Adult Programs
The New Canaan Nature Center provides a wide variety of programming
for adults. Pre-registration is recommended.
To register for NYBG classes please call (718) 817-8748 or call (800) 322-6924 and ask for the Continuing Education Department.
For all other programs and classes please call (203) 966-9577. Visa, MasterCard and American Express accepted.
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Our mission is to create a lively forum for verdant thinkers who will convene monthly to discuss an important work of fiction or non-fiction that helps us examine our relationship, as individuals and a society, to the natural world. Click here to read more...
| 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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| Secret Gardens Tour |
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Friday, June 7 |
| 10:00A.M. - 4:00P.M. |
You're invited to spend a day touring spectacular New Canaan gardens.
Click here for more information.
Tickets can be purchased by calling (203) 966-9577 x50 or click here to order them online today.
Rain or shine! |
| Members: Tour & lunch: $75 / Tour only: $50 ($60 day of tour) / Non-Members: Tour & lunch: $75 / Tour only: $50 ($60 day of tour) |
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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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Sunday, June 2 |
| 10:00 A.M.- 3:00 P.M. |
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