Smiling Hogshead Ranch
A Community Farm
in Long Island City, Queens
Join us on Sunday, May 1 to #seedthecity in celebration of International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day (#ISGGD), #MayDay, and #Beltane.
10:30am-12pm at the @Resistance_is_Fertile lot in Sunnyside, Make flower crowns and seedballs. **Bring...

Join us on Sunday, May 1 to #seedthecity in celebration of International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day (#ISGGD), #MayDay, and #Beltane.


10:30am-12pm at the @Resistance_is_Fertile lot in Sunnyside, Make flower crowns and seedballs. **Bring containers so you can take seed balls home to dry.
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12:30pm - 1:30pm: Participate in the 14th #ISGGD, a collective action to sow free sunflower seeds in neglected public spaces. We will be walking and planting sunflower seeds in the 200+ tree pits along 43rd and Skillman Aves between 45th St. and LIC
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2pm - 4pm: Celebrate at @smilinghogsheadranch’s ‘May Day at the Ranch’ with seedball making, maypole dancing, flower garland and ribbon wand crafts, a procession with percussion instruments and singing to awaken the plants.
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More about International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day: check out @greenguerillas and find a link for more information in their linktree.

#ISGGD #ISGGDdistro #SeedTheCity #internationalsunflowerguerrillagardeningday #ISGGDay #OvergrowTheSystem #CultivateCommunity #ReclaimTheCommons #WildflowerFortnight
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More about Beltane: May Day, also known as Beltane, is a pagan festival celebrated halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. It is part of the Wheel of the Year and has been celebrated since Roman times. The holiday celebrates spring at its peak, and the coming summer.
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More about International Workers’ Day: Every May 1st, workers world-wide celebrate International Workers’ Day. In the US our ruling, billionaire class created a different holiday, Labor Day, to separate workers in the US from workers in other countries and conceal the radical origins of the original workers holiday. May 1st is a day of commemoration, solidarity, and resistance against violations and exploitation of workers. Support Starbucks Workers United and Amazon Labor Union. @amazonlaborunion #starbucksworkersunited For local actions and events @maydayspace @aad.nyc @waar_nyc @losdeliveristasunidos_ny @streetvendorproject
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CALLING ALL HELPERS AND MOSQUITO ADVERSARIES!
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It’s spring and the time is right for some major mosquito abatement - before they return in full force.
We’ll be holding a DIGGIN’ SHINDIG this Saturday 4/9 from 11 am to 4 pm to install some...

CALLING ALL HELPERS AND MOSQUITO ADVERSARIES!
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It’s spring and the time is right for some major mosquito abatement - before they return in full force.

We’ll be holding a DIGGIN’ SHINDIG this Saturday 4/9 from 11 am to 4 pm to install some drainage near our Three Sisters area. Many hands make light work so we’re making it a party!

The more the merrier, even just 30 minutes can be a huge help. Sign up in Track-It-Forward (link in LinkTree) or just come on down! We’ll be happy to have you and the ranch will be a whole lot sweeter this summer with fewer mosquitos sucking up the fun.

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🌽 Is “Diggin’ Shindig” a corny name for an event? Absolutely. We hope you’ll come anyway as we dig out the area where our corn was previously planted. 🌽

#UrbanFarm #Queens #community #mosquitoabatement #teamwork (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
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Farming Fridays are a weekly community ritual. We gather to complete garden chores in the afternoon and enjoy a community potluck together around 7:00. Bring food to share!
In anticipation of Planting Day on 4/30, April workdays will be focused on...

Farming Fridays are a weekly community ritual. We gather to complete garden chores in the afternoon and enjoy a community potluck together around 7:00. Bring food to share!

In anticipation of Planting Day on 4/30, April workdays will be focused on bed repairs and prep (turning and filling beds with new soil), as well as sowing some of our early spring cold-tolerant crops. We will also be packing sunflower seeds into envelopes for distribution and celebration of International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day (#ISGGD).

Free, public event, all are welcome; no gardening experience required.

