Lectures
Throughout the year, NYBG Adult Education offers lectures in which outstanding landscape architects and designers present their signature works and insights, and internationally recognized speakers address topics of global interest related to the study, preservation, and appreciation of the plant kingdom.
January
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James Golden: Federal Twist - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.When James Golden set out to create a wet prairie in western Jersey, he faced heavy clay, standing water, and a derelict woodland. Eschewing traditional approaches, more... | |||||
213LAN265DO | 01/26 | Tu | 1:00pm-2:00pm | Golden | ONLINE |
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21st Annual Winter Lecture Series: Gardens of Meaning - All Three Lectures - ONLINEThis lecture series will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.This year's speakers approach the garden from non-traditional perspectives-healing, inclusiveness, and music-that add new layers to our notions of beautiful spaces and the gardening experience. | |||||
213GAR801AO | 01/28 | Th | 11:00am-12:00pm | Stuart-Smith Bennett Weaner | ONLINE |
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Sue Stuart-Smith: The Well-Gardened Mind - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener Sue Stuart-Smith believes our minds and our gardens interact in ways that can sustain our innermost selves. Her beautifully written UK more... | |||||
213GAR801BO | 01/28 | Th | 11:00am-12:00pm | Stuart-Smith | ONLINE |
February
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Kathryn Herman: An Eye for Design - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Founding principal of Kathryn Herman Design in New Canaan, Kathryn Herman brings a strong horticultural background and intense interest in architecture to the international residential and more... | |||||
213LAN265EO | 02/16 | Tu | 1:00pm-2:00pm | Herman | ONLINE |
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Leslie Bennett: Gardens of Sanctuary - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Founder and owner of Pine House Edible Gardens, Leslie Bennett designs, builds, and maintains edible and culturally resonant landscapes that are beautiful and productive. The gardens more... | |||||
213GAR801CO | 02/25 | Th | 11:00am-12:00pm | Bennett Jewell | ONLINE |
March
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Britt Zuckerman: The Healing Power of Nature and Design - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Britt Zuckerman is Senior Landscape Architect at Dirtworks-a NY Landscape Architecture practice dedicated to creating spaces that bridge differences in age, ability, and culture through shared more... | |||||
213LAN265FO | 03/16 | Tu | 1:00pm-2:00pm | Zuckerman | ONLINE |
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Larry Weaner: Music Composition and Landscape Design - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.For landscape designer and composer Larry Weaner, garden design and music composition have much in common. While one may be visual and the other sonic, both more... | |||||
213GAR801DO | 03/25 | Th | 11:00am-12:00pm | Weaner | ONLINE |