Brookgreen U

Discover "Brookgreen U", our comprehensive continuing education initiative designed to enrich both the community and our visitors. Featuring an array of classes and interactive experiences, Brookgreen U fosters lifelong learning and exploration.

Beginning in January of each year, our program offers a curated selection of lectures, demonstrations, and workshops. With four classes per month, participants can delve into the realms of our four mission areas: Art, Horticulture, Wildlife, and History.

“Brookgreen U: Intensives” allows visitors to engage in hands-on activities and classes, where learning extends beyond the standard one hour timeframe. Electives provide ongoing educational opportunities within the surroundings of Brookgreen Gardens.

Join us in unlocking the doors to knowledge and exploration at Brookgreen U.

BROOKGREEN U CERTIFICATES

Our program is designed for personal enrichment. Each completed class or elective earns one credit, culminating in a Brookgreen U Certificate upon the completion of four classes or electives per quarter- fulfilling one class in each of the mission areas.

Attend four Brookgreen U offerings in a quarter and earn a Brookgreen U certificate! Certificate recipients can enjoy a 20% discount on purchases in our Keepsakes Gift Shop.

Our quarters are:

Winter (Jan.- Mar.), Spring (April- June), and Fall (Sept.-Nov.).

To learn more about a program, please select the desired listing below.

Registration is required. Walk-ins are subject to availability.

 

Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you will ever have is your mind and what you put into it. – Albert Einstein

Thu, Jul 10 2025, 10:30 - 11:30am
Thu, Jul 10 2025
Join Miles Arnott, Vice President of Horticulture and Conservation, for a tour of both the Chime Garden and Anne’s Garden. Miles will show and discuss a variety of bromeliads, aroids and other tropicals, including their culture and care, and explain the concept of designing with foliage color and texture. Miles will then lead you on a tour of Anne’s Garden, where he will discuss the renovation...
Tue, Sep 2 2025, 10:30 - 11:30am
Tue, Sep 2 2025
Join local author and storyteller Christine Vernon as she transports us back in time, utilizing neither computer nor technology, to ignite our imaginations and reveal the legendary past of Murrells Inlet. Christine will narrate our local folktales and the intriguing history of the Inlet that was shared by our past storytellers such as Genevieve Willcox Chandler, 'Cousin' Corrie Dusenbury...
Tue, Sep 9 2025, 10:30 - 11:30am
Tue, Sep 9 2025
Astronomy stretches back over 6000 years, making it the oldest of all the sciences. The development of astronomy has been intertwined with the development of civilization through timekeeping, navigation, religion and general curiosity. Long before the invention of the telescope, there were celestial phenomena already known to astronomers in ancient China, Mesopotamia and Egypt. In this talk, we...

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