{"id":22678,"date":"2012-04-21T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=22678"},"modified":"2012-04-20T15:25:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T19:25:10","slug":"earth-day-resolution-explore-your-greener-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2012\/04\/learning\/earth-day-resolution-explore-your-greener-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Resolution: Explore Your ‘Greener’ Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s easy to help the planet and<\/em> explore your greener side with the NYBG<\/a>‘s programs. There are loads of Saturday and one-day programs offered at the Midtown Education Center <\/a>in Manhattan and there’s even outdoor Yoga <\/a>and Tai Chi <\/a>offered at the Garden in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

Browsing the new Spring-Summer Catalog<\/a>, you can find one-day and half-day Saturday programs<\/a> on everything from Beekeeping Basics<\/a> and Vegetable Gardening<\/a>, to new\u00a0Earth-Kind\u00ae Roses<\/a> and terrific Urban Tree Pits<\/a>. You can discover the healing power of plants <\/a>or the best choices for a city container garden. Plus, there are a wide range of new cooking classes for romantics to consider, among them, The Art of Cooking in the French Garden–For Couples. <\/a>
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\nPhotography enthusiasts can hone their skills and capture the beauty of nature on the acclaimed High Line park workshop <\/a>in Manhattan–a one-day Saturday program. Or just figure out how to use their digital cameras on location at the NYBG.<\/p>\n

For low-tech lovers, there’s Pencil Sketching in the Garden.<\/a> No prior artistic experience required! And the fearless can have some fun with Recreational Tree Climbing<\/a> (all necessary equipment is provided).<\/p>\n

So make an Earth Day resolution: promise to learn more about our planet!<\/p>\n

Register online<\/a> or for more information call 800-322-NYBG.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of NASA.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earth Day is about so much more than taking out your recycling. School yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":22742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[438,952,52],"tags":[2271,2368,2367,2371,646,2372,2370,2369],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/marble_east_vir_2012023.jpeg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-5TM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22678"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22758,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22678\/revisions\/22758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}