Develop the vital skills needed to protect and manage landscapes, maintain healthy trees, design attractive gardens, and produce landscape plants. Many horticulture students start their own businesses or pursue rewarding careers in a breadth of areas, including landscaping companies, nurseries and garden centers, public parks, botanical gardens, and private estates. Enroll in a single class or pursue a Horticulture Certificate.
Click here for an overview of the Certificate Program.
February
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Growing
plants
without
soil
using
hydroponics
promotes
rapid
growth
and
requires
less
water
and
space
than
conventional
gardens.
Learn
what
systems
work
best,
which
plants
to
choose,
and
how
to
ensure
they
get
propernutrition.
While
our
focus
is
on
home-scale
more...
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233HRT141O
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02/07
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Tu
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6:15pm-8:15pm
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Kutz
Lodvikov
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ONLINE
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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.
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233HRT300F
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02/07
|
Tu
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10:00am-1:00pm
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O'Brien
|
NYBG
|
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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...
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233HRT142DO
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02/16
|
Th
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6:00pm-8:00pm
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Breyer
|
ONLINE
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Through
classwork
and
hands-on
practice,
develop
pruning
tools
and
techniques
to
help
shrubs,
conifers,
broadleaves,
evergreens,
and
deciduous
plants
thrive.
Explore
how
woody
plant
structure
and
physiology
influence
pruning.
Learn
how
to
create
and
maintain
hedges
and
explore
authentic
pollarding
more...
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233HRT321D
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02/21
|
Tu
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
Logan
|
NYBG
|
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Become familiar with the cultural requirements, identifying features, and uses of native and non-native broadleaved evergreens, and incorporate them into both naturalistic and formal landscape settings. Major plant groups studied include Ilex, Rhododendron, Buxus, and evergreen groundcovers.
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233HRT332B
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02/24
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Fr
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10:30am-12:45pm
|
Simeone
|
NYBG
|
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Graphics are essential in developing and communicating your ideas. Practice various graphic techniques on a range of materials and equipment and learn how to organize and render landscape plans on paper for optimal presentation to clients. Homework required
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233LAN311CO
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02/24
|
Fr
|
10:00am-1:00pm
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Poccia
|
NYBG
|
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Learn principles and techniques of plant propagation by seed and cuttings. Explore basic sexual and asexual propagation, focusing on fruit development, seedling production, root initiation, stem and leaf cuttings, and layering.
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233HRT411A
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02/27
|
Mo
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5:30pm-8:30pm
|
Weinstein
|
NYBG
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March
|
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This course is designed for horticulturists who are responsible for maintaining outdoor landscapes. We will cover how to calculate area to help estimate plant and soil needs, apply rates for fertilizers, and calculate amounts of soil amendments.
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233HRT356O
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03/01
|
We
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5:00pm-7:00pm
|
Weinstein
|
ONLINE
|
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Soil
compaction,
construction
damage,
and
land
development
practices
can
lead
to
tree
decline
and
early
tree
mortality.
Examine
the
biology
of
trees,
and
learn
how
they
respond
to
changes
in
the
urban
environment.
Explore
techniques
for
assessing
and
preserving
tree
more...
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233HRT426BL
|
03/04
|
Sa
|
9:00am-11:00am
|
Picciano
|
BLENDED
|
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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.
|
233HRT300GO
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03/06
|
Mo
|
6:00pm-8:00pm
|
Naghshineh
|
ONLINE
|
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Learn principles and techniques of plant propagation by seed and cuttings. Explore basic sexual and asexual propagation, focusing on fruit development, seedling production, root initiation, stem and leaf cuttings, and layering.
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233HRT411B
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03/06
|
Mo
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
Ruggiero
|
NYBG
|
|
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Expand
your
plant
palette
by
adding
low-maintenance
fruiting
plants
that
thrive
in
cold-temperature
growing
regions-from
Arctic
kiwi
to
jujube,
medlar
to
heartnut.
Allyson
Levy
and
Scott
Serrano,
the
co-directors
of
the
Hudson
Valley's
Hortus
Arboretum,
will
highlight
a
wide
variety
more...
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233HRT210O
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03/07
|
Tu
|
6:30pm-7:30pm
|
Levy
Serrano
|
ONLINE
|
|
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Study
the
entire
cannabis
growing
cycle,
including
best
practices
for
critical
harvest
and
post-harvest
procedures,
and
how
artificial
lighting
and
carbon
dioxide
enrichment
can
help
maximize
production.
We'll
discuss
the
pros
and
cons
of
different
grow
sites
and
media,
with
more...
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233HRT156CO
|
03/08
|
We
|
6:00pm-8:00pm
|
DeBacco
Crosson
|
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...
|
233HRT142EO
|
03/13
|
Mo
|
6:00pm-8:00pm
|
Breyer
|
ONLINE
|
|
|
This
course
is
designed
for
horticulturists,
gardeners,
or
designers
who
want
to
learn
to
identify
and
classify
familiar
and
unusual
spring-,
summer-,
and
autumn-flowering
bulbs.
We
will
also
focus
on
understanding
their
biology.
more...
|
233HRT342
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03/16
|
Th
|
10:00am-12:00pm
|
McDowell
|
NYBG
|
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Examine sustainable techniques for managing and maintaining commercial and residential landscapes. Develop programs that reduce adverse effects on the environment, including alternative approaches to conventional lawn management.
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233HRT443
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03/16
|
Th
|
4:30pm-7:30pm
|
Laswell
|
NYBG
|
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Graphics are essential in developing and communicating your ideas. Practice various graphic techniques on a range of materials and equipment and learn how to organize and render landscape plans on paper for optimal presentation to clients. Homework required
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233LAN311EO
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03/23
|
Th
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
Miller
|
ONLINE
|
April
|
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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.
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234HRT358A
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04/15
|
Sa
|
10:00am-12:40pm
|
D'Antonio
|
NYBG
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234HRT358BBL
|
04/16
|
Su
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
Nolan
|
BLENDED
|
234HRT358CBL
|
04/16
|
Su
|
2:00pm-5:00pm
|
Nolan
|
BLENDED
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