10/21 PECaN Seed Cleaning Workshop

Date: 10/21/2025

Location: Greenbelt Native Plant Center (Staten Island) (opens in new tab)
Victory Blvd. bet. Ridgeway Ave. and Travis Ave., Staten Island

Meeting Location: PECaN Parking Lot - 3808 Victory Blvd

Description: Join the NYC Parks Plant Ecology Center and Nursery (PECaN) for a hands-on seed cleaning workshop from the Seed Increase Program (SIP)! This program farms seed for use in restoration projects throughout the five boroughs. This workshop will include a tour through GNPC's seed production fields and detailed demonstrations of on-site cleaning equipment. Additional topics of discussion are: seed collection, drying, testing, and storage. Following the tour, we will spend time processing dried harvests which includes: separating seeds from the plants and winnowing the seed from the husk through a variety of techniques using hands and machinery. Depending on the interests of the group, we will discuss techniques for small collection up to farm production. If you have small amounts of seed to clean, we may be able to process if time and space allows. Come prepared with long sleeves, long pants, and closed-toes shoes and expect to get dusty and dirty.

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