Gain the skills and knowledge needed to include bulbs in your landscape. In this New York Botanical Garden online class on October 6, you’ll explore the diversity of bulbs; their culture, growing requirements, and placement. Learn how to plan and place bulbs in new and existing beds using the fundamental principles of garden design: purpose, style, site analysis, color, balance and rhythm.

Instructor Sheri Forster, Principal of The Scottish Gardener, specializes in custom garden design of residential properties in Westchester & Fairfield counties since 2007. Her client’s gardens have been featured in garden tours and have appeared in national and local publications. This year she was the kickoff speaker for the Connecticut Horticultural Society’s lecture series and The Connecticut Master Gardeners Association annual meeting. Sheri received her certificate in Garden Design from NYBG in 2008.

$64 for NYBG members, $70 for nonmembers. Register at www.nybg.org