Art workshops

The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Road, will offer art workshops on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from Wednesday, July 1 through Thursday, August 27.

Sessions meet from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and noon to 3 p.m. Thursdays.

The workshops will help develop individual artist expression in an informal setting, with a focus on building self esteem and self empowerment through self expression.

The workshops are for beginner and intermediate art students. Students will use various art materials as well as natural, green and recycled materials.

Abdelilah Ennassef, an art instructor at Union Theological Seminary will give the workshops. He has studied at the Ecole Superieur des Beaux Arts in Paris and received a bachelor’s in fine arts from the School of Visual Arts. Mr. Ennassef lives in Riverdale.

The cost for nine sessions is $200.

For more information, call 718-548-4445.

Trees museum

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will host a public art exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Bronx’s Grand Concourse between Sunday, June 21, and Monday, Oct. 21.

Artist Katie Holten’s work was created on the Grand Concourse, but Wave Hill is hosting a satellite exhibition. Ms. Holten created a tree museum that features an audio guide compiled from hundreds of stories she’s collected, to the trees of the Grand Concourse.

For more information, call 718-543-6065 ext. 302.

Growing food

The New York Botanical Garden, off Exit 7W of the Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road, will host a summer celebration of growing your own food from Monday, June 27 to Sunday, Sept. 13.

“The Edible Garden” features exhibits ranging from edible tropical plants to culinary herbs, from how to save heirloom species to how scientists worldwide are conducting botanical research. An audio tour, narrated by Mario Batali and Bette Midler with commentary from chef Dan Barber, is available.

Throughout the summer, the garden will host celebrities such as Mr. Barber, Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Lidia Bastianich, Daisy Martinez, Aida Mollenkamp, Sunny Anderson and Anne Burrell.