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Landscape Plants: Conifers

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Learn to identify, classify, and use the best regional native and non-native conifers for naturalistic and formal landscape designs. Come prepared to go outdoors rain or shine.

Required Text
Cope, Edward A.
Native and Cultivated Conifers of Northeastern North America: A Guide
Publisher: Cornell University Press
1993

Schedule:

Every week on Thursday, starting on 02/06/25 and ending on 03/20/25

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Times:

10:00am-12:00pm EST

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Instructor:

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 102
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

Session Number:

253HRT333

Price:

Price Non-Member : $340.00
Member : $310.00

Prerequisite(s):

Introduction to Plant Science

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