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\"Daryl<\/a>
Instructor Daryl Beyers demonstrates how to resolve bound roots during a container gardening lesson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On July 14, more than 60 eager Summer Intensives<\/a> students came to the Garden to begin a move toward changing their careers, learning new skills, and pursuing their passions. The Intensives are designed to accelerate training and Certification<\/a> in Gardening, Floral Design, Landscape Design, Botanical Art & Illustration, and Horticultural Therapy.<\/p>\n

Students came from as near as the tri-state area and as far as Texas to get professional training from the Garden. Some students had prior experience in these fields of study, while others were newcomers looking for a new career. This year\u2019s students were, overwhelmingly, all on a mission to positively change their lives and the lives of others.<\/p>\n

Patricia Harry, in the Horticultural Therapy<\/a> program, left the finance sector earlier this year and began volunteering at the Garden where she began to merge her passions for gardening and working with young people. Patricia\u2019s goal is to start a community gardening program that helps kids ages 11-18 become productive citizens as they move beyond education.<\/p>\n

\u201cGardening is empowering, builds self-esteem, and teaches people to help their community,\u201d Patricia said. \u201cHorticultural Therapy works with every sector of society, so what better way to share the benefits of gardening with young people?\u201d<\/p>\n

Patricia isn\u2019t the only student looking to change the world\u2014or at least her community.<\/p>\n

\"Katherine<\/a>
Katherine Sabatino, Horticultural Therapy instructor, shows students an essential oils kit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Samuel Rose, a Landscape Design<\/a> student who also directs a nonprofit that provides educational opportunities in organic gardening, nutrition, sustainable living, and community empowerment in Mexico, said he signed up for the Intensive to improve how he does his job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI need to better visually communicate proposals to government and foundations to get projects approved and funded,\u201d he said. Having design and drafting knowledge will enable him to illustrate exactly how grant money will be used for communities his organization benefits.<\/p>\n

\"Landscape<\/a>
Landscape Design students create site plans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Floral Design<\/a> students learn to appreciate a variety of styles during the Intensive. Creating approximately 40 arrangements, they gain a broad command of this art form. One student, YanJin Kim, wanted to strengthen her industry knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to have a life-changing moment this summer and learn Western-style flower arranging,\u201d said YanJin, who has practiced Ikebana, a style of Japanese flower arranging, for seven years. Her goal is to create \u201cAsian Fusion\u201d arrangements, combining Western and Ikebana designs.<\/p>\n

The talented individuals pursuing professional training at the Garden this summer have given their utmost effort to expand their skills and bolster their knowledge to change their own lives, and eventually the lives of others. They are well on their way to achieving their goals.<\/p>\n

Floral Design and Landscape Design students continue studying until August 15.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hear several students in NYBG Adult Education’s Summer Intensives describe what brought them to their diverse programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":46549,"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],"tags":[4645,3169,3170,225,2465,2440,2620,2588],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IntensivesMainImage-250x280.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-c6M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46548"}],"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\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46548"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46556,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46548\/revisions\/46556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}