Landscape Design Summer Intensive

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In four weeks, earn 25% of the course hours required for the NYBG Certificate in Landscape Design. Including interactive classes with top landscape architects, designers, and guest lecturers; trips to historic sites; and the Garden's incomparable resources, this summer program gets your career on the fast track! Class size is limited for individualized attention.


SCHEDULE
Monday–Friday, July 11–August 5, 9 am–5 pm at NYBG

CLASSES
Landscape Design History
Graphics I
Landscape Design I
Plants for Landscaping
NYBG Curator-Led Tours
Off-Site Garden Visits
Guest Designer Presentations
Open Studio Time

TUITION AND REFUNDS
$2,695 (Member) / $2,995 (Non-Member)
A $1,285 non-refundable deposit is due at registration.

All materials needed for Graphics I are provided.

An optional payment schedule is available if requested.
No refunds after Monday, June 30.

Questions about the Intensive? Call 718.817.8720 or email: adulted@nybg.org

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Schedule:	Every week on weekdays, starting on 07/11/22 and ending on 08/05/22
Times:	09:00am - 05:00pm
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Monday, July 11, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Tuesday, July 12, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Wednesday, July 13, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Thursday, July 14, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Friday, July 15, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Monday, July 18, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Tuesday, July 19, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Wednesday, July 20, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Thursday, July 21, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Friday, July 22, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Monday, July 25, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Tuesday, July 26, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Wednesday, July 27, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Thursday, July 28, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Friday, July 29, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Monday, August 1, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Tuesday, August 2, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Wednesday, August 3, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Thursday, August 4, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Friday, August 5, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Meeting Date Start Time End Time Monday, July 11, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Tuesday, July 12, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Wednesday, July 13, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Thursday, July 14, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Friday, July 15, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Monday, July 18, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Tuesday, July 19, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Wednesday, July 20, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Thursday, July 21, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Friday, July 22, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Monday, July 25, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Tuesday, July 26, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Wednesday, July 27, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Thursday, July 28, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Friday, July 29, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Monday, August 1, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Tuesday, August 2, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Wednesday, August 3, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Thursday, August 4, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm Friday, August 5, 2022 09:00am 05:00pm
Instructor:	Caitlin Merritt Caitlin Merritt Caitlin Merritt Caitlin Merritt finds a great source of her enthusiasm and designs from theintersections of aesthetics, history and culture. In addition to teaching at the New York Botanical Garden, Caitlin teaches classes in philosophy, intellectual history and great books at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She has earned her bachelor of arts in Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross and her Master's at Boston College. Elizabeth Poccia Elizabeth Poccia Elizabeth Poccia Elizabeth Poccia recently received a Certificate in Landscape Design from the New York Botanical Garden. She is a former Assistant Designer to Bill Einhorn's firm, LDAW Landscape Architecture, where she was involved inhigh end residential design. She is passionate about using graphics as a tool to communicate reality to plan. Damon Arrington Damon Arrington Damon Arrington Damon Arrington is a Landscape Urbanist who focuses on crisis landscapes and their subsequent effect on the people that inhabit them, he is dedicated to exposing environmental injustice. Damon obtained a Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from The City College of New York where he was a scholar for the J. Max Bond Center for Inclusion and Equity. His notable Landscape Architecture projects in NYC include The Hills on Governors Island, Jamaica Bay Restoration Project and park spaces for The New York Housing Authority. His work bridges science and architecture with art and community. Damon is owner of Verru Design, a landscape design firm in Brooklyn, NY which focuses on research and community as a way to generate design thought. Visit his website at verrudesign.com Michael Ruggiero Michael Ruggiero Michael Ruggiero 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.
Location:	NYBG, Watson Room 305 2900 Southern Blvd Bronx, NY 10458
Session Number:	231LAN960
Price:	Price Member : $2,695.00 Non-Member : $2,995.00 Waitlist: $0.00

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