About At the Root
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Our Mission
At the Root is a community-based organization that creates opportunities for people to build a positive, grounding, and integrated relationship with their unique bodies and the physical world through nature-based activities, artistic expression, and other wellness-focused practices, supported by critical self-reflection and community-based discussion.
Art + Plant Exhibits
AtR Harvest Market
an annual plant market event uplifting community knowledge and labor as we celebrate the ways that we relate to plants in feeding our families, admiring our flower gardens, creating medicine, and decorating our homes. It is an opportunity to support our varied, personal relationships with plants from the simple to the complex.
AtR Herbal Exchange
an event series designed to engage community members in a deep exploration of herbal practices. This project includes diverse, recurring events that build community networks, provide educational opportunities centralizing herb history and applications, create experiences highlighting the culinary and medicinal uses of herbs, and host workshops that support the practice of urban gardening. These events are structured to build community knowledge and engagement while showcasing local efforts and promoting sustainable health practices.
Feeding the Truth
an educational art exhibit exploring the agricultural and food landscape with a focus on how issues like food deserts, food sovereignty, predatory marketing, and the sale of fraudulent agricultural products impact Bronx residents. It examines the unique ways these broader systemic problems manifest in the Bronx and invites viewers to reflect on their personal and community relationships to food and agricultural consumerism for the purposes of making informed decisions about health in relation to food consumption.
Activities
Plant Knowledge Share + Meetup
Workshop Series: Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Gardening for Beginners
Plant Knowledge Share + Meetup
These in-person meetups serve as opportunities to build community and collective knowledge-sharing about plants from political, cultural, and practical perspectives.
Urban Seed Share Initiative
Workshop Series: Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Gardening for Beginners
Plant Knowledge Share + Meetup
The Urban Seed Share Initiative distributes seeds to gardeners in urban areas to support the propagation of ornamental and edible plants for community benefit, promotes seed-saving practices, and provides opportunities for community seed exchanges.
Workshop Series: Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Gardening for Beginners
Workshop Series: Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Gardening for Beginners
Workshop Series: Fruit, Vegetable, and Herb Gardening for Beginners
This series is a collection of 8 virtual workshops that guides prospective and practicing gardeners through a comprehensive set of topics delivered with the absolute beginner in mind.