Past Programs
Our monthly programs feature a wide variety of topics and speakers. Recent programs include:
January 2022 (via Zoom):
Gardens Inspired by Gertrude Jekyll and the Cottage Garden Style
Mariel Tribby. Senior Horticulturist, Missouri Botanical Garden
December 2021 (via Zoom):
The Grass Is Singing: Rediscovering the Magic of Alpine Plants
Non Morris. Garden Writer and Designer
October 2021 (via Zoom):
Pot Luck (gardening on a NYC penthouse terrace, featuring Abbie's special pots and containers)
Abbie Zabar. Writer, Artist and Designer
September 2021 (via Zoom):
How Plants Got Their Stripes -- The Science of Variegated and Patterned Leaves
Joseph Tychonievich. Horticulturalist, Author and Editor of The Rock Garden Quarterly
April 2021 (via Zoom):
Pollinator Ecology
Rebecca McMackin. Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park
March 2021 (via Zoom):
Botanizing in the Himalaya – Yunnan, Shangri-La and The Borderlands of Tibet
Matt Mattus. Horticulturalist, Plantsman, Gardener and Author
February 2021 (via Zoom):
The Evolution of My Garden – From Old Garden to New
Elisabeth Zander. President of North American Rock Garden Society
January 2021 (via Zoom):
The Alpine Collection at Denver Botanic Gardens
Mike Kintgen. Curator of Alpine Collections, Denver Botanic Gardens
February 2020:
Tales from the Primrose Path
Elizabeth Lawson. Writer, Naturalist and Gardener
January 2020:
Troughs: Gardening in the Smallest Landscape
Lori Chips. Author and Alpine Manage at Oliver Nurseries
December 2019:
Present Moment Past: The Irish Hunger Memorial
Richard Faraino, Horticulturalist, The Irish Hunger Memorial
April 2019:
The Best Alpines of my Life
Ger van den Beuken. Netherlands Horticulturalist and Nurseryman
Recent Tours have included:
June 2021 Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park
May 2021 Several private gardens in Fresh Meadows and Little Neck, Queens
May 2019 Several private gardens and a community garden in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn