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Instructor: Michael Ruggiero
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Michael Ruggiero came to the garden in the summer of 1961 and is the former Senior Curator of Horticulture. During his time at the Garden he was responsible for the Orchid Collection, Propagation Greenhouses, Annual Displays, Plant Records, The Native Plant Garden and The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden. Along with Lynden Miller, he oversaw the preparation and Planting of the Perennial Garden: The Herb Garden with Penelope Hobhouse, the Home Gardening Center, Children's Adventure Garden and the Planning, building and planting of the Paeonia, Daylily, and Liaison Daffodil Collections. After retiring, he was Horticulturist at Matterhorn Nursery where he Built the David Austin Rose Garden and for five years designed the Macy's Flower Show. He has written articles on many diverse gardening subjects for gardening publications and has appeared on The Victory Garden, Rebecca's Garden, and with Martha Stewart. He has authored Annuals with Style, Perennial Gardening, and Reliable Roses and Spotters Guide to Wildflowers of North America. |
Classes by this instructor
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Fundamentals of GardeningExplore 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. |
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| 261GAR301F | 09/14 | Su | 10:00am-12:00pm | Ruggiero | NYBG |
| 263GAR301D | 02/22 | Su | 2:00pm-4:00pm | Ruggiero | NYBG |
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Landscape Plants: ConifersLearn to identify, classify, and use the best regional native and non-native conifers for naturalistic and formal landscape designs. |
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| 263HRT333 | 02/05 | Th | 10:00am-12:00pm | Ruggiero | NYBG |
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Landscape Plants: Fall Trees and ShrubsExplore how to identify and use major groups of shade trees and shrubs native to and hardy in our region, including Acer, Quercus, and Viburnum, which are particularly ornamental in fall. |
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| 262HRT331D | 10/19 | Su | 1:00pm-4:00pm | Ruggiero | NYBG |
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Plant Propagation I: Basic PrinciplesLearn principles and techniques of plant propagation by seed and cuttings. Explore basic sexual and asexual propagation, focusing on fruit development, seedling production, root initiation, stem and leaf cuttings, and layering. |
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| 262HRT411A | 11/06 | Th | 10:00am-1:00pm | Ruggiero | NYBG |
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Wake Up Your Garden Saturday: All Three SectionsSpring is just around the corner, and with a little advance preparation you will be ready to start the growing season right. Gain insights into getting the soil prepped and ready to go, best pruning practices, and waking up the more... |
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| 263GAR225A | 02/28 | Sa | 10:00am-5:00pm | Ruggiero Himmelman | NYBG |
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Wake Up Your Garden Saturday: Pruning: Shape-Up for SpringLate winter is a great time to get your woody plants in shape by thinning out overgrowth to create open, healthy, beautiful trees and shrubs. Learn how and when to prune, proper tools for the job, why pruning is necessary, more... |
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| 263GAR225D | 02/28 | Sa | 3:00pm-5:00pm | Ruggiero | NYBG |
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Wake Up Your Garden Saturday: Spring Gardeners Task ListSpring cleaning in the garden can be fun. Get shrub and herbaceous borders spruced up and looking good! Review a checklist of tasks to be performed during spring maintenance, ranging from raking off winter mulch to looking for signs of more... |
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| 263GAR225B | 02/28 | Sa | 10:00am-12:00pm | Ruggiero | NYBG |
