Our monthly programs (September-April) feature a wide variety of topics and speakers. 

Recent programs have included:

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January 2024:  Gardening on Rock

Anne Spiegel -  2011 winner of the prestigious Linc and Timmy Foster Millstream Garden Award from NARGS

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December 2023:  Heronswood Garden: A New Chapter

Rizaniño ‘Riz' Reyes -  Assistant Director, Heronswood Garden

 

November 2023:  The Chanticleer Gravel Garden

Lisa Roper -  Horticulturist, Gravel Garden & Ruin, Chanticleer Garden

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October 2023 (Tri-State Meeting at NYBG):

A Look at Some of Japan's Finest Alpine and Woodland Plants and Branklyn Garden

Jim Jermyn

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September 2023:  The Folly Tree Arboretum

Tucker Marder - Founder and Director, Folly Tree Arboretum

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April 2023:  Untermyer Gardens: From The Field

Andrew Schuyler - Assistant Head Gardener, Untermyer Gardens

 

March 2023:  Native Plants for Small Spaces: Rock Gardens, Crevices and Troughs

Michael Hagen - Curator of the Rock Garden and Native Plant Garden, NYBG

 

February 2023:  Spring Alpines of the Spanish Aragonese Pyrenees

Todd Boland - Horticulturist, MUN Botanical Garden, St. John's, NL, Canada

 

January 2023:  Crevice Gardens in the East: Plants and Practices

Kenton Seth - Author of "The Crevice Gardener"

 

December 2022:   Alpine Flowers of the Swiss Bernese Oberland 

Jennifer Kalb - Chapter Member

 

November 2022:  The Making of a Garden on a Hill

Chris Young -  Author, Editor and Publisher

 

September 2022:  Propagation for Everyone

Gelene Scarborough - Gardener at Wave Hill

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April 2022:  A New Way of Thinking About Gardens, Nature and Ourselves

James Golden - Federal Twist

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February 2022:  Wildflowers and Natural Habitat on the Roof

Marni Majorelle - Alive Structures

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January 2022:  Gardens Inspired by Gertrude Jekyll and the Cottage Garden Style

Mariel Tribby - Senior Horticulturist, Missouri Botanical Garden

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December 2021:  The Grass is Singing: Rediscovering the Magic of Alpine Plants

Non Morris - Garden Writer and Designer

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October 2021:  Pot Luck: Gardening With Containers

Abbie Zabar - Writer, Artist and Designer

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September 2021:  How Plants Got Their Stripes: The Science of Variegated and

Patterned Leaves

Joseph Tychonievich - Horticulturist, Author, Editor of The Rock Garden Quarterly

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May 2021:  The Highlands of Lesotho

Mike Bone - Associate Director of Horticulture and Curator of Steppe Collection, Denver Botanical Gardens

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April 2021:  Pollinator Ecology

Rebecca McMackin - Director of Horticulture, Brooklyn Bridge Park

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