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.
May
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Unique
among
the
world's
urban
botanical
gardens,
the
New
York
Botanical
Garden
has
always
strived
to
maintain
an
alluring
balance
between
the
wild
and
the
cultivated
across
its
250-acre
National
Historic
Landmark
landscape
in
the
Bronx.
In
Gardening
with
Nature
more...
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254HRT829
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05/08
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Th
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1:30pm-3:00pm
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Forrest
Lederman
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NYBG
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June
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Celebrated
artist,
potter,
and
gardener
Frances
Palmer
encourages
the
idea
of
planning
and
planting
a
flower
garden
in
waves—ensuring
that
there
is
always
an
abundance
of
blooms
and
a
continual
flow
of
colors,
heights,
and
shapes
that
provides
endless
inspiration
more...
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254GAR834
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06/12
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Th
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10:30am-11:30am
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Palmer
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MERTZLIBRARY
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Join interdisciplinary scholar of African American & African Diaspora literature and culture and Assistant Professor at Duke University Jarvis C. McInnis as he charts a new account of Black modernity by centering the Tuskegee Institute's vision of agrarian worldmaking.
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254HRT844
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06/18
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We
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12:00pm-1:00pm
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McInnis
Smith
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MERTZLIBRARY
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August
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Join
art
historian
and
plant
specialist
Giovanni
Aloi
as
he
presents
his
newest
publication,
Botanical
Revolutions:
How
Plants
Changed
the
Course
of
Art,
a
richly
illustrated
book
that
unearths
the
representation
of
plants
and
their
vital
impact
on
art.
Through
more...
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261LEC804O
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08/12
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Tu
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6:00pm-7:00pm
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Aloi
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ONLINE
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