Adult Education student making a floral arrangement.

Adult Education

Spring and Summer Classes Are Now Online!

Welcome to another season of NYBG Adult Education. Beginners and advanced students alike can enjoy classes in Design, Art, Gardening, our new Food & Drink section, and more!

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Illustration of Black Pine Bonsai.

Botanical Art

 Photo of landscape design students at work.

Landscape Design

 SOPH student working in his plot.

Horticulture

 Student creating a wild arrangement.

Floral Design
The Home Gardening Center in fall

Gardening

 Student looking at soil sample.

Botany

 A child holding an air plant.

Hort Therapy

 Mike Feller teaching students on a beach

Urban Naturalist
Jarred pickles, beets, and other vegetables.

Food & Drink

 succulents, stone, and moss geodesic dome terrarium

Crafts

 Closeup of a white and pink flower

Photography

Wellness
Brian Sullivan teaching Intensive students in the Native Plant Garden

Summer Intensive Programs

This summer, accelerate your training to become a Floral Designer, Gardener, or Landscape Designer. Take much of the coursework required for a prestigious NYBG Certificate in just a few weeks. Individual intensive classes are also available in Botanical Art & Illustration and Horticultural Therapy.

The front of Mertz Library in fall

Lectures & Symposia

Each year, NYBG welcomes landscape architects, garden designers, and internationally recognized speakers to our stage for enriching talks on their fields and studies. Plan your year with our lineup of 2019 lectures and symposia.