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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an urban botanic garden that aims to connect people to the world of plants, promoting an appreciation for the environment. Through educational programs, research, and garden renewal efforts, the school inspires people of all ages to learn about and conserve plants and plant communities.
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Fermentation 101: Kombucha
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
In this course we will cover the basic science behind making kombucha, why it’s good for you, and how to make it yourself. If you are interested in Old World food preservation, gut health, or fermentation in general, this is the class for you. All participants will take home a starter culture and we'll have a sample or two! Note: You must bring your registration confirmation to the Garden for admittance to each class session.
$59
Drawing and Painting Waterfowl in the Fall Landscape
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Fall is an exciting time to observe and sketch resident and migratory waterfowl in Brooklyn’s ponds, streams, and reservoirs. The anatomy, gestures, and behavioral habits of waterfowl will be covered as well as techniques for painting their vivid plumage and iridescent colors. Composition and light on form will be emphasized as well as approaches to rendering reflections on water. A session will be devoted to tips for sketching in the field, possibly...
Creating an Indoor Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Spruce up your home or office with houseplants! After an inspirational tour of the Education greenhouse, students will learn how to design an indoor garden that maximizes greenery in minimal space. Learn about methods for potting plants, creative container options, plant selection, and basic houseplant maintenance and troubleshooting. Each student will make and take home one air plant arrangement.
$83
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Summer Blooms Watercolor Workshop
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
This class focuses on painting seasonal flowers using both loose and controlled watercolor techniques. We emphasize initial massing in layered, transparent washes, with a gradual buildup of detail through color and tone. Particular qualities of various pigments are examined and incorporated to build up areas of transparency and opacity, with emphasis on composition and rhythm. You will learn to understand and organize values and handle...
Royal Hues: Dyeing with Cochineal and Logwood
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
In times past, among the most valuable commodities of the Americas were the vivid red and purple natural dyes produced by the cochineal insect and the logwood tree. Experiment with both to create your own royal hues as you learn about the history and basics of dyeing with natural sources. Each participant will receive two silk scarves to dye during the workshop and a natural dyes zine. Note: Please bring a confirmation for Garden admission. The...
$114
Block Printing and the Water Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Join this class to create an image inspired by the Garden and learn the process of block printing. Draw on linoleum and soft rubber plates, carve designs, and use inks to make several prints. Connect with plants not only on-site but through art history. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? Yes, materials are provided for an additional fee.
$76
Living Wall Art
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Learn the common systems, materials, and design techniques used to create living walls. Review examples of green walls from around the world and examine the infrastructure used to create these living works of botanic art. Learn how to assess sites and growing systems for both interior and exterior living walls and what plants to use in both applications. Note: You must bring your registration confirmation to the Garden for admittance...
$66
Watercolor Pencil Techniques
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Join this class to study and practice the various techniques of dry application and methods of glazing the colored areas with water to create watercolor washes. Artist-quality watercolor pencils offer the controlled application possible with colored pencils along with the transparency and fluidity of watercolor. Advanced methods include wet-on-wet and dry-on-wet painting. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. Here's the...
Introduction to Pastels
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Gain basic skills in two-dimensional artwork with pastel, a flexible opaque medium that allows layering and building of color, much like oil paint. Class will focus on composition, negative shapes, and other fundamentals for beginners using live plants and other still-life materials. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. Soft pastels are composed only of pigment and binder in stick form. The proportion of binder or...
Capturing Fall Foliage in Watercolor
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Capturing the vibrancy of fall foliage is the primary goal of this class. We will focus on color and the elements of design to create interesting and successful compositions while retaining the transparency and immediacy of the medium. Students who have sketched and made notes outdoors may further develop their fall landscape in the classroom. We will also look at works by traditional and contemporary watercolorists for a broad perspective on the...
Watercolor for Absolute Beginners and Beyond
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Join this class to learn the techniques of this challenging, beautiful medium through demonstrations and exercises using winter still-life subjects, art reproductions, and photos. The first class includes a thorough discussion of materials and sources. Some previous drawing experience is helpful but not essential. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. If you have watercolor materials, please bring them. Supplies...
Photography: Japanese Hill and Pond Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
This fall, in celebration of its centenary, a selection of Isamu Noguchi sculptures will also be installed at the Garden. Weekly photographic assignments will guide you in capturing the intensity and beauty of this exceptional garden and installation. Visualizing a garden can be a form of autobiography: Let's see what stories we can tell. While advanced beginners are welcome, this class will focus more on composition than on technique.
Nature Drawing (Beginners and Beyond)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
With plants of many kinds as our subjects, this class explores contour, perspective, value, and texture to build drawing skills. Students will work with a variety of pencils, including color pencils, ink, and color and textured papers. Please bring an 11 by 14-inch sketchbook or pad to the first class.
Winter Greens in Watercolor
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
This workshop focuses on painting seasonal motifs such as holly and other cool-season greens and on discovering color in winter branches through a combination of loose and controlled watercolor techniques. Emphasis will be on massing in layered, transparent washes with a gradual buildup of detail through color and tone. The particular qualities of various pigments will be examined and incorporated to build up areas of transparency and opacity...
The Elusive Elipse: 2 Day Drawing & Painting Workshop
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Depicting objects in the shape of an ellipse can give the artist pause. This workshop offers a practical approach to this challenging shape with exercises in seeing and rendering with pencil and brushwork. We will use garden flower pots and other containers found within BBG displays as subjects—or bring your own elliptical challenge to class! Note: Please bring this confirmation for Garden admission. The Security Guard in the lobby...
Photographs as Inspiration for Watercolor
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Students will create watercolor paintings by drawing stimulus from photographs. Discover ways to solve visual problems using photographs as your point of departure.We focus on specific watercolor techniques in each class to create paintings using provided floral, landscape and architecture photographs. Best for students familiar with watercolor. Materials list: HB or 2H pencil White plastic eraser 2 small containers for holding water...
Composition in Photography - Blended
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
The Garden is a wonderful place to explore a wide variety of plant species, open spaces, even architecture. Sometimes, more is not better. In this class we will narrow our focus. Looking at and photographing one or two subjects in depth will allow us to explore the infinite ways of seeing through the camera. We will meet at BBG and online—one week photographing, the next week reviewing and critiquing the work and exploring more, if there’s time....
Watercolor: Understanding Color
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Whether you are an advanced artist, a beginner, or just curious, this class is for you. We will study color theories and put their ideas into practice, learning to mix and match colors to achieve harmonious schemes. We will study the colors present in plants and flowers with a view to enhancing an appreciation of nature's rich palette. Although we will work in watercolor, the lessons learned can be applied to other media: pastel, colored pencil,...
Urban Nature: A Foraging Field Trip
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Discover and learn to identify the wealth of wild and weedy edible plants growing under our urban noses. Join a foraging walk from the garden to Prospect Park.
$53
Photography: Garden Spring Blooms
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Begins before the Garden is open to the public, this class will be able to focus on the literal translation of hanami, “flower viewing,” without distraction. A variety of photographic techniques will be explored during the first week, with a discussion and review of each student’s images during the second class.
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