Adult Learning Programs by Date

Explore adult learning opportunities at the Garden in order by date. Courses that include multiple sessions will be listed by the date of the first session and will indicate the number of sessions. All programs are in-person unless otherwise noted as virtual or hybrid.

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Class Schedule November 2025 – April 2026

 

11/21/2025: Sustainable Fall Centerpiece 

11/22/2025: Orchids 101 

11/24/2025: Thanksgiving Centerpiece Floral Design Workshop 

12/02/2025: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga (3-week course) 

12/03/2025: Behind-the-Scenes of Gardenfest Tour 

12/03/2025: Festive Folk Art Holiday Ornaments 

12/06/2025: Holiday Wreath Workshop (morning) 

12/06/2025: Holiday Wreath Workshop (afternoon) 

12/08/2025: Smartphone Photography at Night: Gardenfest! 

12/09/2025: Festive Flair: Holiday Centerpiece Workshop (morning)

12/09/2025: Festive Flair: Holiday Centerpiece Workshop (afternoon)

12/09/2025: Gardenfest Interiors: Featuring Nature 

12/13/2025: Locally Grown Dried Flower Winter Wreath Workshop 

12/13/2025: Succulent Propagation Wreath and Growing Technique

01/06/2026: Basic Floral Design, Part 1 (3-week course) 

01/06/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga: January (4-week course) 

01/06/2026: Tai Chi in the Garden: January – February (6-week course) 

01/08/2026: Winter Botany (2-day course) 

01/09/2026: Painting Wintery Berries and Birds with Gouache  

01/14/2026: Watercolor Experimentation and Card-Making (2-day course) 

01/16/2026: Fruit-Full Designs 

01/17/2026: Introduction to Hydroponics 

01/17/2026: Winter Wonders: A Photography Workshop 

01/20/2026: Beginnings: Exploring Seed Pods in Colored Pencil (2-day course) 

01/21/2026: Mas Alla de la Superficie 

01/22/2026: Introduction to Botanical Drawing III (4-week course) 

01/22/2026: Basic Floral Design, Part 1 (3-week course) 

01/24/2026: Natural Incense Workshop  

01/24/2026: Selecting House Plants 101 

01/24/2026: Introduction to Botanical Drawing III (4-week course) 

01/25/2026: Spring Planting for Pollinators 

01/31/2026: Creating a Kitchen Garden 

01/31/2026: Seed Starting 101 

01/31/2026: Ecological Garden Cleanup and Spring Preparation 

02/03/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga: February (3-week course) 

02/04/2026: Bold Botanicals with Oil Pastel and Colored Pencil 

02/06/2026: Open-Hearted Designs 

02/07/2026: Love Birds: True Love in the Bird World 

02/07/2026: Exploring Cacao & Chocolate 

02/08/2026: Glazed Ceramic Garden Critters (2-day course) 

02/17/2026: Cluster Bunch: Groupings for Big Impact  

02/17/2026: Basic Floral Design, Part 2 (5-day course) 

02/18/2026: Playing on Yupo Paper with Alcohol Inks 

02/19/2026: Edible History: Exotic and Decadent Chocolate and Vanilla 

02/20/2026: Botanical Illustration Study Pages: Drawing Nature Through Observation and Discovery (3-day course) 

02/21/2026: Beekeeping for Beginners (3-week course) 

02/24/2026: Seasonal Garden Tour 

02/24/2026: Tai Chi in the Garden: February-March (5-week course) 

02/28/2026: Botany for Botanical Illustration (4-week course) 

03/03/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga: March (4-week course) 

03/05/2026: Botanical Drawing II: Shading & Structure (4-week course) 

03/05/2026: Vine to Glass: Through the Grapevine: Terroir Tells the Story 

03/06/2026: Two Colors: Endless Possibilities 

03/07/2026: Planning and Preparing a Cutting Garden 

03/11/2026: Seasonal Garden Tour 

03/12/2026: Garden-Inspired Altered and Accordian Books 

03/12/2026: Roll and Relax 

03/13/2026: Bonsai for Beginners 

03/14/2026: Designing a Four-Season Perennial Garden 

03/14/2026: Hummingbird Haven 

03/15/2026: Spring Dried Flower Wreaths 

03/15/2026: Gardening for Moths 

03/16/2026: Botanical Illustration: Daffodils! (2-day course) 

03/17/2026: Foliage Focus 

03/17/2026: Nuts and Bolts of Floral Design (4-week course) 

03/18/2026: Grace Arents: Invisible Philanthropist Tour 

03/24/2026: Seasonal Garden Tour 

03/25/2026: Whimsical Paper Birds Workshop (2-week course) 

03/26/2026: Garden to Glass: Herbaceous Cocktails: Shaken, Stirred and Spritzed 

03/28/2026: Spring Pruning 

03/28/2026: Orchids 101 

04/03/2026: Springtime Baskets (morning) 

04/03/2026: Springtime Baskets (afternoon) 

04/04/2026: Linoleum Printmaking: Spring Blooms 

04/04/2026: Herbalism 101: Tisanes and Tinctures 

04/07/2026: Garden Salutations: Gentle Yoga: April (4-week course) 

04/07/2026: Tai Chi in the Garden: April-May (5-week course) 

04/07/2026: Creating with Water-Based Media (4-week course) 

04/09/2026: Color Mixing I for Botanical Watercolor (4-week course) 

04/10/2026: Drawing Tulips: A Study of Form, Light, and Observational Wonder  (4-day course) 

04/11/2026: Blooming Success: How to Tend and Harvest a Cutting Garden 

04/11/2026: Wooden Mushroom Succulent Arrangement 

04/11/2026: Propagating Plants 101 

04/12/2026: Beneficial Bugs 

04/15/2026: Sogetsu Ikebana: Basic Floral Arranging 

04/16/2026: Seasonal Garden Tour 

04/16/2026: Locally Grown Hand-Tied Bouquets 

04/17/2026: Pressed Flower Floating Frame 

04/18/2026: The Botanical Body: Gardening Practices for Mindfulness 

04/18/2026: Growing and using Culinary Herbs 

04/24/2026: Embracing Asymmetry 

04/25/2026: Writing in the Garden 

04/25/2026: Container Gardening with Native Plants 

04/25/2026: Beginner Origami Butterflies 

04/25/2026: Flower Crown Workshop 

04/26/2026: The Qi of Trees 

04/28/2026: Seasonal Garden Tour 

 

 

 

 

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