If you are a first time volunteer with us, we ask that you please register - https://bit.ly/SHReventsRSVP (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
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We’ve got FREE trees! We’re thrilled to partner with @nyrp this spring to give them away on Saturday, April 23rd. Registration required—sign up for yours here: nyrp.org/freetree (LinkTree in our Insta bio) #onetreeatatime (at Smiling Hogshead...

We’ve got FREE trees! We’re thrilled to partner with @nyrp this spring to give them away on Saturday, April 23rd. Registration required—sign up for yours here: nyrp.org/freetree (LinkTree in our Insta bio) #onetreeatatime (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
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Bees and butterflies—who are they and what do they eat? Join us this Saturday 9/25 from 10am-1pm for an info session and garden walk highlighting different types of bees and butterflies who live there. What is the difference between a native bee and...

Bees and butterflies—who are they and what do they eat? Join us this Saturday 9/25 from 10am-1pm for an info session and garden walk highlighting different types of bees and butterflies who live there. What is the difference between a native bee and a honey bee anyway? Come find out!

#Insectageddon
@highlinenyc
@highlineartnyc
#HighLineNetwork (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
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We are excited to be hosting this queer, one-act eco-medy at the Ranch on 8/18, 8/19, 8/21, 8/22, 8/28 & 8/29, be sure to visit Eventbright for tickets
Description: In the near future, cities have banned gas-fueled cars, drag queens host gardening...

We are excited to be hosting this queer, one-act eco-medy at the Ranch on 8/18, 8/19, 8/21, 8/22, 8/28 & 8/29, be sure to visit Eventbright for tickets
Description: In the near future, cities have banned gas-fueled cars, drag queens host gardening clubs, and two enamored teens on opposite sides of the country struggle to meet in the middle: Cory wants a relationship, Smin wants a revolution. Anthemic and bawdy, Cory and Smin’s Love Conquers the Earth is a futuristic love story, a cautionary tale, and a zippy queer “eco-medy.”
Credits: Written by Billy McEntee
Directed by Charles Quittner
Produced by Hunter Kaufer and with support from the Queens Arts Fund
This event is made possible in part by the @qnsarts with public funds from the @nycdca in partnership with the @nyccouncil (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
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Quick run though of the outer edge of the Ranch, a welcoming gateway to explore the Grove and Back 40, and oyster mushrooms growing were we have innocated and applied sheet mulch.
We’ve been prepping for an eco-medy play that will be put on at the...

Quick run though of the outer edge of the Ranch, a welcoming gateway to explore the Grove and Back 40, and oyster mushrooms growing were we have innocated and applied sheet mulch.
We’ve been prepping for an eco-medy play that will be put on at the Ranch later this month. Stay tuned for ticket info and performance dates. (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
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It’s our planting day! So good to be in the sun, touching the earth, seeds a and seedlings with friends and family.
We distributed seeds to lots of passers by and planted our share of sunflowers for #NYCsunflowerGuerrillaGardeningDay 🌻#SpreadLove...

It’s our planting day! So good to be in the sun, touching the earth, seeds a and seedlings with friends and family.
We distributed seeds to lots of passers by and planted our share of sunflowers for #NYCsunflowerGuerrillaGardeningDay 🌻#SpreadLove ❤️
We also spoke of and acknowledge the importance of people working together to steward our environment, including the land, water and air. We respect our ancestors who came before and stand in solidarity with @northbxcollective and others who are currently in the struggle. #MayDay &
Beltane blessing ☀️ 🌺 🐞🐝🐷 (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
https://www.instagram.com/p/COWK5ApjMHt/?igshid=1inn564xf4zj8

🐷Ranch members are preparing for tomorrow🌻#NYCsunflowerGuerillaGardeningDay 🌻#spreadlove 🌻#sowseedseverywhere 🌻#InternationalSunflowerGuerrillaGardeningDay🌼 #WildflowerFortnight🪱🌸🐞🌼🐌🌺🐝🌻 (at Smiling Hogshead...

