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Landscape Plants: Late Season Perennials and Grasses

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This course is designed for horticulturists and gardeners who are familiar with the basic culture of perennials. Learn the identifying characteristics, classification, scientific and common names, and landscape uses of approximately 60 summer- and fall-blooming native and non-native perennials and grasses. Please dress appropriately for outdoors.

Required Texts
Clausen, Ruth R., T. Christopher, A.L. Detrick, Essential Perennials: The Complete Reference to 2700 Perennials for the Home Garden. Timber Press, 2015.

Darke, Rick. The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes. Timber Press, 2007

Schedule:

Every week on Thursday, starting on 09/12/24 and ending on 10/24/24 (excluding 10/03/24)

Times:

05:00pm-07:00pm EDT

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Instructor:

Michael Hagen Michael Hagen

Michael Hagen

Michael Hagen is Curator of the Native Plant Garden and the Rock Garden at NYBG. He is also Institutional Conservation Officer for the Center for Plant Conservation, and he represents NYBG on the steering committee of Local 59, an organization dedicated to improving the native plant supply chain.

Previously he served for almost 13 years as Staff Horticulturist for Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring, NY and was Garden Manager at Rocky Hills, in Mt. Kisco, a preservation project of the Garden Conservancy. He is also an adjunct professor at Westchester Community College where he lectures on sustainability, native plant propagation and gardening with native plants.

Location:

NYBG, Watson Room 307
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

Session Number:

251HRT338B

Price:

Price Non-Member : $345.00
Member : $315.00

Prerequisite(s):

Introduction to Plant Science

By signing up for this course, you acknowledge that you have successfully completed the necessary prerequisite(s).

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