Crafts & DIY

Whether you're weaving a basket for the first time or styling a terrarium, our craft classes give you the skills to brighten up your decor and plant the seed for a new creative hobby.


September

Explore multiple ways to bring the beauty of dried flowers into your home. In the first session, you'll discover tips on which flower types will last the longest, how to gather, press, and preserve them, and when to use which more...
261CRF237O 09/20 Sa 2:00pm-4:00pm Yanni
ONLINE

Fire cider—a spicy herbal tonic—has been known for centuries as a powerful immunity booster. Its benefits have been said to improve blood circulation, prevent and treat colds, aid digestion, and more. Tap into ancient healing methods with Dee Davis, co-founder more...
261WEL216O 09/28 Su 10:00am-12:30pm Davis
ONLINE

October

Gain inspiration from NYBG's latest exhibition, Van Gogh's Flowers, and unleash your inner artist as you learn how to create life-like irises using air-dry polymer clay. You'll receive an introduction to flexible clay as you practice techniques for shaping the more...
262CRF267 10/08 We 11:00am-2:00pm Dhawan
NYBG

Join herbalist and foraging expert Journei Bimwala for an immersive walk through fall's edible landscape. Using sight, touch, smell, and taste, you'll learn to identify, harvest, and understand the deeper meaning of wild plants-their cultural significance, medicinal power, and culinary more...
262CKG229 10/14 Tu 11:00am-1:00pm Bimwala
NYBG

Create your own professional-looking arrangements with economical, store-bought bouquets. Using simple design principles and fresh flowers from your local grocery store or farmers market, learn how to design and create your own elegant arrangements.
262FDN210A 10/16 Th 11:00am-1:00pm Duever
NYBG

Learn how to arrange assorted types of moss on a wooden cradled canvas using bark, pebbles, sponge mushroom, and preserved fern. This framed rustic creation can be hung on your wall, creating a captivating focal point that brings the essence more...
262CRF174 10/17 Fr 11:00am-2:00pm Yanni
NYBG

Bring cheer into your home and exercise your botanical creativity, with live, real-time guidance. Watch your fellow students' efforts online and get personal critiques from your instructor as you build your elegant arrangement with fresh flowers from your own garden, more...
262FDN243AO 10/20 Mo 11:00am-1:00pm Edinger
ONLINE

Learn how to dye fibers naturally using food waste. Explore techniques on how to repurpose your food scraps to create a brilliant color palette—from yellow and red onions that create copper tones and deep mustards to avocado skin, pits, and more...
262CRF245 10/24 Fr 10:00am-4:00pm Danila
NYBG

In NYC, fall is the best time to hunt for edible fungi. Paul Sadowski, 25-year veteran of the NY Mycological Society, will lead a mushroom hunt, and show you how to identify many species and their look-alikes, where to find more...
262BOT368 10/25 Sa 10:00am-1:00pm Sadowski
NYBG
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