June

The ability to command a broad vocabulary of styles defines the professional floral designer. From Neo-Classical and Victorian to English garden and Flemish, understanding floral styles expands your design options, evokes specific moods, and helps create the perfect setting. $290 more...
234FDN302B 06/10 Sa 10:00am-2:30pm Mele
NYBG

A successful pollinator garden must provide appropriate food and habitat for a diverse array of species, including bees, beetles, butterflies,moths, birds, and even pollinating flies. Explore best practices for attracting and supporting our native pollinators, as well as which native more...
234GAR340 06/10 Sa 10:30am-12:30pm Eierman, EcoBeneficial
NYBG

Learn the basic watercolor techniques used by botanical artists while painting a perennial hibiscus flower from a provided photograph. A photograph will be provided for reference. Flat wash, layering and dry brush techniques will be covered. This online course will more...
234BIL110O 06/11 Su 11:00am-4:30pm Rossetti
ONLINE

Expert rosarian Shauna Moore walks you through the history of a wide variety of rose types and classifications while explaining how to select the best ones for your garden. On a walk through the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, she'll share more...
234GAR361BL 06/11 Su 9:30am-11:30am Moore
BLENDED

Choose the right plant for the right place, based on site-specific design and maintenance criteria. Learn landscape values such as size, texture, color, and flowering and fruiting seasons. Review trees, shrubs, groundcovers, annuals, and perennials suitable for this region.
234HRT358E 06/11 Su 11:00am-1:40pm Nolan
NYBG

The tri-state area contains many distinct ecosystems, including woodlands, salt marshes, meadows, and fresh water wetlands. Study the unique characteristics of local habitats and the species they support, paying close attention to interspecies relationships. We'll spend time on Garden grounds more...
234NAT337BL 06/11 Su 10:00am-12:00pm Pehek
BLENDED

This intro class teaches you basic botanical illustration techniques to help you make realistic drawings of branches, stems, leaves, and flowers using graphite and colored pencil.
234BIL145CO 06/12 Mo 6:00pm-9:00pm Lyness
ONLINE

The focus of this course is on color theory and application. Colored pencil line and tone can be applied to look like either drawing or painting, making it a versatile medium for creating botanical artwork. Learn a variety of techniques, more...
234BIL415O 06/13 Tu 6:00pm-9:00pm Reiner
ONLINE

Learn how to craft a loose, romantic floral arrangement that evokes the free-flowing nature of meadows. Discover how to sustainably source and style a variety of plant material as you artfully blend heirloom roses and ranunculus with field flowers and more...
234FDN395O 06/14 We 6:00pm-8:00pm O'Sullivan
ONLINE

Learn to navigate the bustling New York flower district! Discover where to get the best flowers and hard goods from the pros. Your confirmation letter will include where we will meet in the flower district. Lunch is not included. Dress more...
234FDN400B 06/14 We 9:00am-12:30pm Woodson
OFS

Join ecologist Michael Gaige as he demonstrates how to identify old and ancient trees, both in Eastern woodlands and across the globe. He will discuss the factors that allow them to grow for centuries and illustrate how the advanced age, more...
234NAT353O 06/14 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Gaige
ONLINE

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.
234GAR301C 06/15 Th 10:00am-12:00pm Marsh
ONLINE

Delve into the fascinating world of the creatures that make up 84% of the Animal Kingdom—what renowned biologist E.O. Wilson once called "the little things that run the world." We'll discuss the roles that insects play—both in maintaining healthy ecosystems more...
234NAT322BL 06/15 Th 10:00am-12:00pm Chaya
BLENDED

Designed for both inexperienced students and those who wish to improve their skills, this class will allow you to work at your own pace on a variety of pieces. Lectures and demonstrations are enhanced by individual instruction.
234BIL140AO 06/17 Sa 11:00am-3:30pm Vogel
ONLINE

Mercy Home provides services to individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, including a robust therapeutic horticulture program that includes indoor, outdoor, and hydroponic gardening. This visit will offer an inside look into Mercy Home's beautiful courtyard, greenhouse, and indoor grow more...
234THP507B 06/17 Sa 9:00am-2:00pm Riche
Home
OFS

