Wednesday, December 11, 2019 | 6 p.m.–8 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Learn how to make your own skincare products using oils and herbs grown in the Discovery Garden, such as lemongrass, sage, and thyme. You will make and take home a skincare product, as well as recipes and resources for learning more. Learn More about DIY Herbal Skincare ›
Saturday, December 14, 2019 | 1 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Working with flowers, evergreens, and other natural products of the season, create two designs to decorate your home for the winter holidays. Learn More about Winter Holiday Floral Workshop ›
Saturday, December 14, 2019 | 1 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Explore perfume ingredients and formulation, and leave with two bottles of your own bespoke perfume. Learn More about Natural Perfume Blending ›
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 | 6 p.m.–9 p.m. | Preregistration Required
In this interactive workshop, learn how to plan a calendar of season-long harvests. Learn More about Crop Planning 101 ›
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 | 6 p.m.–9 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Learn the basic components of soil (living and inert) and discuss how to support soil’s natural processes to grow healthy plants. Learn More about Soil Science 101 ›
Saturday, February 8, 2020 | 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Preregistration Required
This workshop applies principles of the Alexander Technique to improve posture, reduce stress and pain, and care for our bodies as much as we care for our plants. Learn More about Growing in Winter: Self-Care with Alexander Technique ›
Saturday, February 8, 2020 | 1 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Examine the art of natural perfumery, explore perfume ingredients and formulation, and leave with two bottles of your own bespoke perfume. Learn More about Natural Perfume Blending ›
Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 6 p.m.–8 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Learn how to grow these delicious greens, discover beautiful ways to use them, and create a microgreen garden to take home. Learn More about Grow and Eat Microgreens Year-Round ›
Thursday, February 13, 2020 | 7 p.m.–9 p.m. | Preregistration Required
As the night sky changes with the seasons, a recurring treasure trove of celestial sights awaits our gaze. Learn to identify the bright stars and constellations of Brooklyn's winter sky, and view stars, star clusters, and nebulae through a telescope. Learn More about Seasonal Skies: Winter Stars and Star Clusters ›
Saturday, February 22, 2020 | 12 p.m.–3 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Learn simple and affordable techniques to grow mushrooms for food, medicine, and fun. Learn More about Grow Mushrooms Indoors ›
Sunday, March 8, 2020 | 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Learn to start a rooftop garden, including technical aspects like weight considerations, as well as soil, suitable plants, design, and care. Learn More about Container Gardening on Rooftops, Terraces, and Balconies ›
Sunday, March 8, 2020 | 2 p.m.–5 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Explore some of the vibrant colors from plants of the neotropics like quebracho, fustic, and annatto that create a range of pink, golden, and orange hues, and discover the history and basics of dyeing fiber with plants. Learn More about Neotropical Hues: Dyeing with Quebracho, Fustic, and Annatto ›
Thursday, March 12, 2020 | 6 p.m.–8 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Get a crash course in vegetable gardening! Use your own space as a model to plan, choose seeds, grow seedlings, plant and transplant, water, weed, use organic pest control, and harvest. Take home seedlings to get started or to add to your garden. Learn More about Introduction to Organic Gardening ›
Sunday, March 15, 2020 | 10:30 a.m.–4 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Learn to start a rooftop garden, including technical aspects like weight considerations, as well as soil, suitable plants, design, and care. Learn More about Container Gardening on Rooftops, Terraces, and Balconies ›
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 | 6 p.m.–9 p.m. | Preregistration Required
In this hands-on workshop, learn the basic steps of seed starting and seedling nurturing, practicing with vegetable and flower seeds. Learn More about Seed Starting Annual Vegetables and Flowers ›
Saturday, April 4, 2020 | 1 p.m.–5 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Explore the range of blue, yellow and reddish hues that are possible with these plants and discover the history and basics of dyeing fiber with plants. Learn More about Medieval Hues: Dyeing with Woad, Weld, and Madder ›
Sunday, April 5, 2020 | 10 a.m.–1 p.m. | Preregistration Required
This intro-level botany course will include flower and seed dissections, germination experiments, sowing some annual flower seeds to take home, and a walk through the Garden to observe the earliest BBG blooms. Learn More about Blooming Botany ›
Saturday, April 18, 2020 | 9 a.m.–10:15 a.m. | Preregistration Required
Focus on connecting to the earth with your breath, body, heart, and senses with a guided mediation inspired by the resilience of the natural environment. Learn More about Walking Meditation: Rooting in the Garden ›
Saturday, April 18, 2020 | 10 a.m.–2 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Learn easy techniques to make beautiful bouquets and arrangements, working with colorful spring flowers like tulips, daffodils, and ranunculus, plus fresh green foliage. Learn More about Spring Floral Arrangements ›
Saturday, April 18, 2020 | 11 a.m.–1 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Search the grounds of the Garden for early mushrooms and discuss the basics of location, identification, and ecology. Learn More about Mushroom-Hunting Basics ›
Sunday, April 19, 2020 | 10 a.m.–2 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Learn easy techniques to make beautiful bouquets and arrangements, working with colorful spring flowers like tulips, daffodils, and ranunculus, plus fresh green foliage. Learn More about Spring Floral Arrangements ›
Sunday, April 19, 2020 | 12 p.m.–1 p.m. | Preregistration Required
Experience the beauty and drama of spring ephemerals with a guided ecology tour through the Native Flora Garden. Learn More about Native Flora Garden Spring Wildflower Walk ›
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | 6 p.m.–9 p.m. | Preregistration Required
In this interactive class you will learn the basics of biomimicry design, while exploring the “living library” outside that holds the secrets to success for all life on this planet. Learn More about Biomimicry: Exploring Nature's Intelligence and Elegance ›
