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Botany Classes
Do you have a desire to be closer to nature? Take a botany class and gain a deeper understanding of how plants connect us to the natural world. Botanical studies explore all aspects of plant growth and development, plant communities, and the role of plants in ecosystems. At the everyday level, botany can be your gateway to herbal healing, foraging for wild edibles, cross-cultural understanding, or just a deeper appreciation of nature's seasonal beauty.
Click here for an overview of the Certificate Program.
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Nature's Recording Device: What Tree Rings Reveal About Climate Change - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Join Neil Pederson, Ph.D., professor and senior ecologist at the Harvard Forest, more... | |||||
| 213BOT397BL | 02/26 | Fr | 11:00am-2:00pm | Pederson | BLENDED | |
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The Science of Tree Communication - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Trees may appear to be strong and silent, but they can "talk"—to one another, to other plants, and to animals and insects. Discover how trees more... | |||||
| 213BOT385CO | 03/04 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Kutos | ONLINE | |
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Botanical Latin - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Botanical Latin is essential for anyone with a serious interest in identifying plants. But, contrary to popular belief, mastering Latin plant names need not be intimidating more... | |||||
| 213GAR360DO | 03/08 | Mo | 6:15pm-8:15pm | Bakshi | ONLINE | |
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 213BOT308CO | 03/09 | Tu | 5:00pm-7:00pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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Nature's Pharmacy - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.For centuries herbs and spices have been prized not just for their flavors, but as state-of-the-art medicine. Learn about a variety of plants historically used for more... | |||||
| 213BOT346DO | 03/13 | Sa | 10:00am-12:00pm | Candee | ONLINE | |
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Botanical Mixology 101 - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Historical bartenders and modern mixologists have long used a great variety of herbal and botanical ingredients to add flavor, body, and visual flair to drinks. Go more... | |||||
| 213CKG240O | 03/18 | Th | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Freeman | ONLINE | |
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The Kitchen Mycologist - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Knowing a little mycology (the study of fungi) can make you a better mushroom cook. This illustrated talk teaches basic mycology through the lens of your more... | |||||
| 213CKG230BO | 03/27 | Sa | 11:00am-1:00pm | Bone | ONLINE | |
April
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 214BOT308AO | 04/06 | Tu | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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Native Flora in Spring - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Witness the diversity of plants in the northeast as they flower and more... | |||||
| 214BOT333ABL | 04/11 | Su | 9:00am-12:00pm | Slowik | BLENDED | |
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Spring Mushrooms - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.As the mushroom season awakens, discover how and where to hunt for more... | |||||
| 214BOT330BL | 04/15 | Th | 10:00am-1:00pm | Sadowski | OFS-BL | |
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Plant Diversity - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Explore the myriad structures and life cycles of the vast diversity of plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria. Delve into the evolutionary reasons behind how and more... | |||||
| 214BOT317O | 04/19 | Mo | 5:00pm-8:00pm | Boyer, Ph.D. | ONLINE | |
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Native Flora in Spring - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Witness the diversity of plants in the northeast as they flower and more... | |||||
| 214BOT333BBL | 04/21 | We | 9:00am-12:00pm | Slowik | BLENDED | |
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Dendrology: Woody Plant Identification - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.From towering tulip trees to creeping partridge berries, woody plants make up more... | |||||
| 214BOT375ABL | 04/22 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Kaechele | BLENDED | |
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The Science of Tree Communication - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Trees may appear to be strong and silent, but they can "talk"—to one another, to other plants, and to animals and insects. Discover how trees more... | |||||
| 214BOT385CO | 04/22 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Kutos | ONLINE | |
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Forest Ecology - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Explore the basic principles that influence the ecological relationships of the forest more... | |||||
| 214BOT326ABL | 04/24 | Sa | 9:30am-12:30pm | Schmiege | BLENDED | |
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Ethnobotany: A Practitioner's Perspective - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.NYBG Ethnobotanist Dr. Michael Balick has studied the relationship between plants and people for over 40 years. Explore the basics of ethnobotany, supplemented by stories and more... | |||||
| 214BOT344O | 04/26 | Mo | 5:15pm-7:00pm | Balick | ONLINE | |
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The Kitchen Mycologist - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Knowing a little mycology (the study of fungi) can make you a better mushroom cook. This illustrated talk teaches basic mycology through the lens of your more... | |||||
| 214CKG230AO | 04/29 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Bone | ONLINE | |
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Psychedelic Mushrooms - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Discover the power, the allure, and the science of psychedelic mushrooms. Food journalist and former president of the New York Mycological Society, Eugenia Bone, author of more... | |||||
| 214BOT302AO | 04/30 | Fr | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Bone | ONLINE | |
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Botanical Latin - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Botanical Latin is essential for anyone with a serious interest in identifying plants. But, contrary to popular belief, mastering Latin plant names need not be intimidating more... | |||||
| 214GAR360AO | 05/04 | Tu | 10:30am-12:30pm | Bakshi | ONLINE | |
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The Science of Tree Communication - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Trees may appear to be strong and silent, but they can "talk"—to one another, to other plants, and to animals and insects. Discover how trees more... | |||||
| 214BOT385AO | 05/05 | We | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Herrera | ONLINE | |
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Herbaceous Plant Identification - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Herbaceous plants occupy prairies, wetlands, forest understories, and many other habitats. The more... | |||||
