The NYBG Botany Certificate Program is designed to deepen a student's scientific understanding of the plant kingdom. Students engage in subjects such as native flora, ethnobotany, ecology, and botanical nomenclature. Courses reflect the Garden's strengths in botanical science research, as well as its world-famous and unequalled resources—the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium, housing some 7.4 million dried plant specimens, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, with its collection of more than one million cataloged items and 11 million archival documents.
During the course of the program, students will come to know plants: how they function, grow, develop, and reproduce; and learn to identify a wide array of plants by stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits.
Click here for an overview of the required courses and electives.
December
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This
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...
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222BOT385AO
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12/07
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Tu
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6:00pm-8:00pm
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Kutos
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ONLINE
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For
centuries,
traditional
peoples
across
the
Middle
East,
the
Mediterranean,
and
the
tropics
have
used
resins
from
plants
from
the
Burseraceae
family—for
illumination,
rituals,
fragrance,
medicine,
and
even
stimulating
camel
milk
production.
Douglas
Daly,
NYBG
B.
A.
Krukoff
Curator
of
more...
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222BOT345
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12/08
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We
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10:00am-1:00pm
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Daly, Ph.D.
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NYBG
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January
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This
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...
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223GAR360BO
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01/06
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Th
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10:30am-12:30pm
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Bakshi
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ONLINE
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Learn
to
recognize
the
characteristics
of
native
and
common
woody
and
herbaceous
plants
in
the
winter.
While
in
their
dormant,
leafless
state,
trees
and
shrubs
can
beidentified
by
bud
types,
leaf
scars,
fruit
remnants,
and
other
distinguishing
marks.
Specimens
examined
more...
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223BOT332
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01/14
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Fr
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10:00am-1:00pm
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Slowik
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NYBG
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From
the
field
to
the
folder,
this
course
covers
the
essentials
of
making
museum-
quality
preserved
plant
specimens
suitable
for
research,
education,
and
decoration.
Learn
techniques
and
skills
for
collecting
and
preserving
plants
of
your
interest,
wild
or
cultivated.
Build
more...
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223BOT338B
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01/21
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Fr
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2:00pm-5:00pm
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Samra
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NYBG
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This
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...
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223BOT385BO
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01/23
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Su
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10:00am-12:00pm
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Herrera
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ONLINE
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This
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...
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223BOT315BO
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01/24
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Mo
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6:00pm-9:00pm
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Alim
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ONLINE
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The
role
of
plant
hormones
in
growth
and
development
is
discussed
as
well
as
plant
movement,
water
transport
through
the
plant
body,
and
plant
metabolism,
including
photosynthesis
and
respiration
(anaerobic
and
aerobic).
All
the
basic
chemistry
needed
to
understand
plant
more...
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223BOT316P
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01/24
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Mo
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5:30pm-8:30pm
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Alvarez
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NYBG
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Rock
pimples,
fog
fingers,
old
man's
beard—
their
common
names
are
amusing,
but
lichens
are
among
Earth's
most
amazing
and
oldest
living
things,
and
display
incredibly
beautiful
colors
and
shapes.
They
grow
on
bark,
rock,
and
barren
soil,
and
thrive
more...
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223BOT313A
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01/25
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Tu
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6:00pm-9:00pm
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Lendemer, Ph.D.
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MDTN
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Even
after
many
plants
have
begun
their
long
winter's
sleep,
fungi
are
still
very
active.
For
some
species
like
Velvet
Foot
and
Turkey
Tail,
winter
is
high
time!
Enoki
and
Oyster
Mushrooms
can
be
found
in
our
forests
and
parks.
more...
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223BOT394
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01/28
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Fr
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10:00am-1:00pm
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Sadowski
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NYBG
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February
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This
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...
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223BOT302CO
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02/01
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Tu
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6:00pm-8:00pm
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Bone
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ONLINE
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This
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...
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223BOT346BO
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02/05
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Sa
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10:00am-12:00pm
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Candee
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ONLINE
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Rock
pimples,
fog
fingers,
old
man's
beard—
their
common
names
are
amusing,
but
lichens
are
among
Earth's
most
amazing
and
oldest
living
things,
and
display
incredibly
beautiful
colors
and
shapes.
They
grow
on
bark,
rock,
and
barren
soil,
and
thrive
more...
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223BOT313B
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02/10
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Th
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10:00am-1:00pm
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Lendemer, Ph.D.
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NYBG
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This
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...
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223BOT315CO
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02/22
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Tu
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6:00pm-9:00pm
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Kutos
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ONLINE
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This
class
will
take
place
online.
Registered
students
will
receive
login
instructions.
Scientists
have
engineered
so
many
new
products
from
mycelium
that
Scientific
American
heralds
the
dawn
of
the
"Mycelium
Revolution"
and
Harper's
Bazaar
dubs
fungi
"The
Future
more...
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223BOT349O
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02/22
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Tu
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6:00pm-7:30pm
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Michelotti
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ONLINE
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March
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This
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...
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223BOT385CO
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03/03
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Th
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6:00pm-8:00pm
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Kutos
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ONLINE
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This
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...
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223GAR360CO
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03/07
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Mo
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6:15pm-8:15pm
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Bakshi
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ONLINE
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This
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...
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223BOT434O
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03/31
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Th
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5:30pm-7:30pm
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Boyer, Ph.D.
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ONLINE
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