Discover Classes. Earn Rewards.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Upcoming Classes Online

(4.3-star rating across 165 reviews)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an urban botanic garden that aims to connect people to the world of plants, promoting an appreciation for the environment. Through educational programs, research, and garden renewal efforts, the school inspires people of all ages to learn about and conserve plants and plant communities.

View School's Profile

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

1 class has spots left

Unlocking the Mysteries of Native Plant Selection

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Discover the secrets to selecting the perfect native plants with the experts at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Uncover the mysteries of pollination partners, native cultivars, and more in this comprehensive course. Take your gardening skills to the next level and create a thriving, sustainable landscape.

(165) All levels 18 and older
18 Brooklyn Botanic Garden classes that have ended
Add to your wish list to find out about new dates

Mastering Watercolor—ONLINE

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Watercolor is a very user-friendly and portable medium and can be as playful or intensive as you wish. Learn some basic watercolor techniques while responding to motifs, objects, or plants that you have on hand. This class is for the beginner who wants to know how to become familiar with the medium, with guidance on setting up a simple palette, and basic composition.  Learn some techniques and properties of the medium such as transparency,...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Watercolor: Basic Techniques

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

In this foundational course of essentials, students will learn all of the most important techniques needed to create stunning watercolor paintings. We will isolate and learn: wet on wet, wet on dry, dry on dry, gradations, removal techniques, glazing, and so much more. Your instructor will provide extensive demonstrations and explain why we use the materials we do and how to build a palette that works for you.  This course is geared toward...

(165) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
Discover Classes. Earn Rewards.

CourseHorse Gift Card

Thousands of classes & experiences. No expiration. Gift an experience this holiday season and make it a memorable one. Lock in a price with the Inflation Buster Gift Card Price Adjuster™

Buy a Gift Card

Growing Herbs Indoors

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Growing herbs indoors lets you pick fresh, flavorful ingredients year-round, whether or not you have a garden!  Learn how to care for them, including light, water, and transplanting requirements, and how to troubleshoot special indoor conditions such as dry air from indoor heating. Learn which herbs do best indoors. Notes: You will be emailed the Zoom link for this class on Monday, November 29. If you have not received the link by 6 p.m....

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Intro to Diversity of Plant Forms: Spore Plants

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Intro to Diversity of Plant Forms: Spore Plants—BLENDED The plants around us—especially the ones that do not make flowers—can seem like an indecipherable carpet of green. The first step in making sense of plant stories is noticing individual plants. In this class we’ll observe and draw examples from the three lineages that reproduce via spores: bryophytes, lycophytes, and ferns. No art skills necessary; stick figures and basic shapes will...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$119

2 sessions

Gift it!

Creating a Succession of Bloom in the Native Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Uninterrupted succession of bloom throughout the growing season is an ecological imperative in any landscape. From early spring through late fall, different species of pollinators and natural enemies look for different types of plants at different times of year. Is your garden ready?  Learn what you need to know to make your garden beautiful and ecologically supportive throughout the growing season with great choices of native plants. Note:...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Preparing Your Garden for the Winter

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Get your garden ready now for fuller blooms and healthier plants next spring. Learn the best techniques for protecting perennials that will overwinter outdoors (including in containers); preparing the soil to ensure maximum fertility; and minimizing pest and disease problems next year.

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Color and Saturation: Watercoloring a Snowy Landscape

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Students will learn how to render sky, winter trees, and snow in watercolor, without the use of white paint. Your instructor will do extensive demonstrations throughout the class and teach technique. She will provide some sample reference images, but students are encouraged to look for their own reference inspiration as well.  All levels are welcome!  Please be sure you have masking fluid. Notes: Bring your own materials. For Materials...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Drawing Natural Objects from Pine Cones to Trees-ONLINE

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

All levels are welcome in this drawing class! Students will learn to apply techniques ranging from line weight to blind contour to gray scale. We will use the complex geometric form of pine cones and other found natural objects to learn proportion, contour, and shading for three-dimensionality.  Your instructor will teach technique and offer extensive demonstrations throughout the class. She will provide some sample reference images, but students...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Watercoloring Early Spring Flowers and Buds

