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

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Diamonds in Your Own Backyard - Native Clematis Belong in Your Garden!

Deborah Hardwick

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The Bronx is Blooming - An Inside Look at Wave Hill's Alpine Collection

​Sandy Schaller

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Confessions of a Plant Crazed Garden Nerd 

Joseph Tychonievich, Editor of the NARGS Quarterly

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Gardening on Rock

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

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Heronswood Garden: A New Chapter

Rizaniño ‘Riz' Reyes -  Assistant Director, Heronswood Garden

 

The Chanticleer Gravel Garden

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

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

Jim Jermyn, Tri-state meeting at NYBG

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Untermyer Gardens: From The Field

Andrew Schuyler - Assistant Head Gardener, Untermyer Gardens

 

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

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

 

Spring Alpines of the Spanish Aragonese Pyrenees

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

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Crevice Gardens in the East: Plants and Practices

Kenton Seth - Author of "The Crevice Gardener"

 

Alpine Flowers of the Swiss Bernese Oberland 

Jennifer Kalb - Chapter Member

 

The Making of a Garden on a Hill

Chris Young -  Author, Editor and Publisher

 

Propagation for Everyone

Gelene Scarborough - Gardener at Wave Hill

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A New Way of Thinking About Gardens, Nature and Ourselves

James Golden - Federal Twist

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Wildflowers and Natural Habitat on the Roof

Marni Majorelle - Alive Structures

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Gardens Inspired by Gertrude Jekyll and the Cottage Garden Style

Mariel Tribby - Senior Horticulturist, Missouri Botanical Garden

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The Grass is Singing: Rediscovering the Magic of Alpine Plants

Non Morris - Garden Writer and Designer

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Pot Luck: Gardening With Containers

Abbie Zabar - Writer, Artist and Designer

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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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The Highlands of Lesotho

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

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Pollinator Ecology

Rebecca McMackin - Director of Horticulture, Brooklyn Bridge Park

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