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Unfortunately, no classes in-person in Boston have spots left, but 15 classes live online are available.
The Fragrant Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Imagine wonderful scents in your garden from spring into autumn, provided by aromatic flowers and fragrant foliage. By selecting from a wide range of trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, and annuals, you can achieve the sweet smell of success in your garden! This focused addition of fragrance in the garden can be both enjoyable and therapeutic. The School’s CEUs=2 hours OPC elective This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must...
Saturday Jun 24th, 11am–1pm Central Time
Gardening with the Seasons: Summer
UW Botanic Gardens @ Online Class
Summer keeps us busy in the garden--weeding, watering, and dealing with pests! This class will cover tips for proactive garden care for the summer months, including care of seasonal containers, watering practices, pest management, and more! Summer brings an abundance of growth and blooms...and sometimes garden problems. Managing weeds and irrigation are prime targets for attention at this time of year. Time-saving tips for proactive garden care...
Thursday Jun 15th, 7–8:30pm Pacific Time
Small Space Garden Design
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Develop a repertoire of tools that enable you to evaluate and implement strategies to maximize the potential of garden spaces with small footprints, including condominiums, townhomes, and apartments. You will learn how to approach basic garden design and layout, plant selection, and everyday maintenance concerns for small sites. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class...
Saturday Jun 10th, 11am–1pm Central Time
Container Gardening with Native Plants
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Many native plants make great choices for container gardens because they are adapted to the local growing conditions. From shade to sun and short to tall, there are plenty of plants that will create a small, wildlife-friendly oasis on your patio, balcony, or porch from spring through fall! The School’s CEUs=2 hours OPC elective This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts....
Wednesday Jun 21st, 6–8pm Central Time
Cottage Garden Designs
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Exuberant gardens overflowing with old-fashioned flowers come to mind when we think of cottage gardens. Shrub roses, foxgloves, poppies, forget-me-nots, hollyhocks, vegetables, and herbs all have a place. Discover bed and border designs and plant combinations that can help you get the look of an English-style cottage garden. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts....
Wednesday Jul 26th, 6:30–8:30pm Central Time
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Fall Garden Care
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Proper garden care in the fall helps ensure healthy plants the next spring. Learn techniques for taking care of your lawn, trees, shrubs, and perennials, including fall fertilizing, mulching, cutting back plants, and protecting plants from wind and animals. Get pointers for fall planting of woody plants and spring-flowering bulbs. Please choose either the on-site or online class attendance option. The online class will be taught via Zoom. All registrations...
Wednesday Aug 30th, 6–8pm Central Time
Basics of Garden Design
New York School of Interior Design
Success or failure of any landscape design hinges on hardscape decisions. Hardscape is essentially everything except the plants. Plants are the stars but hardscape is the stage on which they perform. In this course you will learn how and why professionals build grade elevations and use soil composition to sculpt the earth. Thereafter we'll study current design trends and compare these with conventional practices. Why are native plants all...
Wednesday Jun 14th, 6–8pm Eastern Time
(3 sessions)
Going Native: Online
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Maybe you started with a coneflower or milkweed and now you are hooked on native plants. The internet and social media describe gardening with natives in broad strokes. This class will fill in details as you learn some basics concepts about native plants, as well as some misconceptions. We will also discuss the pollinators that benefit from our native gardens. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online...
Wednesday Aug 9th, 6:30–8:30pm Central Time
Perennial Bed Design for Shade
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Discover a palette of shade-loving perennials to brighten and enhance low-light garden areas. You will learn to create colorful and harmonious combinations using a wide range of plants that thrive in shady spaces. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance.
Saturday Jul 29th, 11am–1pm Central Time
Hardscape Basics
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 00000
Elevate your garden designs by incorporating hardscape elements. These structural components of a landscape provide both functional and aesthetic benefits. Create garden design plans that integrate hardscape structures such as paving, landscape lighting, and garden walls to achieve your landscape design goals. The last class is a field trip to view examples of content learned in class. Prerequisites: Graphics, Introduction...