| 214BOT376BL | 05/08 | Sa | 9:00am-11:30am | Hagen | BLENDED | |
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 214BOT308BO | 05/13 | Th | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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Nature's Pharmacy - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.For centuries herbs and spices have been prized not just for their flavors, but as state-of-the-art medicine. Learn about a variety of plants historically used for more... | |||||
| 214BOT346AO | 05/15 | Sa | 10:00am-12:00pm | Candee | ONLINE | |
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Medicine, Knowledge, and Power in the Atlantic Slave Trade - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Even as they were brutally forced from their homelands, enslaved Africans brought valuable medical and botanical knowledge with them to the Americas. Professor Carolyn Roberts highlights more... | |||||
| 214BOT288O | 05/18 | Tu | 11:00am-12:00pm | Roberts | ONLINE | |
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Morphology of Flowering Plants - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Angiosperms (flowering plants) are the dominant plants in most of the world's habitats today. Through laboratory demonstrations and dissections, examine the morphology of flowers, fruits, and more... | |||||
| 214BOT431O | 05/19 | We | 10:00am-12:00pm | Alvarez | ONLINE | |
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Plant Structure- ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Get a solid grounding in the basic plant body, from the cell to the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. We will discuss the base-level chemistry more... | |||||
| 214BOT315AO | 06/03 | Th | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Alim | ONLINE | |
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What's This Tree on My Block? - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Did you know there are over 200 tree species growing on the streets of Manhattan? Learn to distinguish among the five most common genera and pinpoint more... | |||||
| 214BOT223AO | 06/05 | Sa | 2:00pm-4:00pm | Kaechele | ONLINE | |
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Finding the Mother Tree: A Conversation with Suzanne Simard - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.As a pioneer in the field of plant communication, ecologist Suzanne Simard has spent a lifetime rigorously documenting the forests of North America and the Arctic. more... | |||||
| 214BOT814O | 06/08 | Tu | 11:00am-12:00pm | Simard | ONLINE | |
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Native Flora in Summer - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Learn to identify native and introduced herbs, ferns, shrubs, and trees as more... | |||||
| 214BOT334BL | 06/10 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Holmes | BLENDED | |
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 214BOT308CO | 06/15 | Tu | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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Pressing Plants for Art & ScienceThis class will meet outside on NYBG grounds; rain or shine. Registered students will receive more information regarding meeting location. Participants must follow current safety procedures.From the field to the folder, this course covers the essentials of making more... | |||||
| 214BOT338 | 06/18 | Fr | 2:00pm-5:00pm | Atha | NYBG | |
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Psychedelic Mushrooms - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Discover the power, the allure, and the science of psychedelic mushrooms. Food journalist and former president of the New York Mycological Society, Eugenia Bone, author of more... | |||||
| 214BOT302BO | 06/28 | Mo | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Bone | ONLINE | |
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Botanical Latin - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Botanical Latin is essential for anyone with a serious interest in identifying plants. But, contrary to popular belief, mastering Latin plant names need not be intimidating more... | |||||
| 214GAR360BO | 06/29 | Tu | 6:15pm-8:15pm | Bakshi | ONLINE | |
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Forest Ecology - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Explore the basic principles that influence the ecological relationships of the forest more... | |||||
| 221BOT326BBL | 07/07 | We | 5:30pm-8:30pm | Schmiege | BLENDED | |
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Paleobotany: The Origin of Plants - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Paleobotany, the study of plant evolution through fossil evidence, gives us insights into Earth's past and present flora. Gain a clearer perception about historical patterns of more... | |||||
| 221BOT434O | 07/12 | Mo | 5:00pm-7:00pm | Boyer, Ph.D. | ONLINE | |
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The Science of Tree Communication - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Trees may appear to be strong and silent, but they can "talk"—to one another, to other plants, and to animals and insects. Discover how trees more... | |||||
| 221BOT385BO | 07/13 | Tu | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Kutos | ONLINE | |
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Botanical Mixology 101 - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Historical bartenders and modern mixologists have long used a great variety of herbal and botanical ingredients to add flavor, body, and visual flair to drinks. Go more... | |||||
| 221CKG240O | 07/13 | Tu | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Freeman | ONLINE | |
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 221BOT308DO | 07/15 | Th | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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The Kitchen Mycologist - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Knowing a little mycology (the study of fungi) can make you a better mushroom cook. This illustrated talk teaches basic mycology through the lens of your more... | |||||
| 221CKG230BO | 07/31 | Sa | 11:00am-1:00pm | Bone | ONLINE | |
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 221BOT308EO | 08/03 | Tu | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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Summer Mushrooms - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Chanterelles, Milk Caps, Black Trumpets, Boletes of all kinds, and many more... | |||||
| 221BOT356BL | 08/05 | Th | 10:00am-1:00pm | Sadowski | OFS-BL | |
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What's This Tree on My Block? - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Did you know there are over 200 tree species growing on the streets of Manhattan? Learn to distinguish among the five most common genera and pinpoint more... | |||||
| 221BOT223BO | 08/06 | Fr | 2:00pm-4:00pm | Kaechele | ONLINE | |
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Psychedelic Mushrooms - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Discover the power, the allure, and the science of psychedelic mushrooms. Food journalist and former president of the New York Mycological Society, Eugenia Bone, author of more... | |||||
| 221BOT302CO | 08/26 | Th | 10:30am-12:30pm | Bone | ONLINE | |
