Seeds for Manifestation with Freedom Gardens

$75.00(Includes Aromatic Seed packet)1 Hour

Seeds embody growth, life, hope, opportunity, and possibility. The magic of seeds lies in their innate generative power in that they hold an extraordinary ability to permeate life and vitality throughout our environment and body.

We will be guiding you through how to start and maintain your own indoor edible Freedom Garden from seed to cultivation. Freedom Gardens is Studio Lily Kwong’s direct response to the most harrowing public health crisis of our lifetime. We are a community driven platform aiming to help our community grow thriving edible gardens and reconnecting people to growing food. In this experience, we will be commemorating the generative power of seeds by celebrating life and hope. Using seeds as a tool for manifestation, holding space to plant our seeds with intention, for a dream, goal or idea.

We will begin by discussing the process of germination, awakening a seed from dormancy, and how to create the best growing conditions and environment for your seedlings. Then together, we will sow our first seeds. Participants will get a practical orientation to urban gardening and leave the workshop set up to continue nurturing their own small-scale urban vegetable garden. We will close by taking a meditative moment to manifest our dreams, goals, and ideas as we tend the soil that will be housing the seeds and nourishing our bodies. Please note that as part of your booking, we will be sending you a Freedom Gardens Aromatic Seed Packet.

What we send

Parsley (100 seeds)
Cilantro (100 seeds)
Mint (100 seeds)
Basil (100 seeds)
Oregano (100 seeds)
Thyme (100 seeds)

What to bring

Recycled can, bottle, container, pot, etc. Make sure to punch holes on the bottom for proper drainage
Potting soil
Water
Tape or stick for labeling

Meet your Creator

Shannon Lai

I am a first generation Burmese-Chinese American born and raised in New York. Food was always at the epicenter of my upbringing, where the kitchen was the heart and soul of the family and house. It was the place where I first learned and remained connected to my roots. Honoring my ancestors through recreating recipes passed down from my mother and grandmother. In 2016, I began my farming journey on a 1-acre plot on Crown Heights, Brooklyn. It was my first real exposure to biointensive farming on a small urban scale. This led me to farming 12-acres of diversified crops and flowers at Amber Waves Farm in Amagansett, Long Island. My roots, however, are in urban agriculture, which embodies unconventional growing, fighting for justice in our food system, and finding freedom through food. I naturally found myself back in NYC, farming at Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farms, where I became the Farm Manager at their Sunset Park Farm in 2019. I am the urban farming expert for Freedom Gardens, Studio Lily Kwong’s community driven platform reconnecting people to growing food. Studio Lily Kwong is a next-generation landscape design studio whose botanical art installations have been featured on The High Line, Grand Central's iconic Vanderbilt Hall, The Whitney Museum shops and more.

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