Instructor: Vincent Simeone

Vincent Simeone
 Vincent Simeone has worked for many years in public horticulture and is currently the Director at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in New York. He also leads garden tours all over the world with Allan Armitage. Vincent serves on several committees including the Gold Medal Plant Award Committee and the LINLA Landscape Awards Committee. He has just finished his fifth book on garden sustainability, Grow More with Less.

Classes by this instructor


Landscape Plants: Broadleaved Evergreens

Become familiar with the cultural requirements, identifying features, and uses of native and non-native broadleaved evergreens, and incorporate them into both naturalistic and formal landscape settings. Major plant groups studied include Ilex, Rhododendron, Buxus, and evergreen groundcovers.
263HRT332B 02/27 Fr 10:30am-12:45pm Simeone
NYBG

Landscape Plants: Conifers

Learn to identify, classify, and use the best regional native and non-native conifers for naturalistic and formal landscape designs.
263HRT333 02/21 Sa 10:00am-12:00pm Simeone
NYBG

Landscape Plants: Spring Trees and Shrubs

Learn the identification, classification, and landscape use of spring-flowering trees and shrubs. Major plant groups include Magnolia, Malus, Prunus, Viburnum,and other genera, which are particularly ornamental in spring. The class goes out on the grounds rain or shine. Prerequisite: Introduction more...
264HRT334C 04/11 Sa 9:00am-12:00pm Simeone
NYBG

Plants for Landscaping

Choose the right plant for the right place, based on site-specific design and maintenance criteria. Learn landscape values such as size, texture, color, and flowering and fruiting seasons. Review trees, shrubs, groundcovers, annuals, and perennials suitable for this region.
264HRT358C 05/16 Sa 10:00am-12:40pm Simeone
NYBG

Sustainable Gardening

Do you want to create an eco-friendly garden that is also beautiful and functional? Sustainable gardening hinges on a gardener's ability to develop a long-term strategy by employing tactics that conserve natural resources over time. Explore how to make the more...
271GAR375O 09/19 Sa 10:30am-12:30pm Simeone
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