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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