June

Gain an introduction to the terminology, concepts, and basic principles of landscape design through lectures and simple two-dimensional exercises. This course is recommended for students with little or no background in design who want to design for their own home more...
234LAN100AO 06/03 Sa 10:00am-12:00pm Tryba
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Study the entire cannabis growing cycle, including best practices for critical harvest and post-harvest procedures, and how artificial lighting and carbon dioxide enrichment can help maximize production. We'll discuss the pros and cons of different grow sites and media, with more...
234HRT156AO 06/05 Mo 6:00pm-8:00pm DeBacco
Crosson
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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.
234BIL301CO 06/06 Tu 6:00pm-9:00pm Grossman
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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.
234HRT300DO 06/06 Tu 6:00pm-8:00pm Naghshineh
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Soil is a dynamic, living organism and the very foundation of sustainable horticulture and agriculture.This course focuses on the texture, structure, density, and color of different soils and the dynamic relationship that exists among soil, water, and plants. Through lectures more...
234HRT301DO 06/06 Tu 6:00pm-8:00pm Cappello-Ruggiero
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Graphics are essential in developing and communicating your ideas. Practice various graphic techniques on a range of materials and equipment and learn how to organize and render landscape plans on paper for optimal presentation to clients. Homework is required.
234LAN311BO 06/08 Th 10:00am-1:00pm Miller
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Learn the basic watercolor techniques used by botanical artists while painting a perennial hibiscus flower from a provided photograph. A photograph will be provided for reference. Flat wash, layering and dry brush techniques will be covered. This online course will more...
234BIL110O 06/11 Su 11:00am-4:30pm Rossetti
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This intro class teaches you basic botanical illustration techniques to help you make realistic drawings of branches, stems, leaves, and flowers using graphite and colored pencil.
234BIL145CO 06/12 Mo 6:00pm-9:00pm Lyness
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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...
234BIL415O 06/13 Tu 6:00pm-9:00pm Reiner
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Learn how to craft a loose, romantic floral arrangement that evokes the free-flowing nature of meadows. Discover how to sustainably source and style a variety of plant material as you artfully blend heirloom roses and ranunculus with field flowers and more...
234FDN395O 06/14 We 6:00pm-8:00pm O'Sullivan
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Join ecologist Michael Gaige as he demonstrates how to identify old and ancient trees, both in Eastern woodlands and across the globe. He will discuss the factors that allow them to grow for centuries and illustrate how the advanced age, more...
234NAT353O 06/14 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Gaige
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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 Horticultural Therapy Certificate.
234GAR301C 06/15 Th 10:00am-12:00pm Marsh
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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.
234BIL140AO 06/17 Sa 11:00am-3:30pm Vogel
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Illustrators Maria Sybilla and Art Cushman and botanical artists Marianne North and Marc Isaac-Williams accurately depict the complex beauty of insects. To better render these animals so crucial to the life of plants, we'll explore the basics of insect classification, more...
234BIL338O 06/22 Th 11:00am-3:00pm Rawlins
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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.
234GAR342O 06/22 Th 6:00pm-8:30pm Beyers
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Internationally renowned botanical artist Billy Showell joins us from England for a special 3-day online workshop. A master of the wet-on-wet watercolor technique, Showell will guide you through her methods of washing, lifting, and re-washing to create velvety smooth roses, more...
234BIL446O 06/23 Fr 10:00am-3:30pm Showell
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Explore how therapeutic horticulture can improve the health, function, and quality of life for older adults in various settings, from independent to assisted living, day programs, skilled nursing, and memory care facilities. You willalso gain an understanding of the physical, more...
234THP401O 06/28 We 6:30pm-8:30pm Brechner
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Emerging research suggests that mushrooms may be beneficial for brain and nerve health. Discover the properties of different species and learn where medicinal mushrooms occur locally. Study how select types such as Maitake, Reishi, and Lion's Mane can help strengthen more...
234WEL181O 06/28 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Michelotti
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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.
234BIL301DO 06/29 Th 6:00pm-9:00pm Vogel
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July

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.
241BIL400O 07/07 Fr 11:00am-2:00pm Morley
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Building on Botanical Drawing I skills, learn to tone fruit, vegetables, leaves, and branches. Focus on concepts of light source, value, and shading to create form. Learn to translate color into black and white, and create the illusion of depth more...
241BIL302CO 07/08 Sa 11:00am-2:00pm Rawlins
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This intro class teaches you basic botanical illustration techniques to help you make realistic drawings of branches, stems, leaves, and flowers using graphite and colored pencil.
241BIL145DO 07/12 We 6:00pm-9:00pm Lyness
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Discover how trees communicate via chemical signals in the air (to warn of insect attacks) and transfer nutrients to one another through complex underground fungal networks (sometimes to assist sick trees).
241BOT385O 07/12 We 6:00pm-8:00pm Kutos
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Examine the enormous variety of forms and structural adaptations of flowering plants—the world's dominant plant group. Through lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory studies, learn to recognize and draw the many plant parts and growth stages of the most common plant families. more...
241BIL300CO 07/13 Th 5:30pm-8:00pm Peabody
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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.
241BIL303AO 07/13 Th 11:00am-2:00pm Nemergut
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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.
241HRT300EO 07/13 Th 6:00pm-8:00pm Bakis
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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...
241FDN312O 07/15 Sa 11:00am-1:00pm Zachary
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Colors—like flowers themselves—evoke feeling and sentiment, and set the mood. Explore the role of color in floral design using a spectrum of flowers. This course gives you a solid grounding in color theory, while highlighting the latest hues and color more...
241FDN306BO 07/17 Mo 6:00pm-8:30pm Edinger
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Learn how toned paper creates dimension and allows for vibrant colors, dramatic light, and dark application—bringing your subject to life. Using colored pencil, watercolor, and gouache, you'll explore a variety of painting techniques as you study the color shifts caused more...
241BIL359O 07/18 Tu 6:00pm-9:00pm Lyness
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Design, plant, and harvest a cutting garden that's productive throughout the seasons. You'll get hands-on practice starting seeds to ensure you always have something fresh to cut. We'll cover traditional and unexpected annual and perennial cut flower species and varieties more...
241HRT142O 07/20 Th 11:00am-1:00pm Breyer
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Learn how to identify this unique order of insects as they take to the skies in early summer. Study their biology, behavior, habitat associations, and conservation efforts currently underway.
241NAT311O 07/24 Mo 6:00pm-8:00pm Wells
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Celebrate National Moth Week with its co-founder Elena Tartaglia! She'll detail the essential roles that moths play in ecosystems as pollinators, links in food webs, and decomposers. Discover how to attract moths for close observation and learn how they are more...
241NAT348O 07/27 Th 6:30pm-7:30pm Tartaglia
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Your digestive system is home to over 70% of your immune system! So keeping your gut in tip-top shape is crucial to maintaining good health. We will examine the difference between good and bad bacteria and explore how each affects more...
241WEL215O 07/27 Th 6:30pm-8:00pm Paswater
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With over 6,000 different species, the Mint family has an impressive presence in our daily lives, from aromatic favorites such as lavender planted in our gardens to medicinal types such as peppermint used in soothing herbal remedies. Move beyond the more...
241WEL225O 07/27 Th 6:30pm-8:30pm Petter
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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.
241BOT308BO 07/31 Mo 5:30pm-7:30pm Holmes
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