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Saturday, Sep 7 to Saturday, Sep 28
This four-week studio intensive course, held on Saturdays, Sept. 7 through 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., will help students learn basic drafting skills necessary to record and effectively communicate scaled site plans. Taught by Tom Smith of...
Wednesday, Sep 18 to Wednesday, Oct 30
Join us for six fabulous weeks of watercolor fun with beloved artist Pat Hogan on Wednesdays, Sept. 18 to Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., painting gorgeous fall blooms in the comfort of the studio. We will hone our skills in mixing colors, painting...
Saturday, Sep 28
Capture a moment in time with Maggie Pate in this introduction to eco-printing on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students will leave with a luscious 100 percent silk charmeuse scarf that they will design and eco-print during the class using...
Tuesday, Oct 1 to Tuesday, Oct 22
Taught by Jenna O’Brien, this four-session course, held on Tuesdays, Oct. 1 to 22,  from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.,will focus on the bones of the garden with a survey of ornamental woody plants for residential landscape design. It will cover ornamental shrubs,...
Saturday, Oct 5 to Sunday, Oct 6
Capture the color and contour of BBG’s gardens in autumn in our dynamic, hands-on workshop, held Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In this two-day intensive workshop, we will brew dyes with plants harvested from the BBG gardens and...
Saturday, Oct 5 to Saturday, Oct 26
This four-week course, held on Saturdays, Oct. 5 through 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., will offer students the opportunity to pursue the process of creating a realistic or lifelike representation of an object or a scene. It's all about how you use...
Saturday, Oct 19
Rolling Rock Salt of Sheffield, Mass., will share the history of salt, the various types of salt, and explore “no salt” options on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. Learn about peppercorns and herbal seasoning, make salty infusions and cook with all the...
Friday, Oct 25
Join BBG on a trip to Boston where we will have two private tours at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Harvard Museum of Natural History on Friday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. This trip includes a boxed lunch in between tours. *The...
Saturday, Oct 26
This workshop, led by Jean Mackay on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., will provide tips and techniques for sketching outdoors and help you gain confidence working directly from nature. Learn to create expressive lines and employ simple washes to...
Saturday, Oct 26
In this workshop on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. and led by Theresa Freund of Freund's Farm Market and Bakery, participants will turn a variety of locally grown apples into apple butter. Beginning with the applesauce process, we will make a...

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