🐷Ranch members are preparing for tomorrow🌻#NYCsunflowerGuerillaGardeningDay 🌻#spreadlove 🌻#sowseedseverywhere 🌻#InternationalSunflowerGuerrillaGardeningDay🌼 #WildflowerFortnight🪱🌸🐞🌼🐌🌺🐝🌻 (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
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🌻🌻🌻This Saturday (5/1) is #internationalsunflowerguerrillagardeningday 🌻
Sow seeds citywide 🐌 #SpreadLove 🐞#ReclaimTheCommons 🐝#OvergrowTheSystem 🪱
#NYCguerrillaSunflowerGardeningDay 🦋
#SunflowerFortnight 🐷
#wildflowerweek2021 🐽
#MayDay2021...

🌻🌻🌻This Saturday (5/1) is #internationalsunflowerguerrillagardeningday 🌻
Sow seeds citywide 🐌 #SpreadLove 🐞#ReclaimTheCommons 🐝#OvergrowTheSystem 🪱
#NYCguerrillaSunflowerGardeningDay 🦋
#SunflowerFortnight 🐷
#wildflowerweek2021 🐽
#MayDay2021 #Beltane2021 🌻🌻🌻
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#Repost from Hogshead Ranch member @cindyxqiao
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Plants are therapeutic on so many levels. Making moxa floss, ai rong, 艾绒, ground up dried mugwort, (mugwort fluff / dream fluff), in preparation for moxibustion. Mugwort were harvested from...

#Repost from Hogshead Ranch member @cindyxqiao
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Plants are therapeutic on so many levels. Making moxa floss, ai rong, 艾绒, ground up dried mugwort, (mugwort fluff / dream fluff), in preparation for moxibustion. Mugwort were harvested from @smilinghogsheadranch last summer, after almost a year of curing, they’re reaching the medicinal grade. In the Traditional Chinese Medicine teaching, mugwort is the medium to awake the deep yang energy, the root energy to all lives, within our bodies. They are also a strong spiritual guardian and provide protections to our souls and spirits.

Stay tuned for part II when I turn the fluffs into sticks.

#mugwort #moxibustion #moxibustiontherapy #TCM #TraditionalChineseMedicine #chinesemedicine #foraging #gardening #medicinalplants #medicinalherbs #plants #herbalmedicine #herbalmedicinemaking
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Member workday, tackling the food scraps and leaf drop-offs. Our volunteers turn and sift it regularly to create the rich compost. That makes our garden grow do lush and beautiful during the Spring, Summer and Fall. No matter what the climate, the...

Member workday, tackling the food scraps and leaf drop-offs. Our volunteers turn and sift it regularly to create the rich compost. That makes our garden grow do lush and beautiful during the Spring, Summer and Fall. No matter what the climate, the politics, or the weather, doing the responsible thing with our neighbors organics makes life a little brighter. This is what #squadcare & #communitycompost looks like (at Smiling Hogshead Ranch)
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#Repost from our member @glopezsez
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Announcing this FREE Intro to Permaculture series with the @qplnyc The first of three classes will be this Monday (1/11) at 10am. This series will focus on the basics including the 3 guiding ethics, 12...

#Repost from our member @glopezsez
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Announcing this FREE Intro to Permaculture series with the @qplnyc The first of three classes will be this Monday (1/11) at 10am. This series will focus on the basics including the 3 guiding ethics, 12 permaculture principles and the permaculture action flower, with special consideration for urban context and examples. Here is the class description…

Permaculture allows you to do what nature does naturally, thus rehabilitating the earth by taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint and achieve sustainability. In this first of three workshops, urban farmer and environmental educator @glopezsez discusses the ethics –#EarthCare, #PeopleCare, and #FairShare, its importance and benefits.
We will also delve into #DecolonizingPermaculture

#permaculture #urbanag #permanentculture #designthinking #systemsthinking
RSVP: http://queenslib.org/3nnA14a
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We are excited to have another Hogshead member, @cindyxqiao presenting their environmental art “Our Land: A Photo Series” during this weekends #UrbanSoilSymposium panel discussion on #symbiogenesis
Check it out, the discussion starts at 2pm today!...

We are excited to have another Hogshead member, @cindyxqiao presenting their environmental art “Our Land: A Photo Series” during this weekends #UrbanSoilSymposium panel discussion on #symbiogenesis
Check it out, the discussion starts at 2pm today! (at NYC Urban Soils Institute)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGaSqWqFIPD/?igshid=2lb24x473wrb

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