Lectures

Dive into the study, preservation, and appreciation of the plant world through our calendar of special talks that welcome the world’s top plantspeople, scientists, artists, and designers.


October

NYBG's 28th Annual Landscape Design Portfolios Lecture Series welcomes three renowned professionals who will explore how landscape architecture can honor the past, respond to the present, and cultivate a more resilient future through a deep understanding of place. Across projects more...
272LEC801AO 10/13 Tu 6:30pm-7:30pm Rockcastle
Hoerr
Kramer
ONLINE

Maura Rockcastle, ASLA, PLA is the co-founder, and principal of TEN x TEN—a transdisciplinary landscape architecture and urban design practice based in Minneapolis, MN that is grounded by a shared curiosity and passion for experimentation, storytelling, and agency.

Across memorials, gardens, more...
272LEC801BO 10/13 Tu 6:30pm-7:30pm Rockcastle
ONLINE

Douglas Hoerr, FASLA, approaches landscape architecture as an act of exceptional craftsmanship, one that begins not with a signature style, but with a careful reading of place. As the founding partner and president of Hoerr Schaudt, he has shaped some more...
272LEC801CO 10/27 Tu 6:30pm-7:30pm Hoerr
ONLINE

November

To plant a tree, to design a garden grove, to nurture an urban forest—these are inherently optimistic acts. Today, landscape architects are working across these scales, designing the spaces of our future and making choices about how we remain in more...
272LEC801DO 11/10 Tu 6:30pm-7:30pm Kramer
ONLINE

January

From amplifying the transformative power of gardeners, to documenting the enduring lessons of ancient trees, to advocating for the rewilding of everyday landscapes, this year's Winter Lecture Series explores the many ways people can serve as stewards of the natural more...
273LEC809A 01/21 Th 11:00am-12:00pm Jewell
Moon
Vogt
NYBG

As creator of the national, award-winning public-radio program and international podcast, Cultivating Place, Jennifer Jewell's greatest passion is the empowerment of gardeners. She's built this platform based on the belief that gardens and gardeners are powerful agents and spaces for more...
273LEC809B 01/21 Th 11:00am-12:00pm Jewell
NYBG

February

For almost three decades, Beth Moon has photographed some of the world's oldest and most extraordinary trees, creating a body of work that explores time, memory, mortality, and the enduring power of the natural world—earning international recognition for her large-scale, more...
273LEC809C 02/18 Th 11:00am-12:00pm Moon
Forrest
NYBG

March

Across the country, we're finding our roots again in natural landscaping that revives local ecology and rebuilds communities. From humans to wildlife, and the diverse cultures of all, the tide is turning for healthy resilience. One of the advocates in more...
273LEC809D 03/11 Th 11:00am-12:00pm Vogt
NYBG