January 2020
Cheese Making at Home
Learn how to make a simple, delicious cheese in your own kitchen. BBG’s own Chris Wellens will cover equipment, supplies, and basic techniques used in making nearly all types of cheese. While making 3 types of cheese, fresh from start to finish, an emphasis will be on making a unique cheese unlike any at your local grocery store. After enjoying the fresh-made cheeses, each person will take home instructions and a set of ingredients to make a batch or two…
Find out more »Sustainable Garden Care & Maintenance
Learn about the maintenance considerations that should be integrated into the design process. Students’ horticultural knowledge will expand to factor sustainable maintenance concerns with cost effectiveness into plant selection. Learn procedures for perennials, woody plants, and lawns, including transplanting, staking, fertilizing, winterizing, mulching, plant pathology, and pest control with an emphasis on deer control. (4 classes) BBG Members: $180/Non-Members: $195.
Find out more »Planting Plan Design Studio
Learn how to design a planting plan for private and public garden spaces. Students will consider the nature of plant characteristics in specific design settings. Home architecture will be used for a source of inspiration while honoring the horticultural needs of each plant. For materials list visit our website (8 classes) BBG Members: $350/Non-Members: $385.
Find out more »February 2020
Savory and Sweet Hand Pies
Making hand pies is fun! Let’s roll up our sleeves and get messy. Learn how to make an easy cream cheese dough that is perfect for making hand pies. The fillings will be mushroom, spiced pumpkin apple butter and cranberry maple cream cheese. There is nothing like popping a hot hand pie into your mouth!
Find out more »Sustainable Garden Care & Maintenance
Learn about the maintenance considerations that should be integrated into the design process. Students’ horticultural knowledge will expand to factor sustainable maintenance concerns with cost effectiveness into plant selection. Learn procedures for perennials, woody plants, and lawns, including transplanting, staking, fertilizing, winterizing, mulching, plant pathology, and pest control with an emphasis on deer control. (4 classes) BBG Members: $180/Non-Members: $195.
Find out more »Planting Plan Design Studio
Learn how to design a planting plan for private and public garden spaces. Students will consider the nature of plant characteristics in specific design settings. Home architecture will be used for a source of inspiration while honoring the horticultural needs of each plant. For materials list visit our website (8 classes) BBG Members: $350/Non-Members: $385.
Find out more »Sustainable Garden Care & Maintenance
Learn about the maintenance considerations that should be integrated into the design process. Students’ horticultural knowledge will expand to factor sustainable maintenance concerns with cost effectiveness into plant selection. Learn procedures for perennials, woody plants, and lawns, including transplanting, staking, fertilizing, winterizing, mulching, plant pathology, and pest control with an emphasis on deer control. (4 classes) BBG Members: $180/Non-Members: $195.
Find out more »Planting Plan Design Studio
Learn how to design a planting plan for private and public garden spaces. Students will consider the nature of plant characteristics in specific design settings. Home architecture will be used for a source of inspiration while honoring the horticultural needs of each plant. For materials list visit our website (8 classes) BBG Members: $350/Non-Members: $385.
Find out more »Planting Plan Design Studio
Learn how to design a planting plan for private and public garden spaces. Students will consider the nature of plant characteristics in specific design settings. Home architecture will be used for a source of inspiration while honoring the horticultural needs of each plant. For materials list visit our website (8 classes) BBG Members: $350/Non-Members: $385.
Find out more »Tree Care for Gardeners
The goal of this class is to empower horticulturists to better understand the largest plants in the landscape. Learn the basics of tree biology and identification, the tree’s role in the ecosystem, proper selection, siting, planting considerations, pruning of young trees, fertilization, pest identification and when to call in the certified arborist. (3 classes)
Find out more »Winter Lecture by Tom Coward – The Legacy of Wild Gardener William Robinson
In 2010, Tom Coward joined Gravetye Manor in Sussex, England and set about the restoration of the garden. The historic gardens of Gravetye Manor were established in 1885 by writer and gardener William Robinson. Situated in the Ashdown Forest of Sussex— the basis of A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh books— this would become Robinson’s inspiration for the creation of the English natural or wild gardens. Building on his experience and drawing from the inspiration of North American meadows, Coward will…
Find out more »Planting Plan Design Studio
Learn how to design a planting plan for private and public garden spaces. Students will consider the nature of plant characteristics in specific design settings. Home architecture will be used for a source of inspiration while honoring the horticultural needs of each plant. For materials list visit our website (8 classes) BBG Members: $350/Non-Members: $385.
Find out more »Tree Care for Gardeners
The goal of this class is to empower horticulturists to better understand the largest plants in the landscape. Learn the basics of tree biology and identification, the tree’s role in the ecosystem, proper selection, siting, planting considerations, pruning of young trees, fertilization, pest identification and when to call in the certified arborist. (3 classes)
Find out more »Goodbye Gluten! Baking with Alternative Grains
In this class we will make sweet and savory recipes, all designed to highlight the fun and flavorful ways that gluten-free baking can take you in new and delicious directions. We will cover a wide array of possibilities including French and American classics
Find out more »The Perennial Plant Palette – Combinations for Every Garden
With so many plants to choose from, how can one be sure of creating successful perennial garden designs? Analyze the site, pick the right plants for that habitat and create winning combinations based on growth habit, foliage, and flowers. Need some help? Join perennial plant expert, Robert Herman, as he provides inspiration through examples of wonderful combinations for every type of gardening situation.
Find out more »March 2020
Planting Plan Design Studio
Learn how to design a planting plan for private and public garden spaces. Students will consider the nature of plant characteristics in specific design settings. Home architecture will be used for a source of inspiration while honoring the horticultural needs of each plant. For materials list visit our website (8 classes) BBG Members: $350/Non-Members: $385.
Find out more »Tree Care for Gardeners
The goal of this class is to empower horticulturists to better understand the largest plants in the landscape. Learn the basics of tree biology and identification, the tree’s role in the ecosystem, proper selection, siting, planting considerations, pruning of young trees, fertilization, pest identification and when to call in the certified arborist. (3 classes)
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