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July
7/9/2022
9:30 AM - 7/23/2022 12:30 PM
7/9/2022
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
7/16/2022
9:30 AM - 8/6/2022 12:30 PM
7/16/2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
7/21/2022
1:00 PM - 8/11/2022 5:00 PM
7/23/2022
1:15 PM - 8/11/2022 4:15 PM
7/28/2022
9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
August
8/11/2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
8/13/2022
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
8/20/2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
8/20/2022
12:00 PM - 4/15/2023 12:00 PM
Hybrid Certificate in Therapeutic HorticultureThe Hybrid Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture (HCTH) provides comprehensive online and in-person instruction to professionals and students in allied health, education, and design fields who wish to incorporate therapeutic horticulture into their practice. This eight-month program allows maximum flexibility for those who need convenient, self-paced, evening, and weekend learning opportunities.
Students will build foundational knowledge and explore how Therapeutic Horticulture supports human health & wellness, including physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual, vocational, and social needs.
8/23/2022
1:00 PM - 9/13/2022 3:00 PM
8/25/2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
8/29/2022
12:00 PM - 10/16/2022 12:00 PM
Introduction to Therapeutic HorticultureThis six-week course is a great way to learn and build foundational knowledge about this growing therapeutic practice. It is intended for a wide audience, including allied health professionals who may want to incorporate plant-based activities into their existing practices, master gardeners or volunteers who work with community members with diverse needs and abilities, educators and other interested people.
Students explore how Therapeutic Horticulture supports human health & wellness, including physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual, and social needs. The course structure promotes vibrant engagement via discussion threads and assignment feedback. This introductory course provides a unique opportunity to research, discuss, and reflect on people/plant relationships.
September
9/10/2022
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9/11/2022
1:15 PM - 10/9/2022 4:45 PM
9/15/2022
1:30 PM - 9/29/2022 4:30 PM
Plant Communities of North CarolinaThis course is intended for a broad audience and introduces students to North Carolina’s rich diversity of plant communities. Variations in geology, climate, soils, fire regimes, landscape positions, and other factors have resulted in the creation of distinctive ecosystems: subtropical maritime forests, salt marshes, longleaf pine savannas and sandhills, pocosins, oak-hickory forests, bottomland hardwoods, swamps, spruce-fir forests, rock outcrops and glades, fens, and grasslands. This course explores the causes and history of North Carolina’s plant community diversity.
9/17/2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
October
10/8/2022
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
10/15/2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
10/15/2022
1:15 PM - 11/5/2022 4:45 PM
10/17/2022
12:00 PM - 12/11/2022 12:00 PM
10/20/2022
1:00 PM - 11/10/2022 3:00 PM
10/23/2022
1:30 PM - 11/13/2022 4:30 PM
10/26/2022
9:30 AM - 11/16/2022 11:30 AM
10/29/2022
9:30 AM - 11/5/2022 12:30 PM
November
11/4/2022
9:30 AM - 11/18/2022 11:30 AM
11/12/2022
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
11/19/2022
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
11/29/2022
1:15 PM - 12/20/2022 4:45 PM
Intermediate Traditional WatercolorEvent is Full: Accepting Wait List Registrations
This course builds upon the knowledge and skills of Beginning Watercolor. Using live botanical specimens, students apply basic drawing and watercolor skills to create detailed, realistic watercolor studies of individual plant structures such as stems, twigs, leaves, petals, flowers, pods, and fruit. Classes cover such topics as creating the illusion of depth and volume and portraying shape, color, and textural details accurately. Prerequisites: Beginning Watercolor, Intermediate Drawing
December
12/9/2022
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM