January

Apply your understanding of contours, perspective, and tone to drawing three distinct types of flowers. The object is to accurately draw a fully toned flowering plant. Explore compositional possibilities, textures, and details.
263BIL303BO 01/13 Tu 6:00pm-9:00pm Rawlins
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Put all your garden ideas into practice with this practical overview of the best layout plans and circulation patterns. Learn how to analyze space and proportions to create a coherent landscape design that complements both home and garden.
263GAR222AO 01/13 Tu 6:00pm-8:00pm Rosiello
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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.
263HRT300DO 01/13 Tu 6:00pm-8:00pm Bakis
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Discover the fascinating traits that most frogs, toads, and salamanders share-such as having thin, smooth skins through which they can breathe-as well as what makes them unique. You'll pick up tips to identify local species by sight and/or sound and more...
263NAT347O 01/13 Tu 6:00pm-8:00pm Johnson
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Learn how to use native plants and native gardening practices to enhance garden ecosystems and increase biodiversity. Study native herbaceous and woody plants: their identification, habitat, and culture. Discover how to promote a healthy environment using native spring ephemerals, herbaceous more...
263GAR315B 01/14 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Eierman, EcoBeneficial
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Now more than ever, clients expect to see beautiful digital plans. Learn the basics of how to scan and enhance hand drawings. Gain familiarity with the tools to create digitally rendered plans, sections, perspectives, and collages. Basic computer skills are more...
263LAN444O 01/14 We 6:30pm-8:30pm Matz
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This is the class for plant-lovers eager to up their game! Learn the terminology and basic botanical nomenclature that will help you recognize and describe key differences in common plants.
263BOT308CO 01/15 Th 5:30pm-7:30pm Bucuvalas
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Explore the basics of successful, environmentally friendly gardening. Topics include soils and their improvement, seed sowing, vegetative propagation, planting, pruning, watering, weeding, mulching, and disease and pest control. This course is also required for the Therapeutic Horticulture Certificate.
263GAR301FO 01/15 Th 6:00pm-8:00pm Bakis
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Botanical Latin is essential for anyone with a serious interest in identifying plants. But, contrary to popular belief, mastering Latin plant names need not be intimidating or boring. Review the rules of taxonomy, Latin grammar, and pronunciation, and learn the more...
263GAR360BO 01/15 Th 6:00pm-8:00pm Bakshi
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Are you interested in bringing the natural benefits of herbs and herbal remedies into your life? Discover the differences between herbal medicine and homeopathy, the three major branches of herbalism, and the fascinating history of herbal medicine. Learn how to more...
263WEL109AO 01/15 Th 6:00pm-8:00pm Gordineer
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With an abundance of invigorating citrus like clementines, kumquats, tangerines, and limes available, the flower market in winter is fresh, sweet, and colorful. Using a textured palette of citrus, ranunculus, berries, and eucalyptus, you'll craft a modern arrangement in a more...
263FDN374O 01/21 We 10:00am-12:00pm O'Sullivan
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Whether in a shady corner or a sunny border, selecting the right plant combinations makes the difference between a ho-hum garden and one that gets rave reviews. Concentrating on perennials, learn to use color, texture, height, and bloom when combining more...
263GAR173AO 01/21 We 10:30am-12:30pm Forster
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Whether or not you decide to pursue botanical art as a business, knowing standard practices will be useful. Over the course of this class, you'll learn the basics of dealing with galleries and artists' reps, including; pricing, contracts and sales more...
263BIL392O 01/24 Sa 10:30am-2:00pm Woodin
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Professional prop stylist Robin Zachary shares creative ways to style and photograph your finished floral arrangements for use on your website, portfolio, and/or social media accounts. Learn how to design a set with a variety of backdrops and props in more...
263FDN312O 01/24 Sa 11:00am-1:00pm Zachary
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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.
263HRT300EO 01/24 Sa 10:00am-12:00pm Alvarez
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Understand how the qualities of soil affect the overall productivity of plants and make sustainable gardening practices possible. Practical application of theory is stressed. Topics include soil formation, physical properties of soil, soil-water relationships, and management techniques such as irrigation, more...