Thursday Jun 8th, 6:30–9pm Central Time
(11 sessions)
Gratitude Journaling
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Learn the basics of gratitude journaling as a tool to reflect on life’s blessings. After this introductory class focusing on context and fundamentals, you will be prepared to begin your journey of self-discovery via paper and pen. Please choose either the on-site or online class attendance option. The online class will be taught via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive...
Sunday Jun 25th, 1–2pm Central Time
Bonsai: Seasonal Storage: Online
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
In this class, we will discuss the steps necessary to prepare your bonsai trees for the fall and winter seasons. Proper feeding, pruning, and winter storage options for both temperate and tropical bonsai will be covered. Have your bonsai trees ready for late summer to early fall work. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions...
Wednesday Sep 6th, 6–8pm Central Time
Marriage of the Written and Painted Word
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
By combining both inspirational or personal words with a strong painted image, your voice is amplified. Working with poetic words coupled with your watercolor painting, you will learn how to design a piece for maximum impact. Discover how to create an artwork with a cherished inspirational phrase, striking message, or personal words effectively composed within the painting. What you learn from the class can also be applied to your own...
Wednesday Jul 26th, 6–9pm Central Time
(4 sessions)
Pen and Ink 2
Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom
Explore advanced pen-and-ink techniques and composition in botanical documentation and illustration. You will draw a plant of your choice and its dissected parts, with emphasis on creating a traditional, beautiful, scientific botanical plate. While perfecting skills in linear and tonal drawing, students will learn to communicate accurate botanical information and the value of aesthetics in scientific botanical art. A supply list will be sent. Prerequisites...
Tuesday Sep 19th, 6–9pm Central Time
(6 sessions)
Plant CSI: Why Does my Japanese Maple Look so Bad?
UW Botanic Gardens @ Online Class
Become a Plant Crime Scene Investigator (CSI)! Learn about key plant diseases and insect pests that can cause problems for favorite trees and shrubs in the landscape. Japanese maples (Acer palmatum) are wonderful specimen trees in the landscape, showing off many form and color variations. Yet often stems will die back, and sometimes even large limbs or an entire tree will die. It sometimes appears to happen overnight! This 1.75-hour online course...
Tuesday Jul 11th, 9–10:45am Pacific Time
Discovery Club - Growing Gardeners
Jewish Community Centers of G. Boston @ 333 Nahanton St, Newton, MA 02459
Explore how food goes from farm to table with Discovery Club's Director. Each week, we will investigate one part of the journey from garbage to garden and learn what Jewish tradition has to say about caring for the earth. We'll play with worm compost, re-grow vegetables from scraps and cook with locally sourced vegetables.
$168
7 sessions
Beacon Hill and Back Bay Tour
Boston Foodie Tours/Boston Food Finds @ 215 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114
On this tour, we’ll begin with a full lunch at the restaurant of a legendary James Beard Award winner. It was recently rated one of the top 100 restaurants in the country (2016). Next, a multiple Best of Boston Chocolatier awaits us, as do award-winning roasted nuts at our third stop. A visit to Beacon Hill’s historic Louisburg Square follows, and to – get your cameras ready – Acorn Street, the most photographed street in the city....
$95
Organic Vegetable Gardening
Assabet After Dark @ 215 Fitchburg St, Boston, MA 01752
Get ready for Spring and learn basic gardening techniques for creating your home organic vegetable garden. You will learn how to prepare and amend your garden soil for best growing conditions; how to prepare in-ground, raised-bed gardens and container gardens; where, what, and when to plant; starting seeds indoors; what varieties are best to plant to maximize our short growing season; how to control weeds and garden pests organically; how to fertilize...
$99
3 sessions
Perennials for Sun and Shade
Assabet After Dark @ 215 Fitchburg St, Boston, MA 01752
Perennials for Sun and Shade - Color from Spring to Autumn Are you tired of spending a small fortune each year on annuals to get color in your flower garden? You will discover everything you ever wanted to know about perennials - the alternative to annuals. Become familiar with a wide variety of colorful perennials to enhance your yard and learn how to plan, design, install, and maintain a beautiful border and/or flower bed for sun or shade with...
