Metropolitan Gardening

Here's a blurb from the NY Botanical Garden about classes there this summer and a link to  SIGNUP  to  Gardener / Writer Ellen Zachos   classes  you can get an audio interview with Ellen about gardening on terraces < here >. The classes are space limited so sign up today. There’s no place like The Garden for classes that inform, inspire and enrich. And for people on a professional career path in gardening, floral design or landscape design, an NYBG certificate is a prestigious credential that sets them apart.  Currently we are promoting Summer Intensive Certificate programs in those three areas. These concentrated sessions – beginning July 8th -- allow students to complete up to half of all NYBG certification requirements in just two weeks for Gardening…and just five weeks for Floral and Landscape Design!   We think any current or aspiring gardeners and designers would be interested in this opportunity to fast track their professional development.  You can learn m

E llen Zachos is teaching at the New York Botanical Garden. She is offering two courses - one in Terrace Gardening and one in Backyard Foraging. The audio file link:  <INTERVIEW>  The file will download as an .MP3 and you can put it on your phone or IPOD or play it on your computer. In the audio interview Ellen answers these important terrace gardening questions: 1) What sort of water requirements does terrace gardening require that are different than other residential gardens? 2) Do terrace gardens have any particular pests that plague them? 3) What are some of your favorite terrace gardens that you have worked on? 4) What media/soil do you recommend. 5) Any favorite flowers you like to grow on a terrace? Here's a link to SIGNUP  to Ellens classes