263GAR302BO 01/26 Mo 6:00pm-8:00pm Bulpitt
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Designed for both inexperienced students and those who wish to improve their skills, this class will allow you to work at your own pace on a variety of pieces. Lectures and demonstrations are enhanced by individual instruction.
263BIL140BO 01/28 We 11:00am-2:00pm Vogel
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Accurate observation translates into sensitive, realistic drawings and is an essential skill for botanical artists. Using basic shapes, fruit, and leaves, learn contour drawing with an emphasis on proportion, and explore techniques such as foreshortening, perspective, and line weight.
263BIL301DO 01/28 We 11:00am-2:00pm Rawlins
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Take a deep dive into herbal medicine in this engaging, interactive series. Through live demonstrations and hands-on activities, Herbalist Karine Gordineer will show you how to properly infuse, blend, and decoct as you create your own herbal apothecary that will more...
263WEL161O 01/29 Th 6:00pm-8:45pm Gordineer
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Explore theories, traditions, and principles that have shaped the design of landscapes from antiquity to the present, through visual presentations, assigned readings, projects, and classroom discussion.
263LAN301DO 01/30 Fr 10:30am-1:30pm Merritt
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February

Explore the basics of successful, environmentally friendly gardening. Topics include soils and their improvement, seed sowing, vegetative propagation, planting, pruning, watering, weeding, mulching, and disease and pest control. This course is also required for the Therapeutic Horticulture Certificate.
263GAR301CO 02/01 Su 6:00pm-8:00pm Beyers
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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.
263HRT300FO 02/03 Tu 10:00am-12:00pm Day
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This is the class for plant-lovers eager to up their game! Learn the terminology and basic botanical nomenclature that will help you recognize and describe key differences in common plants.
263BOT308DO 02/05 Th 5:30pm-7:30pm Holmes
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Discover how to design your own terrarium or vivarium with Christopher Satch, plant scientist and award-winning exhibitor at the Philadelphia Flower Show. Through lecture and demonstration, he'll discuss how to set up a simple, easy care terrarium, how to create more...
263CRF275O 02/07 Sa 11:00am-1:00pm Satch
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Receive a step-by-step approach to painting trees using pen and ink and watercolor. Using reference photographs, you'll learn to create ink drawings of trees, layer glazes in watercolor, and apply techniques such as dry brushing and masking to create bark more...
263BIL336O 02/11 We 6:00pm-9:00pm Petrochko
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Trace back through history to examine how people have utilized gardens to not only provide sustenance, beauty, and refreshment, but also to give shape and meaning to their social lives. Garden typologies will include herbal and botanic gardens, community and more...
263GAR384O 02/11 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Capps Sarathy
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Coyotes, bears, and deer are becoming an integral part of urban life due to the extirpation of their predators and conversion of natural habitats. We will look closely at these species and discover how they have adapted to co-exist with more...
263NAT326O 02/11 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Herrera
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The focus of this course is on color theory and application. Colored pencil line and tone can be applied to look like either drawing or painting, making it a versatile medium for creating botanical artwork. Learn a variety of techniques, more...
263BIL415BO 02/12 Th 11:00am-2:00pm Fashek
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Accurate observation translates into sensitive, realistic drawings and is an essential skill for botanical artists. Using basic shapes, fruit, and leaves, learn contour drawing with an emphasis on proportion, and explore techniques such as foreshortening, perspective, and line weight.
263BIL301EO 02/17 Tu 5:30pm-8:30pm Vogel
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Bring your watercolor skills to the next level of proficiency. Learn how to employ atmospheric perspective to achieve a greater sense of dimension when painting botanicals. A focus on color variations, groups of value range, and degrees of detail development, more...
263BIL348O 02/17 Tu 10:00am-1:00pm James
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Discover the fascinating world beneath the soil by exploring the botanical intricacies of geophytes—commonly known as "earth plants". From the layered architecture of bulbs and tubers (such as tulips and potatoes) to the stealthy spread of rhizomes (think ginger or more...
263BOT370O 02/17 Tu 10:00am-1:00pm Bijkerk
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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.
263HRT300GO 02/18 We 6:00pm-8:00pm O'Brien
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We will focus on using Instagram to showcase and promote your work. You'll define your goals for using social media as a marketing tool, and create a strategy to achieve those goals, as well as discover tips for attracting and more...
