Explore the veggie garden

Come and explore the New York Botanical Gardens and Mario Batali’s Kitchen Gardens now through Nov. 1

Take a look at “Dinner del Giorno” garden beds with classic Italian ingredients, have fun with Mario’s mystery menu game, and hear stories from the staff at Batali and Bastianich Hospitality group.

This interactive space is filled with beds of vegetables and herbs where you can pick up recipes for popular dishes and learn how to create fresh, seasonal family meals. The plants are accompanied by Kitchen Tales, the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group’s chefs’ stories of their own experiences cooking and eating their favorite vegetables.

Mario Batali’s Kitchen Gardens, daily, Mondays and Tuesdays, 5 to 7:30 pm; Wednesdays through Sundays, from 1:30 to 6 pm. Now to Sunday, Nov. 1. Admission is included with the All Garden Pass.

New York Botanical Garden [200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, (718) 817–8700; www.nybg.org].

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