Learn how to lower your environmental footprint by turning your non-recyclable trash into art. Make 3-D bees and flowers from items that would normally go to landfills or pollute the ocean. Bring some things from home and we’ll have other materials here. This class has been cancelled.

Incorporate water and some delightfully odd plants into your container garden-scape! Dean demonstrates how to plan a mini-wetland, from water management to planting techniques and plant selection, while offering suggestions for appropriate containers and plant sources. This class has been cancelled.  

Container gardens help you maximize small spaces and they’re easy to maintain! Garden horticulturist Dean Dietrich, responsible for the many spectacular container plantings in the Central Garden, shows you how to plan your container garden, from soil mixes and planting techniques to design tips and succession planting for seasonal color. Then, create your own container […]

Join foodie, world traveler and herbal expert Mark Ragland for these sessions to help you make and maintain a successful summer herb garden. Mark offers tips for starting your summer herb garden, from selections—including some different ones and what works well in our area—and maintenance.

Enhance your understanding and appreciation of the Garden with this specialized garden walk featuring seasonal aspects of the collection. Walks are offered monthly except January, July, and August.  Come dressed for the weather and walking in the Garden. (Formerly Ginter in the Morning)

New best-selling books have brought revelations about how trees live their lives. Visit some of the Garden’s most prominent trees and hear discoveries about their subtle communication skills through the “wood wide web”. Tour includes many parts of the garden; expect some uneven terrain.

Mindfulness is the ability to have judgment-free awareness as events unfold moment by moment. Mindfulness is also something we naturally possess, however when practiced daily or even consistently, our ability to move mindfully is more readily available and accessible. This course is both theoretical and experiential. Students learn about and discuss the origins of mindfulness […]