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Digital painting of Croton. This botanical illustration was created as part of a Raíces Branch of Community History digital exhibit.

Digital painting of Curcuma. This botanical illustration was created as part of a Raíces Branch of Community History digital exhibit.

Digital painting of Ginger. This botanical illustration was created as part of a Raíces Branch of Community History digital exhibit.

Digital painting of Goji Berry. This botanical illustration was created as part of a Raíces Branch of Community History digital exhibit.

Digital painting of Honey Suckle. This botanical illustration was created as part of a Raíces Branch of Community History digital exhibit.

Digital painting of Joint Fur. This botanical illustration was created as part of a Raíces Branch of Community History digital exhibit.

Digital painting of Soursop. This botanical illustration was created as part of a Raíces Branch of Community History digital exhibit.

Flyer for the Percussion Rhythms of the Caribbean Concert hosted by Who Is My Neighbor. This concert featured the Black Circle Symphony and the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble.

Flyer for the Percussion Rhythms of the Caribbean Concert hosted by Who Is My Neighbor. This concert featured the Black Circle Symphony and the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble.

Flyer for the North Plainfield Farmer’s Market where the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble will perform traditional folkloric music, song and dance from the Caribbean, as well as discuss the intersections of culture, food and sustainability.

Flyer for Film Club @ The Hub program for April 2011. Raíces was invited to be the guest presenters at that month’s club meeting.

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Orisha drum, dance and song is a tribute to the Forces of Nature. The Raíces Cultural Center…

Flyer for the New Brunswick Community Garden Coalition’s 2012 seed swap.

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Raíces participated in this Seed Swap and New Brunswick Community Garden Orientation event setting up our own Seed Library table with seeds to share and…

Flyer for New Jersey Council for Humanities Program "Examining the Impact of Public Humanities Programs in the Garden State". Raíces Cultural Center was a featured grantee in this event and participated in the panel discussion. From the New Jersey…

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Hip-Hop Ambassadors Cultural Exchange program stopped at Raíces Cultural Center on their tour of the Northeast.

Visitors came from Zimbabwe, Uganda, India, Burma and Pakistan

Early spring harvest of radishes, peas and mint.

Baby lettuce

Saint Johnswort beginning to bloom.

Prepared beds in the early spring. Green beans, black beans, basil, tomatoes, beets, cabbage and herbs later filled up these plots.

The great pollenators, bee pollenating a thornless black raspberry flower.

Raíces micro farm plots.

2011 was the year the deer discovered our gardens. After six years of planting out in the open, we had to put up a fence.

Beans planted in mounds. The empty mound would soon be covered in black bean plants.

A friend of Raíces donated a few trays worth of herb seedlings to plant. Good for teas, cooking and for the bees.

Baby zucchini with blossom.

Green beans were planted every two weeks providing us with fresh, crisp, refreshing green beans all summer long.