Event Name: Intro to Horticultural Science & Botany
Event Date(s): Saturday, 4/29/2023, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, 1 hour, 30 minutes
Tickets Available: 10
Purchase Deadline: Saturday, 4/29/2023 10:30 AM

Designed for the home gardener, this class will provide an introductory review of plants and their parts, botanical nomenclature, plant identification of leaves and flowers through the use of horticultural language, and soil basics. After a class review of information, we will go out into the garden to apply our knowledge.


INSTRUCTOR: Reed Pugh

Reed Pugh's first career was in Advertising in NYC, but after moving to San Francisco 25 years ago, he made a life-altering change and went back to school for Ornamental Horticulture. Over the years in San Francisco and Boston he has worked in multiple nurseries, had his own design, installation and maintenance businesses on both coasts, managed a 30 acre historic private estate in Brookline, and managed one of the top fine-gardening companies in New England. Reed has been a Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist (MCH).

$35 Member / $50 Non-Member (Price includes admission to the Gardens)


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