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It's not just the bees that are buzzing during the summer months at BBG. Everywhere you turn you'll find activity during all times of the day: children running around at camp, visitors on our daily tours, students engaged in classes, community members doing sunset yoga on the lawn, painting students set up with their easels, and many more. There's something for everyone. Whether you're visiting for a day or the whole summer, learning opportunities abound here at BBG.
Contact us if you are an EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare Card Holder interested in purchasing a ticket for one of these programs with a 50% discount for the Card-holder.
Program Calendar
Saturday, Dec 13 to Saturday, Dec 20
Bring garden spaces to life through thoughtful, creative planting design in this immersive two-day studio course on Saturdays Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Led by Tom Smith of Springfield Technical Community College, this hands-on...
Saturday, Jan 3 to Sunday, Jan 4
Learn about the art and science of plant propagation with Adam Wheeler, grafting guru at Broken Arrow Nursery. Focus on the basic botany needed to understand and successfully propagate plants. Sexual and asexual propagation methods including sowing seeds...
Saturday, Jan 10 to Saturday, Jan 31
This four week course offered on Saturdays, Jan. 10 to 31 from 9:30 to 12:30 p.m. and taught by Jen Werner, will include information on how and why pests become invasive, and the governmental agencies and working groups that help determine an organisms’ “...
Tuesday, Jan 13 to Tuesday, Feb 17
Join Duncan Himmelman and Jen Werner for an introduction to Native and Non-Native Plants, and the relationship between both plant species over ZOOM.
Friday, Feb 6
The question that is often stressful for the garden designer/gardener is "how much should I charge?" In this class, offered on Friday, Feb. 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and taught by Tom Smith of Springfield Technical Community College, you will learn...
Friday, Feb 13 to Friday, Mar 6
Whether you are an amateur or professional horticulturist, you are a steward of the landscape, and probably spend more time than anyone among the flowers, shrubs and trees. This course offered on Fridays, Feb. 13 through March 6 from 1 to 5 p.m., taught...
Thursday, Feb 26 to Thursday, Mar 19
This four-week course on Thursdays, Feb. 26 through March 19 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., taught by Jenna O’Brien, will teach the skills required for beautiful and successful container gardens. Get to know the plants that thrive in containers and how to care...
Tuesday, Mar 3 to Tuesday, Apr 14
This design course, taught by Tyler Horsley, will introduce students to the design process—the systematic way designers approach a site and client. The course will include a series of simple projects that will end with a garden designed by the students....
Thursday, Mar 26 to Thursday, Apr 30
Learn skills essential for functional garden design that honor the site and meet client needs. Led by Chuck Schnell and Walter Cudnohufsky of Cudnohufsky Associates, this course will cover a different topic or technique focusing on the importance of...
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