Full, lavish arrangements to enhance entrance halls, ballrooms, parties, and hotels are always in demand. Learn the mechanics behind how these dramatic arrangements are designed and constructed. $225 materials fee.
234FDN502 06/20 Tu 10:00am-2:30pm Cawley
NYBG

Illustrators Maria Sybilla and Art Cushman and botanical artists Marianne North and Marc Isaac-Williams accurately depict the complex beauty of insects. To better render these animals so crucial to the life of plants, we'll explore the basics of insect classification, more...
234BIL338O 06/22 Th 11:00am-3:00pm Rawlins
ONLINE

This class introduces basic garden design principles using the interplay of structural features, plant characteristics, and site assessment. Learn to creatively combine trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and bulbs based on color, shape, texture, and size.
234GAR342O 06/22 Th 6:00pm-8:30pm Beyers
ONLINE

Internationally renowned botanical artist Billy Showell joins us from England for a special 3-day online workshop. A master of the wet-on-wet watercolor technique, Showell will guide you through her methods of washing, lifting, and re-washing to create velvety smooth roses, more...
234BIL446O 06/23 Fr 10:00am-3:30pm Showell
ONLINE

Become familiar with the identification, culture, and landscape use of annuals and select tender perennials. Review major groups of common species as well as more unusual types. Learn how to choose low-maintenance plants, and review the scientific and common names more...
234HRT341A 06/23 Fr 9:00am-11:00am Simeone
NYBG

Learn the fundamentals for turning ordinary nursery stock into a living work of art. This workshop covers the five major styles of bonsai along with plant and container selection, branch and root pruning, wiring, and potting. more...
234GAR912 06/24 Sa 11:00am-4:30pm Capobianco
NYBG

Bring the bouquet of a summer garden indoors with handmade, naturally moisturizing glycerin soaps. You'll learn the traditional melt-and-pour process and combine fragrances of various dried herbs and essential oils-lavender, rosemary, mint, and more-to make four bars to take home. more...
234WEL143 06/24 Sa 11:00am-2:00pm Scholl
NYBG

Explore how therapeutic horticulture can improve the health, function, and quality of life for older adults in various settings, from independent to assisted living, day programs, skilled nursing, and memory care facilities. You willalso gain an understanding of the physical, more...
234THP401O 06/28 We 6:30pm-8:30pm Brechner
ONLINE

Emerging research suggests that mushrooms may be beneficial for brain and nerve health. Discover the properties of different species and learn where medicinal mushrooms occur locally. Study how select types such as Maitake, Reishi, and Lion's Mane can help strengthen more...
234WEL181O 06/28 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Michelotti
ONLINE

Accurate observation translates into sensitive, realistic drawings and is an essential skill for botanical artists. Using basic shapes, fruit, and leaves, learn contour drawing with an emphasis on proportion, and explore techniques such as foreshortening, perspective, and line weight.
234BIL301DO 06/29 Th 6:00pm-9:00pm Vogel
ONLINE

July

Learn to measure and monitor the ecological diversity observed and celebrated in and around New York City environs. Practice using field techniques for recording observations in nature while walking along trails in the Garden. Explore the biodiversity within your chosen more...
241NAT323 07/05 We 9:00am-12:00pm Slowik
NYBG

Hand-woven willow baskets bring a touch of rustic yet elegant beauty to your home. Jes Clark of the Hudson Valley's Willow Vale Farm will teach you the traditional techniques of rib willow basketry-such as weaving a modified Catalan Base, Three-Rod more...
241CRF224 07/06 Th 10:00am-4:00pm Clark
NYBG

Pen and ink, among the most versatile and useful media, can be used to create high quality, easily reproducible drawings. Learn how to produce different strokes and how to create tone by using stipple, line, and crosshatch techniques.
241BIL400O 07/07 Fr 11:00am-2:00pm Morley
ONLINE

