Certificate Track 3 - Arboriculture

January

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...
253HRT321D 01/25 Sa 1:00pm-4:00pm Turner
NYBG

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.
253HRT300F 01/26 Su 11:00am-1:00pm Halane
NYBG

February

Learn basic winter tree identification using dormant-season characteristics of deciduous plants as well as conifers. Dress for the weather.
253HRT440 02/04 Tu 2:00pm-4:00pm Logan
NYBG

Learn to identify, classify, and use the best regional native and non-native conifers for naturalistic and formal landscape designs.
253HRT333 02/06 Th 10:00am-12:00pm Ruggiero
NYBG

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 different soils and the dynamic relationship that exists among soil, water, and plants. Through lectures more...
253HRT301BO 02/08 Sa 10:30am-12:30pm Bulpitt
ONLINE

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.
253HRT300GO 02/12 We 6:00pm-8:00pm O'Brien
ONLINE

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...
253HRT321C 02/18 Tu 10:00am-1:00pm Logan
NYBG

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.
253HRT300EO 02/26 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Simeone
ONLINE
Load all classes