and how to raise and care for them. Your garden will show its appreciation—dramatically!
Kiss the Ground Film Screening
Want to turn the tide toward a greener planet? Get into the dirt! This inspiring documentary shows how. Join us on Wednesday, August 23 at 5:15 PM for a free screening of Kiss the Ground at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck.
Walk the Land: Marsh and Woodland Habitat Walk at Vlei Marsh with Erik Kiviat
Discover the layered ecological diversity of Rhinebeck's Vlei Marsh, a critical habitat for birds, plants and animals, with ecologist Erik Kiviat, director of Hudsonia.
Walk the Land: Bird Walk with Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club
Walk Vlei Marsh with expert birder Dr. Alan Peterson and meet its feathered residents—Great Blue Herons, Virgina Rails, Ospreys, Wood Ducks and so many more!
Walk the Land: Winter Tracking Walk at Vlei Marsh
Walk the Land winter tracking excursion at Rhinebeck’s Vlei Marsh! Learn to identify wildlife through tracks and other tell-tale signs.
After School Garden Club
Dirty Gaia is excited to be partnering with Chancellor Livingston Elementary School PTSO to offer a 4-part after school garden club again this year! Throughout the month on May students will create, plant, and care for their very own milk crate garden. Open to K-2 students at CLS, registration required through the RCSD PTSO.
Ask a Gardener: A Food Growers Roundtable
Get your garden ideas percolating! Join us for Ask a Gardener: A Food Growers Round Table and hear what our team of professional gardeners have to say about everything from sowing and growing to soil and pest management. Q and A to follow. Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Food for Thought: Edible Gardens Tour 2023
Join us on Saturday, July 22, 2023 from 10am to 1pm for the thrid annual Edible Gardens Tour. Check out the food-growing gardens of Rhinebeck and Rhinecliff and meet the growers. Hugelkultur, towering trellises, a hilltop garden overlooking the river.
Winter Sowing 101
Join us at Morton Memorial Library on Sunday, March 19 at 3:30! We’ll make mini winter-proof greenhouses from milk jugs and sow seeds (herbs, flowers, veggies) which can be transplanted come spring.
