Classes, Tours & Workshops
Programs for Adults
Instructor and student discuss photographyFrom gardening practices to nature study and everything in between—the Missouri Botanical Garden offers a full range of classes.

Class Catalog
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Fall–Winter 2021/2022

If you have questions, please call us at (314) 577-9506 or email classes@mobot.org.

Click here to be taken to the Classes Registration Page. Once there, do a simple search for the class you want. You can also click on the "Register" link following each class listed below.

Join us for an upcoming class. Here are just a few:

 
PAUSE: Meditation for Educators
Virtual and in-person options available
Offered on 24 different Thursdays; 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Brittany Conners
FREE; for Educators Only
Where do you go when the world is moving too fast? Try the Garden. In today's "grind until the gears fall off" culture, it may feel counterproductive or pointless to take a break. Trust us, it is necessary and vital to your overall wellness. PAUSE (Positively Adapting Using Silence Everyday) gives you skills to retreat within using silence to unlock your new peace. Simply start by giving yourself permission to PAUSE. Come prepared for a short walk.
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Invasive? Native? Exotic? An Eco-Logical View of Plants
(Online via Zoom)
Wednesday, September 8; 10–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Jean Ponzi
$21 members; $25 nonmembers
The EarthWays Center of Missouri Botanical Garden invites you to meet some WILD-ly wonderful options for home and community lands. Learn how plant choices matter to birds, bugs and people—and why some good-looking plants go bad.
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  watercolor painting
Watercolor Wisdom
(Online via Zoom)
Five Fridays, beginning September 10; 10 a.m.–noon
Instructor: Judy Seyfert
$110 members; $132 nonmembers
Beginner/Intermediate. This class is designed to give you a strong grasp of how to use watercolor paint and help you approach your own paintings with confidence. Using a limited palette, Judy will demonstrate simple techniques for making impressive paintings. Through group and individual instruction, students will learn how to design and create their own compositions. This class is appropriate for both beginning and intermediate students. Supply list provided at registration.
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Simple Flower Arranging
Saturday, September 11; 10 a.m.–noon
Instructor: Sharon Lloyd
$43 members; $52 nonmembers
Creating arrangements from your own yard can be a relaxing and rewarding experience. We will learn about the season’s best plants for cut arrangements that you can grow in your own yard, maximizing store-bought bouquets and unusual vase ideas. Create your own beautiful arrangement using purchased flowers and Garden grown flowers. All materials provided. Come prepared for a short walk.
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“If you don't know it, you don't care for it, and you don't protect it.”
—Claudia West, ASLA, Principal at Phyto Studio,
co-author of Planting in a Post Wild World

 

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Fall–Winter 2021/2022

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