Dates & times
All times are local to the venue · America/New York
- 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
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Check the organizer’s latest schedule ↗Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy brings seasonal cooking to Atlanta Botanical Garden
What can a garden harvest become in a home kitchen? At Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy, the chef will teach visitors how to prepare a seasonal recipe at Atlanta Botanical Garden on October 31, 2026. The particular dish has not been announced.
A recipe for everyday cooking
McCarthy is the Garden’s Edible Garden chef and the founder of Healthy Eating 101. Her work includes teaching people to incorporate nutritious foods into everyday meals, and the Garden describes her own recipes as emphasizing quick, simple uses for local and seasonal ingredients.
This is a cooking demonstration: McCarthy will teach the preparation of a seasonal recipe, rather than lead an announced hands-on class. Garden Chef Demos focus on fruits, vegetables and herbs, but the ingredients and techniques for this session have not been specified.
Further reading: Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy ↗ · Garden Chef Demos | Atlanta Botanical Garden ↗
Where the harvest goes
The open-air Outdoor Kitchen is part of a larger growing-and-cooking operation. The Edible Garden supplies vegetables and herbs for the Garden’s chef programs and its restaurant, Longleaf; harvested food not used in educational programs is donated to local charities. That connection gives the demonstration its setting, though it does not establish where this particular recipe’s ingredients will come from.
For a sense of the wider series, the Garden’s recipe archive includes pumpkin risotto and squash and apple soup among its 2025 entries. They are past demonstrations, not announced dishes for McCarthy’s October session.
Further reading: Atlanta Botanical Garden | Outdoor Kitchen ↗ · Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Recipes ↗ · Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy ↗
The demonstration
McCarthy teaches a seasonal recipe in the Edible Garden Outdoor Kitchen.
Saturday, October 31, 2026 · Edible Garden Outdoor Kitchen
- Garden Chef Demo with Megan McCarthy; she teaches preparation of a seasonal recipe.
Before you go
Check the demonstration times
The event is listed for 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. on Saturday, October 31. The series listing also mentions 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.; contact the Garden if you need to know whether those are separate demonstrations.
Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy ↗ · Garden Chef Demos | Atlanta Botanical Garden ↗
Garden admission required
The demonstration has no additional charge with Garden admission. The Garden says online and phone orders carry a $5 processing fee, and tickets are date- and time-specific.
Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy ↗ · Atlanta Botanical Garden | Tickets ↗
Getting to the Outdoor Kitchen
Atlanta Garden and parking
The demonstration is at the Edible Garden Outdoor Kitchen inside Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30309.
For on-site parking, the Garden directs its Atlanta guests to levels 4, 5 and 6 of the SAGE Parking Facility via the Piedmont Avenue entrance. Use the map links for directions from your starting point.
Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy ↗ · Atlanta Botanical Garden | Tickets ↗
Before you make a plan
What will Megan McCarthy prepare?
She will teach a seasonal recipe, but the Garden has not named the dish or its ingredients.
Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy ↗ · Garden Chef Demos | Atlanta Botanical Garden ↗
Is there a separate fee for the demo?
No additional demonstration fee is listed; Garden admission is required. Online and phone ticket orders have a $5 processing fee.
Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy ↗ · Atlanta Botanical Garden | Tickets ↗
Are there two demonstrations?
The event is listed from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., while the series listing mentions both 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Contact the Garden to clarify whether those are separate sessions.
Atlanta Botanical Garden | Garden Chef Demo: Megan McCarthy ↗ · Garden Chef Demos | Atlanta Botanical Garden ↗
Where can I find recipes from earlier demos?
The Garden Chef Recipes archive groups past recipes by year and links to recipe cards.
Location & Google Maps
Atlanta Botanical Garden, Edible Garden Outdoor Kitchen
1345 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
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