Glam Gardener partners with non-profit and education organizations to bring nature-based activations to life

We design hands-on and unforgettable experiences inspired by nature that ignite the explorer within all of us.

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Glam Gardener designs educational workshops and curriculum around nature-based topics. Gardening, foraging, wildcrafting, and more.

Glam Gardener is a registered NYC Department of Education Vendor. We are able to host education in NYC DOE Public Schools.

To learn about any upcoming public education activations we may have, please check our Market & Event Calendar.

If you're interested in inquiring with Glam Gardener for Education Services, please contact us using the Contact Form below.

Past Education Programming

Curriculum Design & Program Development: We've designed curricula for NYC Department of Education programs, charter schools, summer camps, and nonprofit organizations.

Foraging Tours & Wild Edible Plant Walks through a local green spaces to identify local edible plants: A guided tour through an outdoor space, using all 5 senses to learn about the wild ecosystem, edible plants, native and invasive flora, and local history.

Wildcrafting workshops with natural materials: A sensory crafting experience that introduces kids and adults to the art of wildcrafting. Harvesting and handcrafting plants to make wildflower crowns to celebrate the mid-summer. Infusing medicinal plants into oils and making herbal salves.

Wild & locally harvested plant cooking demonstrations, planting workshops, nature camps, and school-based garden education. Teaching the basics of planting and nourishing a garden. Germination, compost, worms, you name it.

We're proud to have partnered with the following organizations on nature-based education

  • New York City Department of Transportation's Summer Streets & Car Free Earth Day: Wild edibles of NYC installation and native planting activity
  • Alice Austen House Museum Wildcrafting Workshops
  • Staten Island Children's Museum: Green Camp curriculum design, activity lead, and managing counselor
  • Hester Street Fair Earth Day Workshop at Manhattan's South Street Seaport
  • Lunar Faire Foraging Tours through New Jersey woodlands
  • NYCID Contractor for Summer Rising by the NYC Department of Education: Garden Club facilitator for DOE middle school
  • Lavelle Prep Elementary School wildcrafting activities: in the classroom and guided foraging tour
  • Makerspace NYC: Spring eco-camp curriculum design and activity lead
  • Netflix Corporate Earth Day Festival: Wild edible tea and sauce tasting
  • Farm to People: Poisonous Plant Bouquet Crafting workshop
  • JCC camp: Activity lead for Conservation camp, foraging, gardening, plant identification, and naturalist topics, K-8
  • NYC Parks Department Greenthumb Grows Hill Street Community Garden: Sunday Funday educational garden events & more

Public Speaking, Collaborations & Media

The founder of Glam Gardener NYC is a woman named Aly. She is a forager, outdoor educator and public speaker.

If you're looking for speakers for a nature-centric gala, school speaking engagement, or public event, consider reaching out.

If you're interested in contacting Aly for a media inquiry, whether it be a collaborative article, social media, press or partnership, you can reach out using the form below to get started.

We're proud to have partnered with the following organizations for public speaking engagements and media:

  • New York Times: How An Urban Forager Spends Her Sundays (Article)
  • Vice Munchies & Bulleit's Tender Forgery (Ad Feature)
  • Yahoo's In the Know Extreme Minimalists (Feature)
  • Now This' Playing Hooky at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (Ad Feature)
  • A Chance in Life Non-Profit Summer Youth (Public Speaker)
  • Orchestra of St. Luke's Earth Works: Music for Our Planet (Host)
  • NY1: Staten Island's first Summer Streets, 2023 (News Coverage)
  • Historic Richmond Town's Richmond County Fair Locally Grown Produce Contest (Judge)

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