Adult Education

Free Walking Tour

Experience the Arboretum in a new way—take a guided tour and gain a richer understanding of this special place. Trained docents point out seasonal highlights and tell you stories the plants would tell—if they could talk! Every tour is different; you’ll hear about the science of trees, Arboretum history, future Arboretum plans, and points of interest.

Tours begin in front of the Hunnewell Building unless otherwise noted, last around 90 minutes, and are geared toward adults. There is no need to register. For more information or cancellation updates due
to inclement weather, call 617.384.5209.

Painting Fall Foliage ART 116

Rebecca Arnoldi, Artist and Naturalist
1 Session
Sun Nov 1 2:00–5:00pm [DG]
CANCELED
Revel in fall color under the guidance of an instructor who combines an artist’s eye with botanical knowledge. Combine careful observation with fluid watercolor painting to express the essence, energy and emotion stirred by the natural world. All levels are welcome. The class meets at the Arnold Arboretum.

Fee $50
Register for this class online or by phone/mail.

Offered in collaboration with the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts

A Garden in Your Mind’s Eye: Developing Your Vision HOR 244

Tony Bernstein, Principal, SLDA Landscape Design Associates
5 Sessions
Mon Nov 2, 9, 16, (no class Nov 23) 30, Dec 7 6:30–8:30 [HB]
Garden design incorporates philosophy, aesthetics, economics, and theories as well as practicalities. It’s no wonder that considering where to begin can overwhelm. In this class, designer Tony Bernstein will teach about core design principles, but will also coach you to clarify what you desire of a garden. Through exercises and discussions, he’ll encourage you to be introspective to develop design concepts that are reflective of your personality and lifestyle. He’ll also train your eye to consider the architecture and land that will surround your garden. Melding your inner visions with external factors, you will begin to develop a satisfying and cohesive garden design. In this class you will explore foundations of design, philosophies of design, aesthetics of design, and sensibilities and practicalities. You will finish the class with rough sketches and plenty of ideas to develop during the winter.

Fee $140 member, 168 nonmember
Register for this class online or by phone/mail.

Offered in collaboration with the New England Wild Flower Society

Free Walking Tour

Experience the Arboretum in a new way—take a guided tour and gain a richer understanding of this special place. Trained docents point out seasonal highlights and tell you stories the plants would tell—if they could talk! Every tour is different; you’ll hear about the science of trees, Arboretum history, future Arboretum plans, and points of interest.

Tours begin in front of the Hunnewell Building unless otherwise noted, last around 90 minutes, and are geared toward adults. There is no need to register. For more information or cancellation updates due
to inclement weather, call 617.384.5209.

Conifers for Urban Sites HOR 346

Dennis Collins, Horticultural Curator, Mount Auburn Cemetery
1 Session
Sat Nov 7 10:00am–12:30pm [Meet at Bussey Street Gate]
Dennis Collins, our go-to guy for teaching about conifers, will use the Arnold Arboretum’s vast collection of conifers to show those that would be suited for smaller spaces in city gardens. He will also recommend plants that can withstand some of the stressors common to urban sites, such as extreme wind or heat. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes, as this class takes place entirely outdoors.

Fee $30 member, $35 nonmember
Register for this class online or by phone/mail.

Offered in collaboration with Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture

Free Walking Tour

Experience the Arboretum in a new way—take a guided tour and gain a richer understanding of this special place. Trained docents point out seasonal highlights and tell you stories the plants would tell—if they could talk! Every tour is different; you’ll hear about the science of trees, Arboretum history, future Arboretum plans, and points of interest.

Tours begin in front of the Hunnewell Building unless otherwise noted, last around 90 minutes, and are geared toward adults. There is no need to register. For more information or cancellation updates due
to inclement weather, call 617.384.5209.

Event Correction

Date Correction: Dan Pearson, garden designer and writer, will be speaking on January 19
7:00–8:30pm [Trinity Church]
This event was incorrectly listed in our print catalog as taking place on November 8. We apologize for any confusion.