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Color and Saturation: Watercoloring Early Spring Flowers and Buds—ONLINE Students will learn how to work with the complex color green as we celebrate the first buds of spring. We will cover a variety of other techniques (wet on wet, wet on dry, and glazing). Your instructor will do extensive demonstrations and answer questions. She will provide some sample reference images, but students are encouraged to look for their own reference inspiration...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Color and Saturation: Watercoloring Spring Blooms

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Students will learn how to paint sky, clouds, and trees with highlight and shadow, while preserving white flowers. We will also explore the details of these stunning blossoms up close. Your instructor will do extensive demonstrations, teach technique, and answer questions. She will provide sample reference images, but students are encouraged to look for their own reference inspiration as well (still life or photos). All levels are welcome! Notes:...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Color & Saturation: Watercoloring Still Lifes

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Color & Saturation: Watercoloring Still Lifes with Flowers In this course, we will look at combining loose impressions of a grouping of flowers and leaves with more detailed elements. We will juxtapose these different focal points while experimenting with color combinations and variations of tonal intensity. We will also discuss how to paint stems through a glass vase and how to approach those abstract distortions. We will begin our lesson...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Introduction to Botanical Illustration

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

This class is a 3hr workshop introducing students to some of the basic techniques used by Botanical Illustrators to realistically represent the forms and colors of plants. Students will use a line drawing provided by the instructor to practice rendering and watercolor painting techniques to complete a simple Botanical painting. The class will feature step by step demonstrations as well as Individual instruction. Note: Bring your own materials....

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Color and Saturation: Watercoloring Wild Flowers

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Learn how to paint botanical subjects with a variety of detailed approaches, but also looser, more impressionistic techniques. Focusing on composition, textual changes, and color combinations. Beginners and intermediate artists are welcome. Your instructor will do extensive demonstrations throughout the class and will teach technique and answer relevant questions. She will provide some sample reference images, but students are encouraged to look...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Color and Saturation: Watercoloring Natural Objects

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Unleash your creativity and master the art of watercoloring natural objects in this hands-on class at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Learn a variety of techniques and get personalized instruction from your experienced teacher. All levels are welcome, so come and explore the vibrant world of watercolors!

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Color and Saturation: Watercolor: It’s Not Easy Being Green

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Discover the art of painting with the complex color green in this botanical-inspired watercolor course. Learn to mix and match shades of green while creating detailed renderings of leaves and plants. All levels are welcome!

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

After this class, you’ll never again wonder whether you watered too much or too little, when to repot a plant into a bigger container, or about any other fundamental questions of indoor plant care. Bring your suffering houseplant—after a lecture on plant care basics, join a Q&A on what may be ailing your houseplant and what to do about it. Notes: You will be emailed the Zoom link for this class.

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Hell Strip and Streetscape Gardening with Native Plants

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Hell Strip and Streetscape Gardening with Native Plants—ONLINE When it comes to hell strips and streetscapes, putting “the right plant in the right place” has never been more important. Road salt, soil erosion, dogs, leaching from cement walkways, reflected heat, and frequent neglect all require plants that can stand up to the abuse.  Learn the realities of rough-and-ready native gardening and the ecologically valuable native plants...

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules

Great Native Plants for Containers

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Learn which native plants are the best choices to plant successfully in containers, and what conditions they need. Invite butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and other beneficial insects into your yard, patio, deck, or balcony with the great native plants that support them. With native container gardening you can grow beautiful and ecologically beneficial plants in any outdoor space. Notes: You will be emailed the Zoom link for this class.

(165) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
Reset all filters.

No results found

Try removing some filters.

CourseHorse Gift Cards

  • Creative & unique gift for any occasion
  • Thousands of classes & experiences
  • No expiration date
  • Instant e-delivery (or choose a date)
  • Add a personalized message
  • Lock in a price with the Inflation Buster Gift Card Price Adjuster™
Buy a Gift Card
gift card with the CourseHorse logo gift card with the CourseHorse logo
Loading...