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Houseplants 101: How Not to Kill Your Houseplant

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

After this class you’ll never again have to wonder whether you watered too much or too little, when to repot a plant into a bigger container, or about any other fundamental questions of indoor plant care. Notes: Please bring this confirmation for Garden admission. The Security Guard in the lobby of the Administration Bldg. at 1000 Washington Avenue will direct you to your classroom.

Veggies and Herbs in Containers

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Many vegetables and herbs thrive in containers, making them perfect for windowsills, decks, terraces, and rooftops. Learn which varieties do best in containers and how to care for them so that they reward you with a delicious and bountiful harvest!

Edible and Medicinal Native Plants of the Northeast

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how the indigenous peoples of the Northeast prepared food and remedies from dozens of native plants that we will identify in the newly expanded Native Flora Garden. Our region is rich in little-known edible and medicinal plants, from woodland spices such as wild ginger to wetland plants like pickerel weed and wapato.

Houseplants 101: Choose the Perfect Plant

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

This class will help you find plants that love exactly the amount of light, humidity, and other conditions your indoor space has to offer. Selecting the right plant means the difference between something that looks gorgeous and is easy to take care of and a sad-looking specimen that leaves you wondering what you did wrong!

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Foraging for Wild Edible Plants

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how to safely identify, sustainably harvest, and deliciously prepare the feast growing at your doorstep with ethnobotanist Leda Meredith, author of Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Plants from Beach Plums to Wineberries. The Northeast is rich in wild edible plants, even in the city. On this foraging foray, we'll find native delicacies such as pokeweed and ramps growing right next to introduced invasive (but still delicious) species,...

Waking Up the Garden for Spring

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the fundamentals of springtime garden care. Learn how and when to prepare your soil for new plantings, how to plant seeds, how to transplant, and how to propagate.

Growing Food in the Shade

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the fundamentals of springtime garden care. Learn how and when to prepare your soil for new plantings, how to plant seeds, how to transplant, and how to propagate.Think you can’t grow edibles because you have a shady garden? Think again! There are plenty of delicious and unusual plants that thrive in woodland conditions. Learn which plants grow best in partial to full shade and how to care for them from planting to harvest. Please Note:...

Small Batch Canning for Tiny Kitchens

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Think you need a big kitchen and an epic garden to do canning? Think again! In this class you’ll learn how to can one- to six-jar batches of recipes that will enable you to make the most of local seasonal produce, whether it’s from your garden or from the farmers’ market.

The Forager's Feast

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how to identify and sustainably harvest the abundance of wild edibles growing right here in Brooklyn, such as purslane, sassafras, wild cherry, burdock, and many more. You’ll also get tips on the best ways to prepare as well as preserve them.

Wild Edibles

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

From the edible natives of our northeastern forests, like ramps and fiddleheads, to weedy introductions such as purslane and lambsquarters, there are dozens of unconventional food plants you can grow or forage. Learn to safely identify, harvest, and prepare these delicious wild ingredients, and discover which noninvasive natives will thrive in your garden. Note: Please bring a confirmation for Garden admission. The Security Guard in the lobby of...

Preserving the Summer Harvest

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Preserving the abundance of your garden and the market while harvests are at their peak ensures that you'll have optimal variety, nutrition, and a lower food carbon footprint come winter. Learn the best and safest ways to can, freeze, lacto-ferment, pickle, dry, salt, and otherwise preserve summer's bounty. Please Note: The Security Guard in the lobby of the Administration Bldg. at 1000 Washington Avenue will direct you to your classroom.

Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms

Brooklyn Botanic Garden