Garden Classes in NYC, New York

A great abundance of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms makes this park a great place for edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms in late summer. Burdock, an expensive detoxifying herb sold in health food stores, abounds in cultivated areas throughout the park. You can also use this invasive species as a superb root vegetable, or even...

The 2021 foraging season, the 39th, opens with Central Park, a perennial popular venue for foragers, beginning at 11:45 AM, Saturday, March 6, just inside the park at West 72nd St. This tour will be co-led by "Wildman," and his daughter, Violet Brill, who will be leading some solo tours throughout the Greater NY area again as well. Most foragers...

Bonsai is the ancient Japanese art form of miniature trees in containers.  It is an art form that helps connect us to nature. Through this process, it strengthens our spirit. This is why Bonsai can be a figurative mirror image of the grower. With an open heart and mind, students can start their own journey of personal growth through the art of...

Did you know succulents breathe through their stomata at night and other houseplants typically during the day? This water-conserving process is called crassulacean acid metabolism.  Join us as we discuss the structural differences between succulents and other houseplants, how their needs differ, and how to propagate them. After potting up together,...

This is a great place for wild foods in mid-summer. Wild greens will also be thriving in fields and along trail edges. We'll be looking for chickweed, which tastes like corn on the cob, lemony sheep sorrel and greenbriar, spicy poor man's pepper, crunchy purslane, and pungent field garlic seeds. We'll also hunt for culinary and medicinal herbs such...

Saxon Woods Park's forested areas grassy habitats, and swamps are excellent places for mid-spring foraging, and we'll be very busy with a variety of common, widespread, renewable native and exotic plant species as we explore these habitats. The sunny borders between woodlands and the parking lot provide prime habitat for various wild herbs and greens....

Saturday, March 6 The 2021 foraging season, the 39th, opens with Central Park, a perennial popular venue for foragers, beginning at 11:45 AM, Saturday, March 6, just inside the park at West 72nd St. This tour will be co-led by "Wildman," and his daughter, Violet Brill, who will be leading some solo tours throughout the Greater NY area again as well....

In this interactive class guests will design their arrangements using seasonal, locally grown flowers. Each person will receive flowers inspired by Monica Nelson's Edible Flowers book. We'll mix edible flowers with locally flowers grown in our region to create beautiful designs. Monica Nelson will be leading the class with us and will share with us...

This is a great place for wild foods in mid-summer. Wild greens will also be thriving in fields and along trail edges. We'll be looking for chickweed, which tastes like corn on the cob, lemony sheep sorrel and greenbriar, spicy poor man's pepper, crunchy purslane, and pungent field garlic seeds. We'll also hunt for culinary and medicinal herbs such...

The seashore is always a special place for edible wild plants, and autumn is no exception. In addition to the beach habitat and adjacent fields and thickets, it's got cultivated areas, wetlands, and woodland trails. The most spectacular find in the sand within sight of the ocean is sea rocket, is a pungent, succulent mustard found nowhere else, and...

This class allows students to complete 20 hours of total class preparation before the official exams take place. Course Materials: 1) Students must purchase Curvebreakers' SAT Strategy Book, A New Approach to Deconstruct and Destroy the SAT. Currently, the book is free on Amazon with Kindle Unlimited. The Kindle version can be purchased for $3.99...

This class allows students to complete 20 hours of total class preparation before the official exam takes place. This class includes Curvebreakers' most popular review class - the ACT Crash Course. As their final session of the class, students attend the 2.5-hour Crash Course. Ending with the crash course is the perfect way to recap all...

This is one of the best places in the world for early spring foraging, with a wide selection of wild herbs, greens, roots, and even some cold-weather mushrooms. Habitats include miles of mature forest, as well as the trail edges, and the disturbed, overgrown, and cultivated habitats that provide homes for all sorts of diverse species. Burdock, a...

Forest Park is one of the best places for foragers in mid-spring. Get lost in this vast park, and you'll have plenty to eat (that is, if you can distinguish the gourmet plants from the deadly ones.) It boasts a large, mature, secondary growth forest, trail edges, thickets, and cultivated areas—all overflowing with wild plants. Burdock,...