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Learn how to create a thriving urban garden in the heart of NYC, with classes on rooftop gardening, container gardening, and sustainable gardening techniques. Discover how to grow your own organic vegetables and herbs, even in limited spaces.

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Waking Up the Garden for Spring

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the fundamentals of springtime garden care. Learn how and when to prepare your soil for new plantings, how to plant seeds, how to transplant, and how to propagate.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Growing Food in the Shade

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the fundamentals of springtime garden care. Learn how and when to prepare your soil for new plantings, how to plant seeds, how to transplant, and how to propagate.Think you can’t grow edibles because you have a shady garden? Think again! There are plenty of delicious and unusual plants that thrive in woodland conditions. Learn which plants grow best in partial to full shade and how to care for them from planting to harvest. Please Note:...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Gardening with Children

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Gardening with Children: Containers and Raised Beds in Limited Space Just because you lack space doesn’t mean you can’t garden with children—all you need is a tiny yard, stoop, or windowsill and some imagination! Get tips on everything from building beds in tight spots to sourcing soil and plants for creating kid-friendly thematic gardens.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Growing Edible Mushrooms Indoors

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Fungi can be helpful in your garden and delicious in the kitchen. This class offers a peek into the fungi kingdom at large and addresses DIY indoor growing and cultivation methods with the option to transfer your fungi to your outdoor garden in the spring. In addition to a demonstration of basic propagation techniques, the class offers resources for finding mushroom materials to work with as you set about on your homegrown mycological pursuits.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Living Lessons in Gardening: The Garden Plan: Palette

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Using the Garden as a classroom, explore garden design principles, plant choice, and maintenance techniques with an experienced horticulturist. Bring your own gardening questions and share your experiences. Each month offers a new focus, so sign up for one or more. This class meets outdoors rain or shine, so dress appropriately.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Grow a Rainbow with Native Plants

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Native plants are often overlooked for ornamental gardens. But they offer a unique beauty that is good for gardeners and wildlife alike. Adapt this colorful, pollinator-friendly garden plan to your border or container garden and you will be dazzled from spring through fall.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Intergrated Pest Management for Roses

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

There are plenty of practical and sustainable techniques you can use to control the numerous pests of roses, from selecting appropriate plants to nurturing them through flood and drought to performing winter cleanup tasks. Learn about harmful insects and diseases of roses and ways to control them throughout the year, all without using harsh chemicals.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Cunningham Park (Kids 12 & Under)

"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 19600 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows, NY

This underappreciated urban park has enough habitat variety and plant species to keep foragers busy for days. We'll highlight those species in season as summer fades into fall, in conjunction with The Down to Earth Farmer's Market. The event begins with a wild demo at the market, before we set off into the woods, thickets, and fields that make up the park. The park is a great place for wild fruit, and plenty of species are ripe at...

(176) All levels 7 - 12 years old
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Cunningham Park (Teens/Adults)

"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 19600 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows, NY

This underappreciated urban park has enough habitat variety and plant species to keep foragers busy for days. We'll highlight those species in season as summer fades into fall, in conjunction with The Down to Earth Farmer's Market. The event begins with a wild demo at the market, before we set off into the woods, thickets, and fields that make up the park. The park is a great place for wild fruit, and plenty of species are ripe at...

(176) All levels 13 and older
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Wild Edibles

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

From the edible natives of our northeastern forests, like ramps and fiddleheads, to weedy introductions such as purslane and lambsquarters, there are dozens of unconventional food plants you can grow or forage. Learn to safely identify, harvest, and prepare these delicious wild ingredients, and discover which noninvasive natives will thrive in your garden. Note: Please bring a confirmation for Garden admission. The Security Guard in the lobby of...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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A "Romantical" Botanical Nature Walk

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the sexy side of botany this spring. We'll delight our senses as we take in some of the most fragrant and alluring blooms around the grounds and share the fascinating science of how they attract their pollinators.  Be amazed by what recent research has uncovered about "the birds and the bees" of the plant world—the astounding tactics used by flowers to elicit visitors. We'll even visit the dark side of sexual reproduction, with stories...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Creating a Wetland Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Want to turn a troublesome, poorly drained area into a flourishing wetland garden?  In this class we tour the varied and beautiful wetland gardens of BBG’s grounds and discuss freshwater marsh, swamp, and bog plant communities to determine the native wetland species most suitable for your own backyard. Note: You must bring your registration confirmation to the Garden for admittance to each class session. 