Dan Pearson is one of the most important and influential landscape designers working today. At the heart of all his gardens lies an unshakeable theme – his reverence for the power and delicacy of nature. In this lecture Dan will demonstrate his design process, in which he extrapolates on the spirit of place as it emerges through geography, history, architecture, and native flora. Dan will explain how he believes landscapes—both wild and designed—speak to us, how human interventions in the landscape can animate and inform, and how they can serve to memorialize and to heal.

Fee $20 member, $25 nonmember
Register for this class online or by phone/mail.

Dan Pearson is a landscape designer with an international reputation for design and planting excellence. His key strengths are horticultural expertise, an informed and intuitive approach to the organization of space, and the practice of ecological and sustainable design principles. Dan trained at Wisley, a Royal Horticultural Society garden, and at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is a weekly gardening columnist for The Observer, before which he was a columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times. He is co-author of The Essential Garden Book (with Sir Terence Conran) and author of The Garden: A Year at Home Farm. He has presented and appeared in several TV series and has designed five award-winning Chelsea Flower Show gardens.

Natural History and Ethnobotany of Medicinal Plants BOT 356

Judith Sumner, Botanist and Author of The Natural History of Medicinal Plants
Sun Nov 8 9:00am–4:00pm [NEWFS]
Before the time of written records, early people used plants to relieve symptoms and cure disease, forming the basis of the modern study of ethnobotany and the starting point for the history of medicinal plants. During this intensive course on the history and current directions of medicinal botany, we will track the knowledge of medicinal plants from prehistory through the spectacular work of the Renaissance herbalists, the Doctrine of Signatures, and the development of the European medical tradition. New World settlers carried the seeds of medicinal plants with them to North America, where European medical knowledge commingled with Native American lore. The class will consider herbal medicine in nineteenth century America, the field of zoopharmacognosy, and the current ethnobotanical approach to drug discovery. You will gain an understanding of human-plant interactions and botanical cures for human disease and the importance of preserving the diversity of medicinal plants.

Fee $77 member, $91 nonmember
Register for this class online or by phone/mail.

Offered in collaboration with the New England Wild Flower Society

Free Walking Tour

Experience the Arboretum in a new way—take a guided tour and gain a richer understanding of this special place. Trained docents point out seasonal highlights and tell you stories the plants would tell—if they could talk! Every tour is different; you’ll hear about the science of trees, Arboretum history, future Arboretum plans, and points of interest.

Tours begin in front of the Hunnewell Building unless otherwise noted, last around 90 minutes, and are geared toward adults. There is no need to register. For more information or cancellation updates due
to inclement weather, call 617.384.5209.

Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being HOR 509

Esther M. Sternberg, M.D., Chief of Neuroendocrine Immunology and Behavior and Director of the Integrative Neural Immune Program National Institute of Mental Health
1 Session
Sun Nov 8 2:00–3:30pm
LECTURE TAKES PLACE AT TRINITY CHURCH, 206 CLARENDON ST., COPLEY SQUARE, BOSTON.
Can a pleasant view speed healing? In this lecture, Dr. Esther Sternberg will present the science of mind-body connections and human perception as it relates to place. Using examples from her book, Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being, to explain the neurobiology of the senses, she will explore how a theme park, concert hall, cathedral, labyrinth, or garden can trigger or reduce stress, induce anxiety or instill peace. Dr. Sternberg will provide clues to how and why we respond to our surroundings that could influence the places we create in the future.

Fee $10 members, $15 nonmembers
Register for this class online or pay at the door.

Dr. Esther M. Sternberg is the author of The Balance Within and Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being. She is internationally recognized for her discoveries in brain-immune interactions and the brain's stress response on health. She is the chief of the section on neuroendocrine immunology and behavior at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Sternberg is also Director of the Integrative Neural Immune Program, NIMH/NIH and Co-Chair of the NIH Intramural Program on Research in Women's Health. She was on the faculty at Washington University before joining the National Institutes of Health in 1986.
Co-sponsored by the Arnold Arboretum and Trinity Church in the City of Boston

See a flyer for this lecture.

Yestermorrow's Design/Build in the Dominican Republic 2010

For almost thirty years, Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Warren,
Vermont, has inspired people to build a more sustainable world by
providing hands-on education that integrates design and craft in a creative, interactive process.

