| Meeting Date |
Start Time |
End Time |
| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
09:00am |
05:00pm |
| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Thursday, July 9, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Friday, July 10, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Monday, July 13, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Friday, July 17, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Monday, July 20, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Tuesday, July 21, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Wednesday, July 22, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Friday, July 24, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Meeting Date |
Start Time |
End Time |
| Monday, July 6, 2026 |
09:00am |
05:00pm |
| Tuesday, July 7, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Thursday, July 9, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Friday, July 10, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Monday, July 13, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Tuesday, July 14, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Thursday, July 16, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Friday, July 17, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Monday, July 20, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Tuesday, July 21, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Wednesday, July 22, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
| Friday, July 24, 2026 |
09:00am |
04:00pm |
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| Instructor: |
Michael Ruggiero
Michael Ruggiero
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.
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Duncan Himmelman
Duncan Himmelman
Duncan Himmelman
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Duncan Himmelman, Ph.D., has more than 35 years of experience in practicing and teaching horticulture and landscape design. He recently retired as the Education Manager at Mt. Cuba Center.
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Don Gabel
Don Gabel
Don Gabel
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Don Gabel is the former Manager of Plant Health at the Botanical Garden. He is an ISA-Certified Arborist, a Certified Nurseryman, and has been active in the horticultural industry for more than 35 years.
www.nybg.org/plant-talk
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Veronica Tyson-Strait
Veronica Tyson-Strait
Veronica Tyson-Strait
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Veronica Tyson-Strait is a landscape and garden designer and horticulturist, with a passion for ecological design. She designs, maintains and manages public and residential spaces in New York and Massachusetts.
Veronica is a graduate of NYBG's Landscape Design, Garden Design and Horticulture programs. She holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture and a BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art.
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Kim Eierman, EcoBeneficial
Kim Eierman, EcoBeneficial
Kim Eierman, EcoBeneficial
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Kim Eierman is an ecological landscape designer and environmental horticulturist specializing in native plants. She is the founder of EcoBeneficial LLC based in Westchester County, NY. Kim teaches at New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center, and Massachusetts Horticultural Society. An active speaker nationwide on many ecological landscape topics, Kim also provides horticultural consulting and landscape design to residential, municipal, and commercial clients. Kim is the author of The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening.
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Richard Rosiello
Richard Rosiello
Richard Rosiello
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Richard Rosiello is the owner of Rosiello Designs, LLC, and an Award Winning Landscape Designer. He is a member of the Association of Landscape Designers and has served as the organizations President as well as in other leadership roles on both the National and Local level. Richard is an alumni of NYBG's Landscape Design Certificate Program and a member of the LDSA group at the garden. Originally trained as a painter, he views Landscape Design as a natural extension of his education and sensibilities. Shaping the land, working with stone and water, siting plants, and defining spaces, all in pursuit of creating landscapes and gardens.
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