This outdoor grounding meditation offering in Madison Square Park is the perfect entry into your experience of Gardens of Renewal. 

We’ll begin by sitting together on the grass for a guided meditation designed to help you settle into your body and arrive fully in the moment. This outdoor experience invites you to attune to the full spectrum of your senses: from the scent of foliage to the layered soundscapes of the city. You’ll be gently guided to anchor your awareness in breath, sound, and sensation, allowing both the natural and urban world to become part of your meditation.

Join 7s Art for an engaging DIY Workshop at 7s Art, where participants will dive into the traditional Chinese craft of Mother-of-Pearl Inlay. Learn about the history of this delicate technique, explore your creativity, and craft your own jewelry using natural shell fragments! Under the guidance of our skilled instructor, you’ll create two accessories of your choice—select from a necklace, hairpin, earring, or brooch. 

Water Lantern Festival is filled with fun, happiness, hope, and great memories that you'll cherish for a lifetime. This is a family friendly event that can be shared by everyone. Friends, families, neighbors, and lots of people that you haven't met can come together to create a peaceful, memorable experience. 

This summer, FAD Market continues its monthly pop-up series at Empire Stores in Dumbo with three seasonal editions in June, July, and August. Each month, we bring together a fresh lineup of over 35 talented makers, designers, and creative small entrepreneurs from New York and beyond.

Bring a friend and browse a curated selection of handmade jewelry, apparel, bath and body care, tableware, artisanal packaged food, and more — all set inside the industrial arcade of one of Dumbo’s most iconic buildings in the heart of Dumbo’s historic waterfront district.

​In this ceramic vessel workshop, you'll get to build your own mug, small vase, or pitcher using the slab building technique.

​We'll cover the basics of slab building techniques, providing all materials and templates for you to create a stunning first vessel of your choosing<3 It will be playful and communal and oh so very hands on, we can't wait to create with you!

​​FAD Market returns to Governors Island for its fifth season, popping up every third weekend from June to August! Set along the tree-lined King Ave, between historic early 20th-century buildings, this idyllic market is just steps from Yankee Pier (where Brooklyn ferries dock) and Liggett Terrace’s bustling food stalls.

Each month, we showcase a fresh lineup of 40+ independent makers, designers, artists, and small businesses. Discover handcrafted jewelry, art, apparel, bath and body care, home goods, artisanal packaged foods, and more.

Discover the edible poetry of traditional confections at 7s Art’s Seasons in Sweets: Summer Wagashi Workshop. This hands-on experience offers more than dessert—it’s a journey into the seasonal beauty, cultural symbolism, and artistry of wagashi.

Led by NYC-based tea dessert artist Xinxin He, you’ll craft four summer-themed designs: Rose (玫瑰), Early Lotus (初荷), Hydrangea (绣球), and Wisteria (紫藤). Each sweet reflects the essence of the season through color, form, and meaning.

The season begins with our delicate English lavender, blooming in mid-June. The first bloom showcases a breathtaking palette—white, pale blue, pink, soft lilac and deep purple. With over 20 varieties, English lavender usually grows to two feet tall, though some stretch even higher. This is when we begin our first harvest, gathering fresh and dried bundles at peak bloom.

For the most spectacular display, plan your visit for early July. This is when our French lavender fields reach their peak, covering the landscape in purple—the iconic lavender fields of Provence, right here at home. This is our peak bloom, the moment when the fields are at their most breathtaking.

Don’t miss Van Gogh's Starry Nights at NYBG! Van Gogh’s Flowers comes aglow for these evening outings that capture the twinkling allure of the artist’s nighttime scenery. Find yourself surrounded by the botanical beauty that inspired Van Gogh. Wander through a breathtaking lawn of real sunflowers, relax to live music and performers, and celebrate the iconic “Starry Night” with a 10-minute illuminated drone show finale sparkling in the night sky—the first of its kind at a cultural institution in New York City—when hundreds of dancing drones transform the sky with light and color (conditions permitting).