The need to develop, preserve, and protect our open spaces and environmental and cultural resources has never been greater. NYBG’s engaging, career-oriented program gives you a solid, plant-focused foundation along with the skills and confidence to start your own business. And the Garden offers 250 inspiring acres of sustainable, functional landscapes for up-close, in-depth study.
Click here for an overview of the Certificate Program.
Co-founder
of
Brooklyn
Grange,
the
world's
largest
rooftop
soil
farm,
Ben
Flanner
shares
his
insights
about
the
future
of
urban
agriculture
and
what
it
takes
to
run
a
commercial
farm
on
manufactured
land.
Located
on
three
roofs
in
New
York
more...
Learn
the
critical
components
for
compiling
accurate
estimates
for
landscape
projects,
including
materials,
labor,
overhead,
and
contingencies.
Learn
how
to
use
estimates
to
stay
profitable
and
compete
successfully
in
today's
business
climate.
Please
bring
an
architect
and
engineers
scale,
more...
Turning
a
vision
into
a
plan
is
the
designer's
first
challenge.
Learn
how
to
analyze
existing
landscapes
and
formulate
the
programmatic
and
functional
requirements
of
a
design
project.
Translate
these
into
schematic
design
solutions.
Take
part
in
class
discussions
and
more...
Sharpen
your
graphic
skills
as
you
create
a
file
of
symbols
and
styles
to
draw
upon
for
future
professional
use.
Techniques
for
black-and-white
and
color
rendering,
sheet
layout,
section
elevations,
and
perspectives
are
covered.
Prerequisite:
Graphics
I
Graphics
are
essential
in
developing
and
communicating
your
design
ideas.
Practice
various
graphic
techniques
and
learn
how
to
organize
and
render
landscape
plans
on
paper
for
optimal
presentation
to
clients.
Work
with
a
range
of
drawing
materials
and
drafting
equipment.
more...
Through
a
series
of
design
assignments,
learn
how
to
prepare
planting
plans
for
a
variety
of
projects.
Explore
the
significance
of
site
conditions
as
well
as
plant
form,
texture,
color,
and
ecological
associations.
Learn
to
develop
plans
that
are
practical,
more...
Build
and
expand
upon
your
graphic
presentation
skills
to
create
professional
presentations
to
clients.Trimble
SketchUp,
a
3D
sketching
software
program,is
the
focus
of
this
advanced
graphics
class.
Laptop
computers
(PC
or
Mac)
with
SketchUp
are
required.
Prerequisite:
Graphics
II
Graphics
are
essential
in
developing
and
communicating
your
design
ideas.
Practice
various
graphic
techniques
and
learn
how
to
organize
and
render
landscape
plans
on
paper
for
optimal
presentation
to
clients.
Work
with
a
range
of
drawing
materials
and
drafting
equipment.
more...
Would
you
like
to
bring
the
outside
inside?
Green
walls
bring
a
striking
beauty
to
any
room,
and
help
create
a
calm,
healthy
environment,
by
reducing
noise,
removing
air
toxins,
and
adding
moisture
and
fresh
oxygen
to
your
living
area.
more...
This
course
is
also
required
for
the
Horticulture
Certificate
TRACK
4.
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
gardens
more...
Sharpen
your
graphic
skills
as
you
create
a
file
of
symbols
and
styles
to
draw
upon
for
future
professional
use.
Techniques
for
black-and-white
and
color
rendering,
sheet
layout,
section
elevations,
and
perspectives
are
covered.
Prerequisite:
Graphics
I
Learn
the
various
tools
and
applications
of
this
software
package
for
landscape
designers.
Topics
include:
basic
skills
for
developing
professional
landscape
plans,
making
base
plans
from
surveys,
techniques
for
quick
estimates,
and
utilizing
the
online
plant
database.
You
must
have
more...
Stone
underlies
all
earthly
life.
It
is
grist
for
loam
and
the
bedrock
of
megacities.
But
because
it's
so
ubiquitous,
it
tends
to
disappear
in
plain
sight.
Dan
Snow's
work
brings
stone
into
sharp
focus
by
elevating
this
humble,
natural
more...
This
course
is
also
required
for
the
Horticulture
Certificate
TRACK
4.
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
gardens
more...
This
year's
series
spans
styles
and
settings
to
showcase
the
distinctive
home
gardens
of
three
celebrated
gardeners,
designers,
and
plantsmen
—
Deborah
Nevins,
Isabel
Bannerman,
and
Sean
Hogan.
Whether
a
private
retreat,
a
romantic
dreamscape
or
a
plant
collector's
paradise,
more...
Deborah
Nevins
is
one
of
the
world's
most
sought-after
landscape
designers—creating
ambitious,
innovative
projects
for
high-profile
clients
worldwide—yet
her
own,
understated
two-acre
space
on
Long
Island's
East
End
is
intimate
and
contemplative.
The
house
and
gardens
were
built
to
maximize
more...
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