香椿 / TOON
IN COLLABORATION WITH MARY ROSE GO
In certain parts of China, people go feral (pun intended) for Toona sinensis shoots in the spring. Are you one of them? Or perhaps you know someone who tends a toon plant somewhere in the suburbs of the Northeast? Perhaps you’d like to be one of those someones. In this very special workshop for toon lovers (aspiring or established), we will lovingly uproot wild-growing toon saplings for transplant - to a pot, a yard, or elsewhere of your choosing. We will also encounter other edible plants alongside toon, such as lesser celandine, burdock, knotweed, garlic mustard, and nettle. We will discuss their culinary uses and their journeys to the Bronx. And of course, we’ll delve into foraging (and guerilla gardening!) basics: the legal, the ethical, the safe and the healthy.
Spots for this workshop are very limited to protect the site. If you cannot make it, please give 48 hours notice in order to be refunded. One scholarship slot is available for a workshop assistant - please email me if you’d like to be considered.
The exact location of our meetup point will be shared after registration. It is accessible via public transportation, but a limited number of carpool seats are also available to and from the event from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Email me to reserve a spot - first come, first served.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in Honolulu, Mary Rose Go is a coloratura soprano, actress, gardener, and tender trickster. Her practices span several performance disciplines with a philosophy rooted in land stewardship and play. Her alter ego Auntie Mary Rose has a YouTube channel with wacky original kids songs about gardening, nature, and how to be a kid in the world. She lives in New Jersey where she tends to her native garden and grows Hawaiian taro - in ground in the summer and in the attic in the winter. Follow her shenanigans on Instagram @shortnmorose and @auntiemaryrose
This workshop is part of 春游 / FIELD TRIPS, a spring foraging and cooking workshop series themed around plants from China that have naturalized in New York City - and all the questions they engender. Foraging workshops are Saturday, cooking on Sunday. See Events page for full series calendar.
