Fundamentals of Gardening

This course is also required for the Horticultural Therapy Certificate.
Explore the basic principles underlying successful, environmentally friendly gardening, including the structure and physiological processes of plants and their relationships to the settings in which they grow. Students learn not only what to do, but why. Topics include soils and their improvement, seed sowing, vegetative propagation, planting, pruning, watering, weeding, mulching, and disease and pest control.
Recommended Texts:
Botany for Gardeners, Brian Capon
ISBN-13: 978-1604690958
ISBN-10: 160469095X
Start with the Soil, Grace Gershuny
ISBN-13: 978-0875966977
ISBN-10: 0875966977
Plant Propagator's Bible, Miranda Smith
ISBN-13: 978-1594864483
ISBN-10: 1594864489
Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning, Cass Turnbull
ISBN-13: 978-1570617515
ISBN-10: 1570617511
Explore the basic principles underlying successful, environmentally friendly gardening, including the structure and physiological processes of plants and their relationships to the settings in which they grow. Students learn not only what to do, but why. Topics include soils and their improvement, seed sowing, vegetative propagation, planting, pruning, watering, weeding, mulching, and disease and pest control.
Recommended Texts:
Botany for Gardeners, Brian Capon
ISBN-13: 978-1604690958
ISBN-10: 160469095X
Start with the Soil, Grace Gershuny
ISBN-13: 978-0875966977
ISBN-10: 0875966977
Plant Propagator's Bible, Miranda Smith
ISBN-13: 978-1594864483
ISBN-10: 1594864489
Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning, Cass Turnbull
ISBN-13: 978-1570617515
ISBN-10: 1570617511
Available Sessions
March 9, 2019 to March 30, 2019, from 10:00am to 01:00pm, at the NYBG location
Instructor:
Michael Ruggiero
April 2, 2019 to April 23, 2019, from 06:00pm to 09:00pm, at the Midtown Center location Instructor: Manny Grossman
April 16, 2019 to May 7, 2019, from 10:00am to 01:00pm, at the New Canaan Nature Center location Instructor: Michael Ruggiero
May 2, 2019 to May 23, 2019, from 10:00am to 01:00pm, at the NYBG location Instructor: Daryl Beyers
June 9, 2019 to June 30, 2019, from 10:30am to 03:00pm, at the NYBG location Instructor: Renee Marsh
July 16, 2019 to August 6, 2019, from 06:00pm to 09:00pm, at the Midtown Center location Instructor: Manny Grossman
September 16, 2019 to October 21, 2019, from 06:00pm to 09:00pm, at the Midtown Center location Instructor: Manny Grossman
September 17, 2019 to October 8, 2019, from 10:00am to 01:00pm, at the NYBG location Instructor: Daryl Beyers
April 2, 2019 to April 23, 2019, from 06:00pm to 09:00pm, at the Midtown Center location Instructor: Manny Grossman
April 16, 2019 to May 7, 2019, from 10:00am to 01:00pm, at the New Canaan Nature Center location Instructor: Michael Ruggiero
May 2, 2019 to May 23, 2019, from 10:00am to 01:00pm, at the NYBG location Instructor: Daryl Beyers
June 9, 2019 to June 30, 2019, from 10:30am to 03:00pm, at the NYBG location Instructor: Renee Marsh
July 16, 2019 to August 6, 2019, from 06:00pm to 09:00pm, at the Midtown Center location Instructor: Manny Grossman
September 16, 2019 to October 21, 2019, from 06:00pm to 09:00pm, at the Midtown Center location Instructor: Manny Grossman
September 17, 2019 to October 8, 2019, from 10:00am to 01:00pm, at the NYBG location Instructor: Daryl Beyers