263BIL394BO 02/21 Sa 11:00am-1:00pm Jamison
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Pen and ink, among the most versatile and useful media, can be used to create high quality, easily reproducible drawings. Learn how to produce different strokes and how to create tone by using stipple, line, and crosshatch techniques.
263BIL400BO 02/21 Sa 10:00am-1:00pm Morley
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Myths abound about how hard it is to care for this ever-popular flowering plant. Dispel them with plenty of sensible advice on how to treat a variety of orchids including Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Oncidium, Dendrobium, and more. Light, water, nutrients, repotting, more...
263GAR213AO 02/21 Sa 12:00pm-2:00pm Satch
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Survey photographs from dozens of eye-catching gardens to discover how to combine different plant species using the basic criteria of form, color, texture, and height. We will discuss how seasonality, a garden's location, and a plant's native habitat should all more...
263LAN234O 02/21 Sa 10:00am-12:00pm Johnsen
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Whether you're an experienced home gardener or just getting started, knowing what tool to you use for what task is essential for creating a successful green space. Review a list of tools used by professionals, learn how to properly use more...
263GAR194O 02/22 Su 12:00pm-2:00pm Beyers
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Put all your garden ideas into practice with this practical overview of the best layout plans and circulation patterns. Learn how to analyze space and proportions to create a coherent landscape design that complements both home and garden.
263GAR222BO 02/23 Mo 6:00pm-8:00pm Rosiello
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Scientists have engineered so many new products from mycelium that Scientific American heralds the dawn of the "Mycelium Revolution" and Harper's Bazaar dubs fungi "The Future of Fashion." Explore how scientists have harnessed mycelium's ability to create complex structures that more...
263BOT349O 02/24 Tu 6:00pm-7:30pm Michelotti
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Examine pre-planting procedures, from soil preparation to crop rotation planning. Study the timing and techniques of planting, pest management, and harvest and post-harvest handling. Survey heirloom varieties, new cultivars, and classic selections.
263GAR431BO 02/24 Tu 6:00pm-8:00pm Storrs
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Bring cheer into your home and exercise your botanical creativity, with live, real-time guidance. Watch your fellow students' efforts online and get personal critiques from your instructor as you build your elegant arrangement with fresh flowers from your own garden, more...
263FDN243CO 02/25 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Edinger
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Learn the basics, review examples that work for different architectural styles and site conditions, and develop a go-to plant list for your home landscape. In the second session, you will develop and draw a basic design plan for your garden more...
263GAR367O 02/25 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Moore
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Berms-manufactured undulations in a landscape-are an exciting aspect of greenspace design in urban environments, offering protection from street noise and creating intimate spaces for both people and wildlife. Using previously built urban projects as our guide, we'll cover the specifics more...
263LAN245O 02/25 We 6:00pm-9:00pm Arrington
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As a developing artist, you need personalized, supportive evaluation to improve your techniques. This is your chance to bring your finished art and work-in-progress for respectful, careful feedback via group discussion and teacher-led demos. We'll pay special attention to your more...
263BIL208O 02/26 Th 10:00am-3:30pm Woodin
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Pest identification is key to maintaining a healthy, beautiful garden. Learn to identify which insects are pests and which are beneficial to your home garden. Learn the most common orders of insects and the damage they can cause, as well more...
263GAR320O 02/26 Th 6:00pm-8:00pm Kokinchak
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This class introduces basic garden design principles using the interplay of structural features, plant characteristics, and site assessment. Learn to creatively combine trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and bulbs based on color, shape, texture, and size.
263GAR342BO 02/26 Th 6:00pm-8:00pm Rosiello
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Urbanization is changing biodiversity, interspecies relationships, and even animal behavior, in the tri-state area and beyond. Liz Johnson, former manager of AMNH's Metropolitan Biodiversity Program, will introduce you to the particular habitats found here, as well as plants and animals more...
263NAT338BO 02/26 Th 10:00am-12:00pm Johnson
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Forethought and an understanding of basic composition principles are the foundation of any balanced work of art. Through group critiques, discussions and a variety of exercises, we'll experiment with a wide range of principles, including focal point, the rule of more...
263BIL421BO 02/28 Sa 10:00am-3:00pm Rogers-Knox
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