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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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Discovery Garden Sipping Stroll

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Delight your senses in the Discovery Garden after hours as you touch and smell plants like sassafras and sweet fern. Like the kids, you’ll create a botanical craft to take home, but you can also partake in adult botanical beverages inspired by the Discovery Garden.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Plant Propagation

Tula, Plants & Design @ 59 Meserole Ave., New York, NY

Join us for a Plant Reproduction + Propagation class led by one of Tula’s in-house horticulturists. The workshop will focus on propagation — or simply, how plants make more of themselves– a helpful tool to better understand houseplant growth and health, and a way to grow your houseplant collection for years to come! With ticket purchase, attendees receive a handful of cuttings to grow, the option to shop 15% off all in-store product (exceptions...

(2) All levels 18 and older
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Native Perennials for the Late Season Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Bring late-season beauty and ecology into your garden this fall with the best choices of native perennials.  Take home plants to start or enhance your own garden.  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

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Native Plantings for Migrating and Overwintering Birds

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how to use your garden to support migrating and overwintering birds with the food sources and habitat they need, and take home bird-friendly plants to start or enhance your own garden. 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

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Spring Sustainable Floral Design

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Arranging colorful flowers calms the mind and feeds the soul. Working with locally grown flowers helps us connect with time and place, and brings joy and beauty into the home. Join sustainable floral designer Molly Culver of Molly Oliver Flowers for a hands-on workshop. You’ll learn how to source locally grown flowers around NYC, basic flower care, and expert tips on how to make a beautiful centerpiece for your home table using sustainable techniques....

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Garden Apothecary: Fruit and Herb Pool Waters

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Garden Apothecary: Creating Living Waters: Fruit and Herb Pool Waters Learn how to infuse fruits, flowers, herbs, and oils into custom waters. Create custom chlorine-neutralizing hair and body rinses for the whole family out of fruits and home-grown herbs.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Shakespeare's Garden: Drawing and Collage

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, learn about the symbolic and literary plants featured in BBG’s Shakespeare Garden with a hands-on workshop. Celebrate the life and creativity of the Bard make your own visual narrative with drawing and collage.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Eco-Friendly & Architecturally Satisfying Floral Design

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Working with a compostable base (AgraWool floral foam) and seasonal, locally grown flowers, we will make an arrangement that moves beyond basic design principles and employs more complex techniques. Please bring your own shears.

(165) Intermediate 18 and older
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Create a Succulent Terrarium

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how to create a sculptural succulent terrarium that can thrive for years! Students will learn about how succulents grow, get hands-on experience making succulent soil, learn planting techniques for easier acclimation, what types of terrariums do best with succulents, which succulents are best to use, and how to diagnose problems. You’ll be able to choose between a few quality glass types and several embellishments. An informative print-out...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Shape Up Your Garden for the Spring

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Get your garden ready for the new season with hands-on tasks and expert guidance. Join us in the historic Children's Garden as we assess winter damage, prune, and divide perennials. Learn how to plan for a year-round succession of blooms and create a thriving backyard garden.

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Ten Herbs & Spices That Will Change Your Life

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Tired of the same old dinners? Bored with your everyday meals? Well it’s time for that to change … and it’s simple. Learn from a master how to use easy to access herbs and spices from the world over to transform and elevate your cooking to new culinary heights.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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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!

(165) All levels 18 and older
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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. 

(165) All levels 18 and older
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BBG at Night: Nocturnal Critter Crawl (All Ages)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Join this fun-filled moonlit walk and workshop about bats and other nocturnal wildlife in the Garden. Hear bat echolocation, see them in flight, and learn about their key role in our survival on the planet today.  Bring your flashlight and magnifying lens to watch rabbits and other mammals, as well as beetles, spiders, and moths as they begin their nightly routines.  Families can register (ages 6+, one adult per child, please) Note:...

(165) All levels 6 and older
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Mushroom-Hunting Basics

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Mushroom season is just around the corner! On this walk we will search the grounds of BBG for early mushrooms and discuss the basics of mushroom location, identification, edible and toxic properties, medicinal uses, and especially ecology—since understanding the role of fungus in the environment is an essential part of finding and identifying mushrooms. This class meets rain or shine. Notes: Please bring your registration confirmation and...

(165) Beginner 18 and older
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The Secret Life of Spices

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Join Ethan Frisch, chef and cofounder of Burlap & Barrel, the first comprehensive single origin spice company in the US, for a deep dive into the politics, economics, and most importantly, the flavors of sourcing beautiful, equitable spices with the 92Y’s resident Food Historian, Francine Segan. Discover how spices are grown and the many ways to use them. We’ll explore their incredible stories of history, culture, travel, and trade and hear...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Plant Swap

Classeteria @ 284 Suydam St, Brooklyn, NY

Looking to expand your plant family? Interested in meeting other plant-curious folks? Join us on our Plant Swap. How does it work? Each swapper brings offerings of plants and plant-related items. Upon arrival, each swapper pulls a number at random out of a jar to determine her/his place in line. During the first hour, swappers arrive, view what is available, and generally nerd out on plant talk. At 2p, swappers will one at a time choose their...

(3) All levels 7 and older
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Learn Mushroom Cultivation & Tincture Making

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Learn Mushroom Cultivation & Tincture Making for Great Health A Hands-On Workshop Learn about mushrooms’ amazing range of medicinal, nutritional, and pollution remediation benefits with mycologist John Michelotti. We will begin with the basics of mushroom identification, including how to distinguish poisonous types, edible ones, and where different mushrooms grow. The use of medicinal fungi will be covered—to boost your immune system, improve...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$150
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Learn Urban Beekeeping: A Hands-On Workshop

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

One out of every three bites of food we eat is thanks to bees. They pollinate and thereby create many of the fruits, vegetables, and other food items we take for granted. And they promote the biodiversity of the flora they feed on, which helps the environment. Responsible beekeeping can greatly benefit your local ecosystem, and reward you with the gift of delicious “hyperlocal” raw honey.  Discover from beekeeper Nick Hoefly, of Queens-based...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$170

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DIY Date Night: Dirty Terrariums

Brooklyn Craft Company @ 165 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Calling all lovahs and friends! This year, boycott the schmaltzy sentiment and spend your Valentine’s evening with us crafting up a raunchy (or romantic) terrarium while sipping cocktails! This quick class is just the thing to kick off your Valentine’s night. In just an hour, you’ll learn the basics of terrarium-making as you create your own miniature world inside glass. We’ll provide all the terrarium fixins, including apothecary jars and...

(557) All levels 21 and older
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