Past Programs
Our monthly programs (September-April) feature a wide variety of topics and speakers.
Recent programs have included:
January 2024: Gardening on Rock
Anne Spiegel - 2011 winner of the prestigious Linc and Timmy Foster Millstream Garden Award from NARGS
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
October 2023 (Tri-State Meeting at NYBG):
A Look at Some of Japan's Finest Alpine and Woodland Plants and Branklyn Garden
Jim Jermyn
September 2023: The Folly Tree Arboretum
Tucker Marder - Founder and Director, Folly Tree Arboretum
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
April 2022: A New Way of Thinking About Gardens, Nature and Ourselves
James Golden - Federal Twist
February 2022: Wildflowers and Natural Habitat on the Roof
Marni Majorelle - Alive Structures
January 2022: Gardens Inspired by Gertrude Jekyll and the Cottage Garden Style
Mariel Tribby - Senior Horticulturist, Missouri Botanical Garden
December 2021: The Grass is Singing: Rediscovering the Magic of Alpine Plants
Non Morris - Garden Writer and Designer
October 2021: Pot Luck: Gardening With Containers
Abbie Zabar - Writer, Artist and Designer
September 2021: How Plants Got Their Stripes: The Science of Variegated and
Patterned Leaves
Joseph Tychonievich - Horticulturist, Author, Editor of The Rock Garden Quarterly
May 2021: The Highlands of Lesotho
Mike Bone - Associate Director of Horticulture and Curator of Steppe Collection, Denver Botanical Gardens
April 2021: Pollinator Ecology
Rebecca McMackin - Director of Horticulture, Brooklyn Bridge Park