Join us every other Saturday at Padre Plaza Community Garden for Music, Mocktails, Poetry, and a quick gardening workshop in the EXHALE Sensory Garden at Padre Plaza!
NEXT MEETUP: SATURDAY JULY 12, 2025
FEATURED MOCKTAIL: “NOJITO”
All meetups include:
- Garden Vibes Playlist specially curated for a day in the garden
- Volunteer Hours (11-1:00PM) -Put in some work in the garden!
- Garden Enrichment Workshops (1-2PM): 1 Hour Gardening Basics in the EXHALE Sensory Garden w/ HeavenlyHerbs Workshops founder Rachele Sanchez.
- EXHALE NYC Flowers-N-Poetry Sesh (2-2:30PM) – a mini-installment of EXHALE NYC‘s chill, poetry sesh to express, connect, and share. All performance mediums are welcome. Bring a blanket!
- Complimentary Mocktails – Try a new mocktail from the EXHALE NYC Mocktail Series every meetup!
The EXHALE Sensory Garden will be a healing, interactive green space filled with herbs and other plants designed to stimulate the senses—smell, touch, and even taste on special harvest days. It’s a space meant to inspire peace, connection, and a deeper relationship with nature.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Garden Enrichment Topics:
How to Prepare Your Soil/ Plot & Composting Basics
Deciding What to Plant / Starting Seeds / Transferring Seedlings
Keeping Plants Healthy/Preventing Garden Pests (Insects & Animals)
DIY Compost Tea
Why Garden?
Gardening is more than a hobby—it’s a powerful tool for mental health and community well-being. Studies show that digging in the dirt can reduce stress, ease anxiety, and even boost mood. Community gardens are safe spaces to unplug, reconnect, and be part of something meaningful. So grab your gloves, bring your good vibes, and come grow something beautiful with us.
What to Bring:
- Work Gloves (Avoid splinters, dirty nails, etc.)
- Refillable Water Bottle
- Sunglasses
- Hat
- Sunblock
- Emergency Medication
- Personal Snack
How to Get There:
- Take the 6 train
- Get off at Brook Ave.
- Walk 5 minutes to Padre Plaza
Presented by EXHALE NYC and HeavenlyHerbsWorkshops
Other Tips:
- The garden is located amongst many businesses if you find you need anything such as food, supplies, etc.
- This gathering is BIPOC + Latinx-organized and LGBTQ Inlusive.
- Wheelchair-Accessible
Media Inquiries: Fame Neal
Email: exhalesocialevents@gmail.com
Instagram: @exhale_nyc
Website: exhalesocial.com
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