September 25-26 Fiesta De Flores Y Comida at NYBG September 25, 2010

About September 25-26 Fiesta De Flores Y Comida:
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Fiesta de Flores y Comida, a festival of flowers and food. Enjoy music, dancing, cooking demonstrations, and food and wine tastings. Purchase beautiful cut flowers to take home.

Chef Stephanie, Executive Chef of the popular restaurant Don Coqui, and Culinary Historian Maricel Presilla, Chef and Owner Cucharamama Zafra and Ultramarinos, along with other visitors, will delight with cooking demonstrations. The Home Gardening Demonstration each day will celebrate chili peppers and give advice for growing them at home.

Enjoy delicious samples of sustainably produced food on the Tasting Terrace, booksignings by chefs and gardeners at the Cookbook Collective, and guided tours of the four spectacular kitchen gardens.

For more information, please visit http://bit.ly/nybgfiesta

About The Edible Garden:
A quick 20 minute ride on Metro-North from Grand Central Terminal, and easy to reach by car, subway, or bus, The New York Botanical Garden offers something for the entire Family. After you enjoy the festivities for the Family Harvest Weekend, stroll the cool and refreshing paths of the 50-acre Forest along the scenic Bronx River, stop and smell the roses in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, experience the serenity of the Rock Garden waterfall, and enjoy summer refreshments and lunch at one of our Cafes.

The Edible Garden (http://www.nybg.org/eg) exhibition celebrates growing and preparing good food. The Garden makes the connection of educating children about healthy eating and learning where your food comes from, first hand, while having fun. Digging in the vegetable garden, learning how flowers turn into fruits, and watching live cooking demonstrations is all part of the experience you'll have at the Garden. Enter to win now!

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