This 18-day design/build adventure will focus on building a unique
community project in a rural part of the Dominican Republic. The class begins with a group design process culminating in a single design emanating from the collective ideas of participants. The remainder of the course is an intensive sprint to build what has been designed, utilizing local, environmentally appropriate materials, allowing the design and building processes to continue to inform one another.

This class will take place in a remote context; with rustic lodging,
limited or no electricity, lots of nature, and tons of hard work. It will hopefully be the experience of a lifetime; providing an immersion into an Afro-Caribbean island culture, while fostering community development through hands-on action. Architect Kyle Bergman has run this class twice before in the Dominican Republic, as well as courses in Mexico, the Philippines, and Russia.
Jan 5–Jan 22, 2010
Fee: $2,300
Registration deadline: Nov 10, 2009

Note: Tuition includes travel within the Dominican Republic, lodging, and meals. For more information, visit www.yestermorrow.org.

Landscape Institute students hoping to receive credit for this studio must notify the Registrar at the Landscape Institute. Additional course requirements and tuition may apply.

Free Walking Tour

Experience the Arboretum in a new way—take a guided tour and gain a richer understanding of this special place. Trained docents point out seasonal highlights and tell you stories the plants would tell—if they could talk! Every tour is different; you’ll hear about the science of trees, Arboretum history, future Arboretum plans, and points of interest.

Tours begin in front of the Hunnewell Building unless otherwise noted, last around 90 minutes, and are geared toward adults. There is no need to register. For more information or cancellation updates due
to inclement weather, call 617.384.5209.

Architecture, Sacred Space and the Challenge of the Modern

Paul Goldberger: Architecture, Sacred Space and the Challenge of the Modern
Wed Nov 18 7:00pm [Trinity Church, Copley Square]
INCORRECTLY ADVERTISED AS AN ARBORETUM EVENT. SEE REGISTRATION DETAILS BELOW.
Paul Goldberger is one of the world's most distinguished writers in the field of architecture. He has been architecture critic at The New Yorker since 1987, following a 25-year career as architecture critic at the New York Times, where he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for architectural criticism.

Tickets are $25 and available at The Shop at Trinity (206 Clarendon St.,
Boston) or by phone (617) 536-0944 x225.

Questions: (617) 536-0944 x217 or kacerbobachmann@trinitychurchboston.org

Artist Talk--Marty Klein

Marty Klein is fueled by an insatiable and wide-ranging curiosity to see familiar natural forms in new and refreshing ways. Using a flatbed scanner as a camera, Marty Klein captures images of plants and other natural objects with incredible depth and contrast. The images are very different from traditional photographs, yet remain close in spirit, imbued with an arresting vitality. Several new works in this show use specimens gathered by special permission from the Arboretum’s living collections.

Join him for a free evening presentation about his process and inspiration. No registration necessary. Talk will take place in the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall, 125 Arborway.

Introduction to Winter Tree Identification BOT 172A

Kyle Stephens, Arborist, Arnold Arboretum
Sat Nov 21, Dec 5 9:00am–12:30pm [DG, HB]
CLASS IS FULL. NO SPACES AVAILABLE.
This class will provide an overview of the information necessary to identify deciduous trees during their dormant season. Looking at specific character combinations, participants will learn to determine the genus and species of several types of trees in the Boston area. The group will begin indoors with a discussion of basic classification techniques and then go outside to the Arboretum grounds to explore maples, oaks, lindens, buckeyes, hickories, hornbeams and as many other trees as time will allow. This class is recommended for the beginner-to-intermediate tree observer. The first class meets at the Dana Greenhouse Classroom. The second class meets at the Hunnewell Building. Dress warmly for spending the morning outdoors. A hand lens may be helpful, but is not necessary.

Fee $65 member, $75 nonmember
Register for this class online or by phone/mail.

New! Arboretum Story Hour

Join us on the Hunnewell lawn for stories of trees told under storied trees! You will be treated to tree, plant, and nature-themed storybooks read by Arboretum staff and volunteers. Readings begin at 11:00am, and we will be outside, weather permitting. Meet at the Hunnewell Building.

* October 31
* November 21