Weeksville Green: Farmer’s & Community Market 2026

We’re back at Weeksville, Saturday, August 22nd from 12-5 pm!

Check items off your grocery list, support local businesses, and enjoy a full afternoon of programming led by artists, activists, and community organizers.

Programming and entertainment for the day includes:

12 PM – Doors Open + Marketplace

Browse and enjoy Fresh Produce from GrowNYC and curated selections from local businesses & community vendors: Essence Smoothies, Brooklyn Supported Agriculture, 18 August Avenue, Sscarlets Web Bookstore, FLO + THEO, Botanical Moment, The Black Mermaid Society, The Student Kitchen, Field Meridians 

Guests who purchase produce from our Greenmarket table or support any of our community vendors will receive complimentary food while supplies last.

12:30 PM – Yoga Nidra for Healthy Aging with Dianne Scott 

Experience Yoga Nidra, a guided meditation practiced lying down that promotes deep physical, emotional, and mental relaxation. Through intention setting, breath awareness, and a gentle body scan, participants will be guided into a restorative state that can help reduce stress, improve sleep, and support healing.

The workshop is led by Dianne Scott, M.S.Ed., E-RYT, a veteran yoga and meditation teacher and founder of Joy of Living Yoga, with more than 30 years of experience guiding communities through somatic practices.

1 PM – Choose Your Flow

Fabric Food Forest Workshop with Field Meridians 

Contribute to a growing community quilt inspired by Crown Heights’ natural environment. Using embroidery, appliqué, hand stitching, or drawing, participants will create individual quilt squares that will become part of Field Meridians’ ongoing Fabric Food Forest tapestry.

Along the way, explore quilting, local ecology, and our relationships with the plants, trees, birds, bees, and other neighbors that share our environment.

How to Build an at Home Library: A Family Literacy Workshop with 18 August Avenue 

Explore how families can create literacy-rich homes where children and caregivers read, reflect, and grow together. Through interactive storytime and guided caregiver reflection, families will explore parenting, identity, rest, and emotional well-being.

Participating families will also receive curated book bundles featuring culturally affirming children’s books and caregiver-centered reading materials to help continue these practices at home.

2 PM – Choose Your Flow

Rest & Restore Yoga with Sensate Wellness 

We invite you to join Six Travis for a Rest and Restore Yoga session designed for all ages, bodies, and skill levels. Revitalize yourself in the beautiful communal energy as you turn inward and cultivate inner peace through self-awareness.

***The session will be held outdoors; yoga mats will be given on a first-come, first-served basis!

The Art of Birdwatching with Indigo Goodson-Fields 

Join us for an hour long beginners birding workshop with Indigo Goodson-Fields. We will bird the Weeksville Center grounds while discussing and identifying backyard birds and migratory species. Indigo will discuss the community of Black birders, the importance of birding and our impact on larger birding culture.

The route includes some paved paths, gravel, grass and slight inclines. The route is approximately 2 acres and there will be opportunities to rest and bathroom access. The route is amenable based on need.

3:30pm – Designing Identity: Jewelry, Culture & Storytelling with Jam + Rico 

Join Jam+Rico founder Lisette Scott for a hands-on jewelry-making workshop inspired by the Caribbean and African Diaspora. Explore how adornment can carry culture, memory, and personal meaning, then create your own necklace or bracelet using beads, charms, and natural materials.

No experience needed. All materials are provided, and everyone will leave with a one-of-a-kind piece to take home.

ONGOING

Chess on the Lawn with Rooklyn and KnightShiftChess

Pull up a chair and play a round of chess throughout the afternoon with Veronica Lorya of Rooklyn and Bed-Stuy native and National Chess Master James Black of KnightShiftChess. All ages and experience levels are welcome, whether you’re looking for a casual game or want to learn the basics.

New to chess? Free beginner lessons will be offered at 1 pm and 3:30 pm.

Sounds by Quinnette

Quinnette, a native of Louisville, Kentucky understood she could make music a life at the age of 14 by collecting records; her journey began growing up in the south where music was cherished by feeling, & was not conformed to any era or time. She is an audio engineer and editor. Shade 45, Sways Universe, featured a mix of hers. Adept at spinning vinyl and grooving with Serato: there is no limit to genre, as her unique mixes inspire soulfulness all round. As an educator, she uses music and technology to empower youth, teaching DJ skills and mentoring young children to encourage their dreams.

RSVP here and sign up for any workshops you’d like to join. Walk-ins for workshops are welcome as space allows.

Weeksville is home and your comfort matters to us. If you have any accessibility needs or questions, please reach out to us at programs@weeksvillesociety.org we’re happy to support you in any way we can.

Support for Weeksville’s programs and initiatives is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Arts; Hon. Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York; the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York State Office of Children and Family Services; the State of New York; and Assemblywoman Latrice Walker; Hon. Zohran K. Mamdani, Mayor of the City of New York; Hon. Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn Borough President; the New York City Department of Youth & Community Development; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, including Council Member Darlene Mealy and Council Member Chi Ossé.

Additional support is provided by the Altschul Foundation, Altman Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Brooklyn Org, Charina Foundation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, Ford Foundation, Hyde and Watson Foundation, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Mellon Foundation, Mosaic Network & Fund, National Grid Corporation, Scherman Foundation, The Robert M. Schiffman Foundation, and William C. Bullitt Foundation.