New York Botanical Garden

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NYBG Bronx, Bronx, New York

(295 Reviews)

Since its founding in 1891 The New York Botanical Garden has been a museum of plants, a preeminent center for botanical research, a global leader in plant-based education, and one of the great cultural institutions in the world.

The New York Botanical Garden educates people of all ages about the science, function, and beauty of plants to generate awareness, inspire appreciation, and provide an understanding of the importance of plants to all life on Earth.

The Garden’s Education Division offers a wide range of structured, programmatic experiences at all levels of learning that is unrivaled at any botanical garden in the world.

Adult students benefit from the more than 700 courses and lectures offered each year through the Garden’s Continuing Education program. Classes are offered for all levels of experience, from introductory to Certificate. Certificate Programs are a carefully selected series of courses focused on particular disciplines, preparing students for careers as well as personal enrichment in their chosen field of study. Class offerings range from one-hour lectures to five-week intensive programs.

Take a class in:

Botanical Art
Botany
Crafts
Floral Design
Gardening
Horticulture
Horticultural Therapy
Landscape Design
Photography
Urban Naturalist
Wellness

Notes: If you purchase the class using a CourseHorse promotion or discount, these discounts will not reflect on your NYBG receipt. Actual price paid will be reflected on your CourseHorse receipt only.

Reviews of New York Botanical Garden

(295 Reviews)

4/21/2018
Anonymous

Attended: Spring Tulips in Watercolor Workshop

"Best art teacher !"

4/16/2018
Freda C.

Attended: Herbal Spa Botanicals

Great instructor. Very informative and fun class.

3/30/2018
Inju K.

Attended: 18th Annual Winter Lecture Series:The Gardener's Garden

Despite the many technical problems with computers, etc. - the class was incredibly insightful and the instructor was at the top of his game. It really felt like getting the best informed curated knowledge from an interior decorator that was at the top of their game. Brave - I highly recommend this course to anyone about to renovate their bathrooms. Excellent!!!

3/16/2018
Joan C.

Attended: Building a Green Wall

Great instructor, he was very informative and we all ended the class with a ton of knowledge on the subject. Please have him do additional classes. Joan

3/11/2018
Anonymous

Attended: Nature's Pharmacy

First, let me start off by stating that the instructor was extremely knowledgeable on the actual herbs and their uses. However, here is why I knocked off two stars. I knocked off one star because sometimes she exaggerated. For example, she stated one incident where doctors would not help a patient, and a patient came to her and was healed. I do not believe that a doctor would tell a patient that he/she would not help the patient at all. Also, she said she broke her ankle, and healed it solely with herbs. In both of these examples, it was not "help" to heal; but "healed" with nothing other than her herbs. Even Rosemary Gladstar a renowned herbal teacher and practitioner with more than 35 years of experience working with herbs states in her book "Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide," that health problems that are beyond the care of an herbalist include broken bones. There were other examples of exaggeration too. But, those are the first two that come to mind. I knocked off the second star because the class was scheduled until 2:30 PM. We decided not to take a lunch break (30 min.), but rather eat during class and end at 2 PM instead. We did have adequate breaks. However as it got closer to 2 PM, she started rushing through all of the materials. It would have been better, since as a class we were scheduled until 2:30 PM, for her to have asked us if we'd want to go until 2:30 PM and continue rather than rushing at the end. It seemed as if she had somewhere to go. Her stories were sometimes long and would veer off the topic, and it would have been nice to have the name of the herb on the slide with each photo of the herb, as that is how she introduced the herbs. Sometimes she would talk for a long time about a herb, and we would not know how to spell it or understand what the herb was until she got to the next slide with the name and uses.

3/1/2018
Anonymous

Attended: Grow Gourmet Mushrooms Indoors

Great examples and resources provided. Hands on class. Fun!

2/28/2018
Rachel M.

Attended: Simple and Sleek Floral Design Ideas

I was very impressed with the educational nature of this course. I should have expected it being this NYBG :) but I really enjoyed the instructors mix of academic practice and fun. I walked away with new skills, but also very happy and encouraged by my arrangement. Would love to take another session soon!