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Horticulture Classes
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.
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Chainsaws: Use, Safety, and Maintenance - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Whether you are a budding arborist or weekend woodcutter, knowing how to use your chainsaw safely and maintain it properly are keys to success. This lecture-demonstration more... | |||||
| 221HRT308O | 07/24 | Sa | 10:00am-12:00pm | Picciano | ONLINE | |
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Plant Propagation I: Basic Principles - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Learn the principles and techniques of plant propagation by seed and cuttings. Explore the basics of sexual and asexual propagation, with attention to fruit development, seedling more... | |||||
| 221HRT411CO | 07/28 | We | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Storrs | ONLINE | |
August
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Introduction to Plant Science - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Designed for students who want a user–friendly introduction to plant science, this course surveys the major groups of plants—flowering plants, conifers, ferns, and bryophytes—focusing on plant more... | |||||
| 221HRT300FO | 08/01 | Su | 10:30am-12:30pm | Alvarez | ONLINE | |
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Growing Cannabis - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.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 more... | |||||
| 221HRT156BO | 08/04 | We | 6:00pm-8:00pm | DeBacco Crosson | ONLINE | |
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Soil Science I: Physical Properties - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Soil is a dynamic, living organism and the very foundation of sustainable horticulture and agriculture. This course focuses on the texture, structure, density, and color of more... | |||||
| 221HRT301CO | 08/07 | Sa | 10:00am-12:00pm | Grossman | ONLINE | |
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Plant Communities - 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.Plants surround us in a profusion of forms. But in naturally occurring more... | |||||
| 221HRT353BBL | 08/11 | We | 6:00pm-7:30pm | Hoch | BLENDED | |
September
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Landscape Design History - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Study theories and principles that have shaped the design of landscapes from antiquity to the present. Explore Eastern and Western garden traditions. Survey all types of more... | |||||
| 221LAN301DO | 09/14 | Tu | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Bunnell | ONLINE | |
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Cut Flower Farming - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Join the cut flower farming revolution! Discover the basics of how to design, plant, grow, and harvest a cutting garden that will be productive throughout the more... | |||||
| 221HRT142CO | 09/19 | Su | 11:00am-1:00pm | Breyer | ONLINE | |
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Graphics I - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.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 more... | |||||
| 221LAN311DO | 09/20 | Mo | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Poccia | ONLINE | |
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Landscape Plants: Late Season Perennials & Grasses - 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.This course is designed for horticulturists and gardeners who are familiar with more... | |||||
| 221HRT338ABL | 09/22 | We | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Hagen | BLENDED | |
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Landscape Plants: Fall Trees & Shrubs - 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 how to identify and use major groups of shade trees and more... | |||||
| 221HRT331ABL | 09/24 | Fr | 10:00am-12:00pm | Nolan | BLENDED | |
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Horticultural Techniques: Greenhouse Practices- ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.This course introduces students to the practical skills required for growing plants in greenhouses with an emphasis on integrated management techniques. Topics include structures and equipment, more... | |||||
| 221HRT312PO | 09/28 | Tu | 5:00pm-7:15pm | Gershberg | ONLINE | |
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Landscape Plants: Late Season Perennials & Grasses - 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.This course is designed for horticulturists and gardeners who are familiar with more... | |||||
| 221HRT338BBL | 09/28 | Tu | 10:00am-1:00pm | Ruggiero | BLENDED | |
October
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Landscape Plants: Fall Trees & Shrubs - 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 how to identify and use major groups of shade trees and more... | |||||
| 222HRT331BBL | 10/03 | Su | 10:00am-12:00pm | McLaughlin | BLENDED | |
| 222HRT331CBL | 10/13 | We | 10:00am-1:00pm | Ruggiero | BLENDED | |
