bokashi workshops


Upcoming workshops, tablings, and other bokashi-related events in and around NYC

1 upcoming event(s):

The Bokashi Method to Prep Your Soil 12/14/2024 Sat 1-4pm

By Admin, 19 October, 2024

Saturday, December 14, 2024 
1 pm – 4 pm 
at Down to Earth Garden, 546 E 12th St (by Ave B) [map

We will cover application guidelines on the bokashi method for preparing your soil whether in late fall, during the winter, or early spring. 

We will make Activated EM (i.e., the bokashi microbes, aka bokashi spray) which is one of the main microbial applications to soil and organic matter (including fall leaves, plant clippings, twigs/branches, and food waste). 

Down to Earth Garden (a GreenThumb community garden) has had a combined bokashi composting system with El Sol Brillante since the fall of 2009. 

Co-sponsored by LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens), lungsnyc.org, and El Sol Brillante, elsolbrillante.org.

Photos captions: garden plot 20 at El Sol Brillante from early winter through the start of spring — 12/31/2023, 2/25/2024, 3/10/2024, and 3/24/2024.


Past Events

By Admin, 17 October, 2024

Sunday, October 20, 2024 
2 pm – 5 pm 
at Battery Park City Park, Esplanade Plaza [map
(near the intersection of Liberty St & S. End Ave. Transit: 1/R/W to Cortlandt Street, 4/5 to Fulton Street, or E to World Trade Center) 

The 4th Annual Compost Carnival is a free, family-friendly event to celebrate and educate about one of the biggest sustainability initiatives to ever come to NYC: Citywide Curbside Organics Collection. 

By Admin, 18 September, 2024

As part of the LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival, 9/20/2024–9/29/2024, lungsnyc.org

at El Sol Brillante community garden 522 E 12th St (between Ave A and Ave B) 
Saturday, 9/28/2024, 11 am – 12 pm 

How to use the bokashi microbes to make mudballs which can be used to inoculate contaminated soils and waters.

By Admin, 18 September, 2024

As part of the LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival, 9/20/2024–9/29/2024, lungsnyc.org

at El Sol Brillante community garden 522 E 12th St (between Ave A and Ave B) 
Sunday, 9/22/2024, 11 am – 12 pm 

How to use the bokashi microbes (i.e., Activated EM or bokashi spray) to spray down a dog run to minimize odor and pests, such as biting flies.

By Admin, 18 September, 2024

As part of the LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival, 9/20/2024–9/29/2024, lungsnyc.org

at El Sol Brillante community garden 522 E 12th St (between Ave A and Ave B) 
Saturday, 9/21/2024, 11 am – 12 pm 

How to use the same microbes used to make bokashi to ferment juiced fruits (e.g., pineapple, apple, pear, ginger) for human consumption. Sample beverages will be served.

By Admin, 20 April, 2024

Saturday, April 20, 2024 
1 pm – 4 pm 
on Avenue B, 8th and 9th Streets, New York, NY 10009 
East Village/Lower East Side, Manhattan 

The LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) Spring Awakening begins with a parade (12 pm – 1 pm) that starts from one community garden (El Sol Brillante) and goes by other community gardens in the neighborhood.