The New York Botanical Garden offers horticulture courses at the
New Canaan Nature Center year-round and provides a convenient satellite
center for area residents.
To register for these New York Botanical Garden courses at the New
Canaan Nature Center, please call (718) 817-8747 or call (800) 322-6924
and ask for the Continuing Education Department.
| NYBG: Designing a Cottage Garden |
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Tuesday, June 4 |
| 10:00 A.M.- 2:30 P.M. |
Indulge your Anglophile side: From the surprisingly formal to the carefree and traditional, learn the design concepts and techniques associated with fragrant, colorful, and sustainable cottage gardens. Explore a variety of layout plans and planting possibilities that incorporate trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, and wildflowers. Please bring lunch.
Jane Brook Barba
134GAR167 |
| Please call (800) 322-6924 and ask for Continuing Education |
| Members: $68 / Non-Members: $76 |
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| NYBG: New! The Healing Kitchen |
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Tuesday, June 4 |
| 10:00 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. |
Great-grandmother was wiser than we thought!
She was self-reliant, knew how to make use of
what was around her, and so can you! Find out
how versatile every-day produce can be. Gain
new respect for the lowly onion, overripe banana,
stinky garlic, burning hot cayenne peppers, and
more.
Andrea Candee
134WEL111 |
| Please call (800) 322-6924 and ask for Continuing Education |
| Members: $34 / Non-Members: $38 |
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| NYBG: Hardworking Herbs in the Garden |
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Wednesday, June 12 |
| 10:00 A.M.- 1:00 P.M. |
Reduce garden maintenance chores by planting herbs, many of which encourage the development of sustainable natural communities by attracting beneficial insects, birds, and other wildlife. Learn which herbs energize and revitalize the garden and improve the quality of surrounding plants.
Kathrine Neville
134GAR242 |
| Please call (800) 322-6924 and ask for Continuing Education |
| Members: $51 / Non-Members: $57 |
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| NYBG: New! The Healing Harvest |
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Saturday, June 22 |
| 10:00 A.M.- 12:00 P.M. |
Did you know that you could have a natural
pharmacy growing right in your own garden?
Master Herbalist Andrea Candee explains how to
use your home-grown bounty to help heal cold and flu symptoms, coughs, sprains, bruises, insect bites, bleeding cuts, headaches, and lots more.
Andrea Candee
134WEL201 |
| Please call Please call (800) 322-6924 and ask for Continuing Education |
| Members: $34 / Non-Members: $38 |
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