Building on Botanical Drawing I skills, learn to tone fruit, vegetables, leaves, and branches. Focus on concepts of light source, value, and shading to create form. Learn to translate color into black and white, and create the illusion of depth more...
241BIL302CO 07/08 Sa 11:00am-2:00pm Rawlins
ONLINE

Get a little messy making seasonal berry jam! Trained in preservation techniques at Cornell, Stephen Nocera will show you three distinct methods of jamming, using less sugar and no additives or pectin. You'll come away with the techniques and recipes more...
241CKG200 07/08 Sa 11:00am-2:00pm Nocera
NYBG

Become familiar with the identification, culture, and landscape use of annuals and select tender perennials. Review major groups of common species as well as more unusual types. Learn how to choose low-maintenance plants, and review the scientific and common names more...
241HRT341B 07/08 Sa 9:00am-11:00am Ruggiero
NYBG

Discover plants native to our region that flower in summer, such as Hairy Penstemon, Spotted Beebalm, Shrubby St. John's Wort, and Northern Bush Honeysuckle. Learn how to choose the right plants for your landscape conditions and explore the benefits they more...
241GAR212 07/09 Su 10:30am-12:30pm Eierman, EcoBeneficial
NYBG

In just five weeks, you can complete all classroom credits toward the NYBG Certificate, so you can get started on your internship requirement ASAP. Working one-on-one with floral design professionals, you'll create dozens of arrangements in diverse styles for many more...
241FDN950 07/10 Mo 10:00am-5:00pm Cawley
Woodson
Mele
Edinger
Miura
Raimondi, CLP
Norman
Braverman
NYBG

In just three weeks, complete more than 40% of the coursework required for the Certificate and gain a solid base in the principles of environmentally sound gardening from expert professionals. You'll also see how these principles are put into practice more...
241GAR950 07/10 Mo 9:00am-4:00pm Himmelman
Eierman, EcoBeneficial
Kokinchak
Ruggiero
Tryba
Bakis
Hagen
Finley
Marsh
NYBG

In four weeks, earn 25% of the course hours required for the NYBG Certificate in Landscape Design. Including interactive classes with top landscape architects, designers, and guest lecturers; trips to historic sites; and the Garden's incomparable resources, this summer program more...
241LAN960 07/10 Mo 9:00am-5:00pm Arrington
Poccia
Merritt
Ruggiero
Cohen
Hagen
Pulver
Finley
Rumiantcev
NYBG

In just three weeks, complete more than 30% of the coursework required for the Certificate and gain a solid understanding of how to utilize plants, gardening, and nature to empower specific individuals and groups. All courses are offered in a more...
241THP960 07/11 Tu 9:00am-4:30pm Meore
D'Amico
Wichrowski
Gibbard
Savage
Fried
Basile, Ph.D.
Meore
NYBG

This intro class teaches you basic botanical illustration techniques to help you make realistic drawings of branches, stems, leaves, and flowers using graphite and colored pencil.
241BIL145DO 07/12 We 6:00pm-9:00pm Lyness
ONLINE

Discover how trees communicate via chemical signals in the air (to warn of insect attacks) and transfer nutrients to one another through complex underground fungal networks (sometimes to assist sick trees).
241BOT385O 07/12 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Kutos
ONLINE

Examine the enormous variety of forms and structural adaptations of flowering plants—the world's dominant plant group. Through lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory studies, learn to recognize and draw the many plant parts and growth stages of the most common plant families. more...
241BIL300CO 07/13 Th 5:30pm-8:00pm Peabody
ONLINE

Apply your understanding of contours, perspective, and tone to drawing three distinct types of flowers. The object is to accurately draw a fully toned flowering plant. Explore compositional possibilities, textures, and details.
241BIL303AO 07/13 Th 11:00am-2:00pm Nemergut
ONLINE

This user-friendly intro course surveys the major plant groups-flowering plants, conifers, ferns, and bryophytes-focusing on their form and structure. Become botanically literate and gain practical experience in dissecting and analyzing plant structures.
241HRT300EO 07/13 Th 6:00pm-8:00pm Bakis
ONLINE

