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Leaf Peeping Sipping Tour
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Stroll to the Native Flora Garden to peep stunning fall colors and take in the sights, scents, and flavors of the season as your guide shares select tidbits about fall plants and wildlife. As a bonus, enjoy a botanical fall beverage on this after-hours garden tour.
$28
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.
$40
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.
$29
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The Art of Medicine Making: Herbal Fun Foods
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
"In the practice of herbalism, there are endless ways to use water to harness the healing properties of herbs—from calming compresses to jiggly gelatins. These classes offer creative ways to incorporate the “universal solvent” with the therapeutic benefits of medicinal plants. Recipes and tastings are included. Take one class or all of them!In this class, learn how to make gelatins, vinegars, fermented sodas, and syrups. This class offers imaginative...
$32
The Forager's Feast
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Learn how to identify and sustainably harvest the abundance of wild edibles growing right here in Brooklyn, such as purslane, sassafras, wild cherry, burdock, and many more. You’ll also get tips on the best ways to prepare as well as preserve them.
$40
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.
Free
Reduction Block Printing
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Take block printing to the next level! Learn how to create beautiful multicolor prints from the same block. In this introductory class, learn about the art of block printing and the process of reduction printing. Take home a set of beautiful finished prints inspired by the Garden! Note: Please bring confirmation for Garden admission. The Security Guard in the lobby of the Administration Bldg. at 1000 Washington Avenue will direct you to your...
$46
Supporting Your Health with Wild Root Medicine
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
The harvest of autumn can connect us deeply to the healing energies of the earth. Learn how to use the sweet nourishment from both edible and medicinal roots for nutrient-dense remedies that can balance body, mind, and spirit.
$36
Make a Windowsill Cat Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Cat got its tongue on your plants? Find out which species are safe for your kitty to eat, and learn how to prevent cats from eating your indoor plants. Create a windowsill garden to take home with three different plants that are safe and healthy for your cat to nibble on!
$46
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The Urbanite's Earth Day Retreat
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Celebrate earth’s special day with a guided walk through lush gardenscapes, taking time to indulge your senses, tune your ears to birdsong, reflect, and reconnect with the pace of the natural world. Hear stories about nature’s amazing evolutionary strategies as you explore, spend some time quietly nature-crafting, and feel yourself a little closer to nature.
$32
Native American Herb Walk
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Draw from the extensive knowledge and experience with native plants gathered over millennia by North America’s earliest inhabitants on this herb-oriented walk through the Garden.
$29
Forest Bathing
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Explore this Japanese method of restorative engagement with nature, called shinrin-yoku, or "forest bathing." A gently immersive process, forest bathing offers a long-lasting sense of well-being and interconnectedness, and you will rediscover and learn new ways to synchronize your health with the forest's wellness.
$47
Medicinal Mushrooms
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
From earliest times, mankind has recognized the medicinal benefits of fungi. Folk medicine still prescribes mushroom decoctions for a wide variety of ailments as well as to generally support health and prevent disease. Learn about local medicinal mushrooms as well as species used by modern pharmaceutical and herbal supplement companies.
$37
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.
$42
Plant Medicine for Fall Transitions
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Healing plants can help ground us as we move through seasonal transitions. We will learn about plants we can harvest locally during the fall and make a nourishing herbal drink with a vinegar and honey base called an oxymel. Note: Please bring this confirmation for Garden admission. The Security Guard in the lobby of the Administration Bldg. at 1000 Washington Avenue will direct you to your classroom.
$43
Chinese Medicinal Herbs in America
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Chinese herbal medicine makes use of rare and exotic species, familiar ornamentals like peony, and invasives like Japanese knotweed and common reed grass. Learn more about Chinese herbology and emerging business potential to responsibly grow and wild-harvest these medicinals here in the U.S. Note: Please bring a confirmation for Garden admission. The Security Guard in the lobby of the Administration Bldg. at 1000 Washington Avenue will direct you...
$39
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...
$42
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...
$23
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.
$44
Biophilic Design
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
This course focuses on the principles of biophilic design—a design solution that incorporates natural elements and processes into the built environment—and the science that supports it. We'll review recent examples of successful botanic and biophilic installations across the globe. Note: You must bring your registration confirmation to the Garden for admittance to each class session.
$33
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