Making Incense From Local Plants

Every wisp of smoke carries a story. For millennia, humans have burned fragrant herbs, resins, and woods to mark moments of reverence, purify the air, and connect with something deeper than words can reach. 

Discover how Making Incense From Local Plants, the common reed found throughout Long Island and much of North America, can be transformed from an invasive plant into a soft, slow-burning charcoal like that used by our ancestors in ancient incense and pigments.

Learn the process of making homemade incense from Phragmites and explore this transformation from reed to ritual while connecting with a practice rooted in the past.

Materials will be provided.

Adults & Youth Ages 15+.

Saturday, October 3, 2026
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum
180 Little Neck Road
Centerport, NY

Cost – $40 / Members $36 

To register CLICK HERE