Learn the basic watercolor techniques used by botanical artists while painting radishes with leaves from a provided photograph. A photograph will be provided for reference. Flat wash, layering and dry brush techniques will be covered. This online course will offer more...
241BIL177 07/15 Sa 11:00am-4:30pm Wry
NYBG

Professional prop stylist Robin Zachary shares creative ways to style and photograph your finished floral arrangements for use on your website, portfolio, and/or social media accounts. Learn how to design a set with a variety of backdrops and props in more...
241FDN312O 07/15 Sa 11:00am-1:00pm Zachary
ONLINE

Colors—like flowers themselves—evoke feeling and sentiment, and set the mood. Explore the role of color in floral design using a spectrum of flowers. This course gives you a solid grounding in color theory, while highlighting the latest hues and color more...
241FDN306BO 07/17 Mo 6:00pm-8:30pm Edinger
ONLINE

Learn how toned paper creates dimension and allows for vibrant colors, dramatic light, and dark application—bringing your subject to life. Using colored pencil, watercolor, and gouache, you'll explore a variety of painting techniques as you study the color shifts caused more...
241BIL359O 07/18 Tu 6:00pm-9:00pm Lyness
ONLINE

Design, plant, and harvest a cutting garden that's productive throughout the seasons. You'll get hands-on practice starting seeds to ensure you always have something fresh to cut. We'll cover traditional and unexpected annual and perennial cut flower species and varieties more...
241HRT142O 07/20 Th 11:00am-1:00pm Breyer
ONLINE

What is the line between art and decoration? Think beyond the confines of "pretty" and consider flowers in terms of line, gesture, texture, and form. We will examine the colors and patterns of masterworks from NYBG's latest exhibition, then create more...
241FDN323 07/22 Sa 11:00am-2:00pm Werber
NYBG

NYBG's lush grounds and various habitats provide a remarkable opportunity to observe and study butterflies. Join naturalist Ken Chaya in search of a wide variety of colorful butterflies known to feast on summer flowers in ourarea. You'll learn how field more...
241NAT328 07/22 Sa 10:00am-1:00pm Chaya
NYBG

Learn how to identify this unique order of insects as they take to the skies in early summer. Study their biology, behavior, habitat associations, and conservation efforts currently underway.
241NAT311O 07/24 Mo 6:00pm-8:00pm Wells
ONLINE

Class will take place outside on NYBG grounds. Registered students will be sent information regarding meeting location.
Take a guided summer ramble with wild foods author and forager Marie Viljoen who will teach you how to identify more...
241CKG256 07/25 Tu 11:00am-2:00pm Viljoen
NYBG

Celebrate National Moth Week with its co-founder Elena Tartaglia! She'll detail the essential roles that moths play in ecosystems as pollinators, links in food webs, and decomposers. Discover how to attract moths for close observation and learn how they are more...
241NAT348O 07/27 Th 6:30pm-7:30pm Tartaglia
ONLINE

Your digestive system is home to over 70% of your immune system! So keeping your gut in tip-top shape is crucial to maintaining good health. We will examine the difference between good and bad bacteria and explore how each affects more...
241WEL215O 07/27 Th 6:30pm-8:00pm Paswater
ONLINE

With over 6,000 different species, the Mint family has an impressive presence in our daily lives, from aromatic favorites such as lavender planted in our gardens to medicinal types such as peppermint used in soothing herbal remedies. Move beyond the more...
241WEL225O 07/27 Th 6:30pm-8:30pm Petter
ONLINE

Engage your senses in the Resilience & Wellness Center's newly established therapeutic garden at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx. Learn about the multiple populations with wide-ranging needs served by the G.R.O.W. Garden's Therapeutic Horticulture Program, more...
241THR514B 07/28 Fr 10:00am-2:00pm Meore
OFS

This is the class for plant-lovers eager to up their game! Learn the terminology and basic botanical nomenclature that will help you recognize and describe key differences in common plants.
241BOT308BO 07/31 Mo 5:30pm-7:30pm Holmes
ONLINE
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