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The January workshop uses QBG Farm elderberries, QBG honey and garden-grown herbs. Every participant takes home some freshly made syrup, though the amount is not stated.
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Elderberry preserving is the practical focus of this Queens Botanical Garden workshop, but the lesson also looks at the plants behind the syrup. Participants will make it with QBG Farm elderberries, QBG honey and herbs grown at the farm, while learning about elderberry uses and other medicinal products cultivated there.
Founded in 2013, QBG Farm is a one-acre educational farm. The Garden describes its public programs as a way to explore urban agriculture and soil health, giving this preserving workshop a wider setting than a stand-alone cooking class.
The published description connects making syrup with instruction about elderberries and the farm’s other medicinal products. It does not give recipe steps or promise a particular syrup yield.
Further reading: Farm - Queens Botanical Garden ↗ · Farm Cooking Workshop: Preserving Elderberries - Queens Botanical Garden ↗
QBG describes a closed-loop composting practice: horticultural waste, food scraps, yard clippings, woodchips and leaves are composted on site and used to enrich the farm’s soil. Spent farm plants are composted too, helping return nutrients to the next season’s growing cycle.
That soil work is broader farm context, not a separately advertised part of the January workshop. It helps explain how the Garden links hands-on activities to environmental stewardship.
Further reading: Farm - Queens Botanical Garden ↗
The farm also grows fruits and vegetables using organic practices, with produce described by QBG as culturally relevant to Queens. Its farm stand operates on Wednesdays from 3 to 5 p.m. from June through November, with produce offered on a sliding-scale donation basis. That is a separate seasonal program, not a market or produce offering promised for this January workshop.
Surplus farm produce goes to local food pantries. QBG reports that the farm donated more than 6,000 pounds in 2023; that figure describes its community food work, not what workshop participants will take home.
Further reading: Farm - Queens Botanical Garden ↗
The listing presents a single workshop rather than separately timed talks or demonstrations. The scheduled activity and its farm-plant lesson are part of the same session.
The workshop runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Queens Botanical Garden Education Building, 43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355. QBG lists its November–March Garden hours as 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
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The event listing gives those workshop prices and directs visitors to RSVP through Eventbrite. Eventbrite’s offer metadata displays an aggregate checkout range of $7.29–$11.49 but does not explain the difference from the listed prices; check the final amount before completing a purchase.
QBG’s posted winter policy lists general Garden admission as free from December 16 through March 31. The workshop has its own ticket charge.
Tickets are nonrefundable unless the organizer cancels. If it is canceled, Eventbrite says attendees will be notified by email and refunded.
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Eventbrite says that purchasing a ticket and attending opts visitors into Garden communications. QBG emails include an unsubscribe option, and visitors may also write to the Garden to stop future messages.
QBG may photograph or film visitors for promotional use. By attending, visitors grant permission for use of their likeness in Garden promotional media; anyone who does not consent is asked to tell an event organizer or staff member upon arrival.
Eventbrite directs attendees to QBG’s current health and safety guidance. The Garden’s etiquette guidance asks visitors to respect its plant collections and other guests.
QBG’s directions list the No. 7 subway or the Long Island Rail Road’s Port Washington line to Main Street/Flushing. From there, take the Q44-SBS or Q20A/B bus, or walk eight blocks south along Main Street to the Garden.
QBG also lists the Q44-SBS or Q20A/B from the Bronx (southbound) or Jamaica (northbound) to Flushing. The event is in the Education Building at 43-50 Main Street.
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Parking is at the Parking Garden, 42-80 Crommelin Street, Flushing. QBG lists $15 per vehicle on special-event or program days and notes that rates may change; members receive $2 off. The Garden lists accessible parking spaces in Bay 1.
Eventbrite warns of construction next to the farm and advises allowing extra time. It says visitors can reach the farm by going around a pathway or across grass. That guidance is for reaching the farm; the event listing does not give a specific route from the entrance to the Education Building or workshop room.
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QBG says the Garden is mostly flat and that most paths are paved, while some peripheral paths are unpaved. It identifies the Woodland Trail, Fragrance Walk and Herb Garden Bridge as unpaved areas. The Garden says all classroom spaces are accessible; the event-specific route to the workshop room is not described.
Wheelchairs are available first-come, first-served at the Main Street Entrance, Parking Garden Entrance and Visitor & Administration Building. A driver’s license or government-issued photo ID is held until the chair is returned. Visitors may use mobility devices in areas open to public pedestrian use under Garden guidelines. Service animals are permitted; pets are not.
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Elderberry syrup made with QBG Farm elderberries, QBG honey and herbs grown at the farm. The lesson also covers elderberry uses and other medicinal products grown there.
Farm Cooking Workshop: Preserving Elderberries - Queens Botanical Garden ↗ · Farm Cooking Workshop: Preserving Elderberries Tickets, Sunday, January 24, 2027 • 9:30 AM - 12 PM | Eventbrite ↗
The listing gives $6 for members and $10 for nonmembers. Eventbrite’s offer metadata shows an aggregate checkout range of $7.29–$11.49 without explaining the difference.
Farm Cooking Workshop: Preserving Elderberries - Queens Botanical Garden ↗ · Farm Cooking Workshop: Preserving Elderberries Tickets, Sunday, January 24, 2027 • 9:30 AM - 12 PM | Eventbrite ↗
The listed venue is the Queens Botanical Garden Education Building, 43-50 Main Street. Eventbrite warns of construction next to the farm and recommends allowing extra time, but does not detail a route to the workshop room.
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Yes. The organizer says each participant takes home some freshly made syrup, but does not specify the amount.
Farm Cooking Workshop: Preserving Elderberries - Queens Botanical Garden ↗ · Farm Cooking Workshop: Preserving Elderberries Tickets, Sunday, January 24, 2027 • 9:30 AM - 12 PM | Eventbrite ↗
43-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11355
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