Our At Home in the Garden Series (AHGS) offers gardeners and the gardening-curious a wide range of stand-alone short workshops throughout the year. Browse our currently enrolling classes and click through to register. Thank you for your interest; we hope you will join us in growing!
A full list of current classes can be found here: https://gardens.charlotte.edu/events-calendar/
*for information on registration procedures including our cancellation policy, click here:
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For more Gardening courses, check out our Certificate in Native Plant Studies classes, which are also open to the general public.
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2021 Archive
Online Class: Composting
Instructor: Don Boekelheide, MS Agriculture
Online Class: Vegetable Gardens Part III: Fall Crops
Instructor: Don Boekelheide, MS Agriculture
Online Class: Vegetable Gardens Part II: Summer (Warm-Season) Vegetables
Instructor: Don Boekelheide, MS Agriculture
Online class: Introduction to Community Gardens
Instructor: Don Boekelheide, MS Agriculture
Online class: Vegetable Gardens Part I: Early Spring (Cold-Season) Vegetables
Instructor: Don Boekelheide, MS Agriculture
Hands-on Class: Advanced Pruning
Instructor: Ed Davis, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticultural Supervisor and Landscape Architect
Online class: Beginning Pruning
Instructor: Ed Davis, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticultural Supervisor and Landscape Architect
Online Lunch and Learn Event: Ganache at the Gardens
Instructors: Dr. Jeff Gillman, Director of the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, and Esa Weinreb, Head Chocolate Maker at The Underground Truffle
Online Class: Why Natives
Instructor: Amy Tipton, Assistant Director UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens
Online Class: Winter sowing
Instructor: Amy Tipton, Assistant Director UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens
2020 Archive
Online: Fall Vegetable Gardening
Instructor: Don Boekelheide, MS Agriculture
Hardscape Workshop: Pebble Mosaics
Instructor: Ed Davis, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticultural Supervisor and Landscape Architect
Grow Your Own Microgreens at Home!
Instructor: Kate Brun, Lucky Leaf Gardens
Orchid Care 101
Instructor: Mary Duke, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens Orchid Curator
Orchid Care Lecture and Demo
Instructor: Mary Duke, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens Orchid Curator
Pruning
Instructor: Ed Davis, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticultural Supervisor and Landscape Architect
2019 Archive
What’s Wrong With My Plant? Abiotic and Weeds
Instructor: Jeff Gillman, Ph. D Horticulture, Director UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens
What’s Wrong With My Plant? Insects and Disease
Instructor: Jeff Gillman, Ph. D Horticulture, Director UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens
Container Design
Instructors:
Ed Davis, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticultural Supervisor and Landscape Architect
Jennifer Bueno, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticulture Technician and Facilities Specialist
Seasonal Container Design
Instructor, Ed Davis, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticultural Supervisor and Landscape Architect
Smart Landscape Design
Saturday, March 23 9 am – 3:30 pm, Instructor, Ed Davis, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticultural Supervisor and Landscape Architect
Dry Stone Masonry: Weekend Workshop with George Crump
Saturday March 16 – 17 9-4 each day, Instructor, George Crump, Master Stone Artisan
Pruning Saturday, February 23 9am – 11am, Instructor Ed Davis, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens’ Horticultural Supervisor and Landscape Architect
Orchid Care 101 Tuesday, February 12, 10:00 am – Noon, Instructor, Mary Duke, Orchid Curator, UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens
Registration Policies and Procedures
There are two ways to register* for courses, depending on how you wish to pay.
1. Online by charge. The entire registration and payment process is accomplished on our online store. Register and pay online here. You will receive an automatic confirmation of your payment (if not, please email Wendy). You will also receive an email from Wendy with class and parking details approximately 5 days prior to the start of class.
2. By check. These registrations will be processed in a first-emailed, first-paid-basis. If you prefer to pay with a check, please email Wendy, who will let you know about spaces available in any given course and will send you instructions. wwilso35@uncc.edu
*Before you register, please read our cancellation and refund policies carefully.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be submitted 21 days prior to the start date of the class for a full refund (only available if paid by credit card) or a full credit towards a future course (if paid by check). Otherwise, we will deduct a 25% cancellation fee. Cancellations made during the 72 hours prior to the starting date of the class will not receive credit. Credits do not have an expiration date.
Refund Process: We are able to issue refunds only on payments made through our online storefront. Cancellations on courses paid by check receive credit towards future purchases according to the cancellation policy restrictions. However, if we must cancel a course due to low enrollment, we will shred (or return) any checks submitted for those courses, as long as they have been dated with the start date of the course (this is why we ask for them to be dated as such).