Tue, Mar 14
10:30am - 12:30pm Eastern Time
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at New York Botanical Garden - Bronx 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458
Explore the basics of successful, environmentally friendly gardening. Topics include soils and their improvement, seed sowing, vegetative propagation, planting, pruning, watering, weeding, mulching, and disease and pest control. This course is also required for the Horticultural Therapy Certificate. Recommended Texts: The New Gardener's Handbook:...
Explore the basics of successful, environmentally...
Read moreTuesday Mar 14th, 10:30am - 12:30pm Eastern Time
(6 sessions)
at New York Botanical Garden - NYBG Bronx 2950 Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458
Put all your garden ideas into practice with this practical overview of the best layout plans and circulation patterns. Learn how to analyze space and proportions to create a coherent landscape design that complements both home and garden.
Put all your garden ideas into practice with this...
Read moreSaturday Feb 4th, 10am - 12pm Eastern Time
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at New York Botanical Garden - Midtown 20 W 44th St, New York, New York 10036
Whether in a shady corner or a sunny border, selecting the right plant combinations makes the difference between a ho-hum garden and one that gets rave reviews. Concentrating on perennials, learn to use color, texture, height, and bloom when combining plants to create a harmonious look for your garden come spring.
Whether in a shady corner or a sunny border, selecting...
Read moreSaturday Mar 25th, 10:30am - 12:30pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
at New York Botanical Garden - NYBG Bronx 2950 Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458
Low-maintenance dahlias thrive in our coastal climate. When they bloom in mid-July, their spiky, colorful blossoms brighten up gardens and flower beds across the city. Learn best practices to help your dahlias flourish, including how and when to disbud, stake, water, and much more.
Low-maintenance dahlias thrive in our coastal climate....
Read moreSaturday Mar 11th, 10am - 1pm Eastern Time
at "Wildman" Steve Brill - Central Park Inside Central Park W & W 72nd St, New York, New York 10023
Central Park provides a great window into the world of wild foods of mid-spring. It's the peak of the season for wild salad greens, and we'll be finding great quantities of renewable ingredients: Spicy mustard greens, such as garlicky garlic mustard, hot hedge mustard, and even hotter poor man's pepper, will abound on lawns or under trees anywhere,...
Central Park provides a great window into the world...
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11:45am - 3:45pm Eastern Time
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11:45am - 3:45pm Eastern Time
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11:45am - 3:45pm Eastern Time
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Saturday Mar 4th, 11:45am - 3:45pm Eastern Time
at New York Botanical Garden - NYBG Bronx 2950 Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458
Rich, nutritious soil makes for large, healthy plants and reduces the need for regular fertilization. Learn the difference between soil structure and texture; how these differences affect plant growth; and how you can modify your soil to improve its qualities. Give your garden a solid foundation, and you'll reap the benefits for years to come.
Rich, nutritious soil makes for large, healthy plants...
Read moreSaturday Feb 25th, 12:45pm - 2:45pm Eastern Time
at New York Botanical Garden - Midtown 20 W 44th St, New York, New York 10036
Gain an introduction to the terminology, concepts, and basic principles of landscape design through lectures and simple two-dimensional exercises. This course is recommended for students with little or no background in design who want to design for their own home or who are considering a Certificate.
Gain an introduction to the terminology, concepts,...
Read moreSaturday Feb 25th, 10am - 1pm Eastern Time
(3 sessions)
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at Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Crown Heights 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11225
This course explores how best to plan your vegetable garden, including crop selection, planting schedules, and succession planting. In the greenhouse, we practice starting seeds appropriate for early spring; participants take home seeds ideal for spring planting.
This course explores how best to plan your vegetable...
Read moreThursday Mar 16th, 6pm - 8pm Eastern Time
at "Wildman" Steve Brill - Brooklyn Prospect Park - Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York 11238
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...
A great abundance of edible and medicinal wild plants...
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11:45am - 3:45pm Eastern Time
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Sunday Mar 5th, 11:45am - 3:45pm Eastern Time
at New York Botanical Garden - Midtown 20 W 44th St, New York, New York 10036
Learn how to create a container garden for your patio, terrace, or entryway that's both functional and gorgeous-and helps your plants thrive in all four seasons.
Learn how to create a container garden for your patio,...
Read moreSaturday Mar 18th, 10am - 2:30pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
at New York Botanical Garden - Midtown 20 W 44th St, New York, New York 10036
Vines and other climbing plants like clematis, wisteria, roses, hardy jasmine, and climbing hydrangea not only sport beautiful blossoms, they also provide strong vertical design—in backyards and patios, or rooftops and terraces. They can create outdoor enclosures and transform unattractive structures by clinging, twining, scrambling, or trailing....
Vines and other climbing plants like clematis, wisteria,...
Read moreWednesday Mar 15th, 6pm - 9pm Eastern Time
at New York Botanical Garden - NYBG Bronx 2950 Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458
Orchids are one of the most common houseplants in America. While this exotic flower is widely available, many do not know how to properly care for it. In this class, you'll explore how orchids grow in nature and learn the basic care instructions to keep them healthy and blooming in your home.
Orchids are one of the most common houseplants in...
Read moreSunday Mar 19th, 11am - 1pm Eastern Time
at New York Botanical Garden - NYBG Bronx 2950 Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458
Florists and floral designers who want long-lasting, gorgeous interior plantings won't want to miss this unique class from florist, horticulturist, and indoor plant expert Chris Raimondi. In this class, Chris shares essential horticulture practices for proper selection and maintenance of plants used in atria,corporate offices, and for special events....
Florists and floral designers who want long-lasting,...
Read moreFriday Mar 10th, 10am - 2:30pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
at New York Botanical Garden - NYBG Bronx 2950 Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458
When the trees have dropped their leaves and there is a chill in the air, there are still many things to see in the woods and wide open spaces. Join wild foods author and forager author Marie Viljoen for a brisk walk in the garden to discover and identify edible, fragrant, and useful plants, such as juniper, spicebush, and bayberry in their winter...
When the trees have dropped their leaves and there...
Read moreSaturday Mar 4th, 11am - 1pm Eastern Time
at New York Botanical Garden - NYBG Bronx 2950 Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York 10458
Survey photographs from dozens of eye-catching gardens to discover how to combine different plant species using the basic criteria of form, color, texture, and height. We will discuss how seasonality, a garden's location, and a plant's native habitat should all factor in to your decision of which plants make the best partners.
Survey photographs from dozens of eye-catching gardens...
Read moreSaturday Feb 11th, 10am - 12pm Eastern Time
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