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Cultural Arts Classes
Fall 2023 session of Introduction to Caribbean Drumming.
Cultural Arts Classes
Fall 2023 session of Introduction to Caribbean Drumming.
Cultural Arts Classes
Fall 2023 session of Introduction to Caribbean Drumming.
Cultural Arts Classes - Francisco G. Gómez
Director, music director and lead teaching artist Francisco G. Gómez playing a barril de bomba at Raíces Cultural Center.
Making Violet Syrup
Making a simple violet syrup with violet flowers, water and sugar.
Violet Flowers
Violet flowers harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture Herbal Garden to make an herbal syrup.
Healing Herb Harvest
Early spring stinging nettle, violet flowers and purple dead nettle harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Pollination
Native pollinator in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Native Bee
Native bee pollinating a violet flower in the Raíces EcoCulture garden. When harvesting flowers for herbal medicine, only some are taken, while the remainder are left for the pollinators and to continue growing in their natural cycle.
Harvesting Flowers
Violet flowers harvested to make an herbal syrup.
Elecampane Leaves
Elecampane leaves sprouting early in the growing season.
Comfrey Leaves
Young springtime Comfrey leaves.
High Tunnel
Planting pepper seedlings early in a high tunnel allows the plant to mature earlier in the season and set fruit for longer.
Pepper Seedling
Pepper seedling planted directly into the ground in a high tunnel.
Seedlings
Seedlings growing in the Raíces EcoCulture garden high tunnel greenhouse.
Yarrow Leaves
Young springtime yarrow leaves.
Sprout
Seedling sprouting early in the season.
Seedling Emerging
A seedling emerging in an indoor seedling tray.
Puerto Rican Honeybee
Puerto Rican Honeybee pollinating a cluster of flowers.
Making an Herbal Bath
Raíces Herbal Circle member Michelle Bennett making her herbal bath to take home from the August 3, 2018 meeting.
Explaining Herbal Baths
Akosua Chin-On explaining how to use the herbal baths the participants prepared for themselves during the August 3, 2018 meeting of the Raíces Herbal Circle.
Mixing Herbal Baths
Mixing ingredients for herbal baths.
Explaining Herbal Properties
Akosua Chin-On explaining healing properties of the herbs participants had to choose from to prepare their own herbal baths to bring home from the August 3, 2018 meeting of the Raíces Herbal Circle.
Preparing Healing Baths
Supplies to prepare healing baths ready for participants to create their own mix at the August 3, 2018 meeting of the Raíces Herbal Circle.
Hands-On Healing
Herbal Circle members participate in hands-on activities at the August 3, 2018 meeting.