Aztec New Year Celebration

In connection with the Aztec New Year, the Garden and Xochipilli Collective will host a Celebration of the Planting of Corn. The celebration will include storytelling and a dance performance by Danza Azteca Taxcayolotl and Danza Chikawa de Conroe, based on Native American myths derived from the seed of the corn. There will also be a demonstration planting of a Three Sisters Garden, a Native American guild planting technique with squash, because their leaves create a natural mulch to protect the soil from drying out, beans to fix nitrogen in the soil, and corn, which acts as a trellis for the beans.