$49
How to Grow Green, Healthy Lawns
Assabet After Dark @ 215 Fitchburg St, Boston, MA 01752
Have the best lawn on the block! Before you throw hundreds of dollars at your lawn on fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, mulchers, weed whackers, and sprinklers, learn valuable tips that will save you hours of time and frustration and money.
$49
Backyard Beekeeping
Assabet After Dark @ 215 Fitchburg St, Boston, MA 01752
Have you ever thought about becoming a beekeeper? Are you curious to find out exactly what is involved? Honeybees are fascinating social insects. You will learn how much it costs, how to pick the best location, the types of hives, the essential equipment, how and where to obtain bees, and, the amount of time it takes to maintain your hive. Find out if this rewarding hobby is for you.
$49
Indoor Composting with your Child
Assabet After Dark @ 215 Fitchburg St, Boston, MA 01752
Are you interested in teaching your child about organic composting? You will enjoy a course designed for you and your child between the ages of 10 and 14. Have you ever wondered about what happens to the outdoor compost piles during cold winter months? Are you curious to know how to compost even if you don't have access to a backyard? How about the mystical “Compost Tea” which rejuvenates indoor and outdoor plants? Learn how to create and maintain...
$69
Relief Carving Flowers and Leaves
Woodcraft of Woburn @ 185 New Boston St, Woburn, MA 01801
Learn basic relief carving techniques, while creating panels of flowers and leaves. The skills you acquire can then be used to make stand-alone panels, or decorative elements of furniture, architecture, or other projects. No prior carving experience required.
$110
2 sessions
Indoor Organic Composting in New England
Assabet After Dark @ 215 Fitchburg St, Boston, MA 01752
Are you interested in organic composting? Have you ever wondered about what happens to the outdoor compost piles during cold winter months? Are you curious to know how to compost even if you don't have access to a backyard? How about the mystical “Compost Tea” which rejuvenates indoor and outdoor plants? Learn how to create and maintain a healthy compost bin that will be fully operational during winter months and beyond. Your compost bin will...
$59
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Charity Ride
The Handle Bar @ 1336 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02215
Come sweat at The Handlebar in Fenway with favorite instructor Eve to support Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. The class will be 45 minutes with light refreshments afterwards. All proceeds will benefit the MMRF!.
$30
Handle Bar 45: AKON ride
The Handle Bar @ 141 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02127
Handle Bar 45: AKON ride is a 45 minute cycling session set to the beat of the music that gets you going. Weighted bars are used for a portion of the workout to incorporate upper body toning into the class. The format is designed to challenge your endurance and rid toxins from your system. Especially great for a Sunday evening restart. The workout is infused with intensity, but still suitable for all skill levels.
$24
Drop-in Meditation: Mindful Mondays
The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden @ 145 Bolton Rd, Harvard, MA 01451
Sit in the beautiful Garden Room and try out different meditation practices ranging from Meditation for Anxiety and Depression to Radical Self-Acceptance. There will be a twenty minute meditation activity and a brief discussion. Through the Winter, Drop-In Meditation will be the start of a series entitled Awakening Your Heart, Creativity & Wisdom by Tara Brac it will be a full multi-part series of meditations on self-acceptance.
Free
Meditative Drumming
The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden @ 145 Bolton Rd, Harvard, MA 01451
Use soft drumming techniques to induce a meditative state.
Free
Eating Soups and Other immune boosting Deliciousness
The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden @ 145 Bolton Rd, Harvard, MA 01451
Get yourself through the Winter Season with warm, healthy soups!
$10
Whole Hearted Yoga
The Virginia Thurston Healing Garden @ 145 Bolton Rd, Harvard, MA 01451
This class is designed to guide you safely, creatively and joyfully down the path of well-being. Together we learn how to practice without pain, embrace what we can and cannot do without judgment and live in peaceful residence in our bodies.
$15
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