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Grow Your Own Hops

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

A class for beer and plant lovers alike! Learn about the history of plants used in making beer and how hops became instrumental in the brewing process. We will discuss the conditions and supplies needed to grow your own hops at home. Class includes a tour of the Herb Garden. Notes: Please bring your registration confirmation and a photo ID to the security desk at the 1000 Washington Avenue entrance, and you will be directed to your classroom. ...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Competitive Native Plants for Weedy Landscapes

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Replacing Invasives: Competitive Native Plants for Weedy Landscapes Whether your landscape is plagued by Japanese stiltgrass, burning bush, porcelain berry, garlic mustard, or any other troublesome invasive weed, there are great native plants that can take their place. Discover what regional native plants are the best, and most ecological, alternatives for your landscape.  This class is recommended for students with some gardening experience....

(165) Intermediate 18 and older
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Permaculture: Gardening in Harmony with Nature (Online)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Dive into the world of permaculture—a set of design principles centered around whole-systems thinking, utilizing natural ecosystems as a tool and roadmap. This class will introduce permaculture principles and uses, and how to apply this design philosophy to urban spaces in NYC and around the world. Notes: You will be emailed the Zoom link for this class on Thursday, April 8. If you have not received the link by 6 p.m. on April 8, please reach...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Winter is Coming: Backyard Cover Cropping

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

In this workshop, you will learn how to manage the soil health of your backyard garden or raised vegetable beds throughout the off-season. We will spend the afternoon outside in the Children’s Garden practicing proper cover cropping technique and learning the health, ecological, and cost-saving benefits of protecting soil over winter.  This class is weather-dependent and will be rescheduled in the case of rain. Notes: Please bring your...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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An Evening with Aphrodite: Plant Based Aphrodisiacs

Greenery Unlimited @ 91 West St, Brooklyn, NY

An Evening with Aphrodite: Exploring Plant Based Aphrodisiacs Join us in our hot and steamy jungle for an intimate talk all about aphrodisiacs. Wine will be provided. Join us in our hot and steamy jungle for an intimate discussion and exploration all about aphrodisiacs. In this one hour talk, we'll sip and taste our way though plant-based aphrodisiacs and discuss their historical uses and some of the science behind why certain substances inspire...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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Kokedama: Japanese String Gardens

Mitti @ 51 35th St, Brooklyn, NY

We have fallen in love with Kokedama. It's a wonderful Japanese technique for making hanging gardens by suspending your plants in a ball of moss. Rustic but sophisitcated, the string garden is relaxing and adds a brilliant touch of nature to any space. Perfect for indoors or outdoors. Great for teaching kids and adults how to care for living plants in an interesting way. We will show you how to create your own tiny planet. We'll discuss what kinds...

(17) All levels 18 and older
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An Intro to Light Measurement and LED Technology

Greenery Unlimited @ 91 West St, Brooklyn, NY

Let There Be Light: An Intro to Light Measurement and LED Technology Are you looking to add more plants to your apartment, but you just don't have enough light? Or maybe you want to gain a more technical understanding of plants, and why light is so important in their survival? In this class we will explore the basics of light measurement, and how LED technology has revolutionized how plants are grown indoors. Most people are still unacquainted...

(9) Beginner 18 and older
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Propagation Seminar: A Workshop w/ Propagation Methods

Greenery Unlimited @ 91 West St, Brooklyn, NY

Propagation Seminar: A Hands on Workshop with Common Propagation Methods Plants are remarkable for so many reasons! Their appearances, their growth patterns, and most of all: their ability to survive. Being able to propagate plants is not just a fun way to create more plants and share with your friends and loved ones, but also a great way to learn more about your favorite house plants.  Why are certain plants more easily propagated in one...

(9) All levels 18 and older
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