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Discover the secrets of urban gardening in Chicago with horticulture classes that cover topics such as plant propagation, landscape design, and sustainable gardening practices.
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Succulent Wreath
Create a living wreath of succulent plants for your home or outdoors. You will fill a wire wreath frame with moss complete with succulent cuttings that root in the wreath. This will be a small but full wreath that can be used as a tabletop arrangement or as an outdoor decoration for a door or fence and will last for years, given proper care. Please bring a box to take home your completed wreath. All other materials are included in the fee.
Poultry Palooza!
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road Annex 1, Chicago, IL
Join urban chicken consultant Jennifer Murtoff for a day of workshop on how to successfully raise and enjoy chickens in your backyard. Raising Backyard Chickens Saturday, March 12, 2016 noon – 2 p.m. This class is designed for curious people who are considering raising backyard chickens, as well as for those who already have their own birds and who want to learn more! Come learn about local laws, how to raise chicks, care for adult birds, and...
$66
Introduction to Mushroom Identification
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Although DNA testing is the only way to tell with complete and absolute certainty what mushroom you have found, in this class you will learn the basics of mushroom identification. In addition to becoming more familiar with the major mushroom groups from a morphological standpoint, you will also learn the basic characteristics of fungi including cap and stipe features, how to use a key, and how to make a spore print. We will collect specimens...
$124
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Preparing Your Lawn for Fall
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Fall is the best time to prepare for a healthy, lush lawn for the upcoming season. Learn the basics of lawn renovation and how to prepare your lawn for winter. Discuss and observe proper techniques for installing sod, seeding and overseeding, and aerating and fertilizing—all aimed at revitalizing your lawn. Please dress for the weather.
$37
Shade Gardening Basics
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL
Do you have shade in your garden? With knowledge, the challenges of shade gardening can be overcome. Learn what to look for when selecting plants beyond hosta and how to evaluate the shade in your garden to manage it successfully. Turn your shade into a garden asset.
$40
Spring Ikebana: Japanese Floral Arranging
The Morton Arboretum @ 4100 Illinois Rte 53, Lisle, IL
Capture the graceful curve of an unfolding bud, the surprise of new leaves, or the lightness of a cloud through Ikebana -- the art of Japanese flower arranging. The instructors will demonstrate several techniques and then help you create your favorite version. All plant materials will be collected fresh from the Arboretum grounds. Each student will create an arrangement to take home. Required Materials: A kenzan and container will need to be purchased...
$46
WCH: Season Extension I
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 2800 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL
This is a technical training course intended for aspiring urban agriculture entrepreneurs and individuals who are interested in learning best practice season extension techniques. It will combine classroom and hands-on work to prepare students to effectively utilize season extension in their existing urban agricultural projects. It will involve farm work activities in all weather conditions. Students are expected to work indoors and outdoors....
$75
WCH: Value Added Foods
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL
These courses are intended for aspiring food entrepreneurs and/or urban farmers who are hoping to create or expand their farm/local food business by providing seasonal, local food products all year long. We aim to cultivate an understanding of the basic techniques, food safety regulations and business basics of producing a value added, local foods product. Each class will provide an overview of value added foods with hands on time in...
$75
Hanging Lettuce Basket Workshop
Who said lettuce has to grow in the Garden or in pots? Discover different varieties of lettuce that perform well in hanging baskets, and how to grow and care for them. You will pot up your own basket of lettuce to take home and enjoy. Required Materials: Please bring gloves.
Bioregional Herbalism Series
Learn Holistic Herbalism skills of plant connection, identification, journaling, and sustainable sourcing & harvesting on our guided walks! Discover herbal allies, experience herbal preparations, and integrate herbal plants into your daily life! Join us for a series of live, in-person, guided interactive walks in the western Chicago suburbs and learn how to connect with the many highly valuable herbal plant allies surrounding us in our bioregion....
Winter Woody Plant Identification
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
We generally use leaves and foliage to identify plants. But what about deciduous trees and shrubs that only have leaves for six months out of the year? During the dormant season, we can still correctly identify plants by using the buds, bark, and habit. Take this class to learn how to identify common trees and shrubs in the dormant season. A short walk will be included, so please dress for the weather.
$75
Seed Starting Edible Plants
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL
In this workshop, you’ll learn seed starting dates for edibles, selecting the right container for your transplants, the best organic soil mixes, how to create ideal conditions in your growing space and troubleshooting basic issues that arise. You will learn how to start your own vegetable transplants, from biodegradable pots to a soil block maker for an eco-friendly technique.
$75
Common Plant Diseases in the Landscape
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
The first step in any disease-management program is proper identification of the problem. Learn to identify both infectious and non-infectious diseases that attack many landscape plants. Through a lecture and Garden walk, explore several disease problem and discuss control options. Dress for the weather.
$75
Living Pansy Wreath Workshop
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Get ready to welcome spring with a vibrant and beautiful living wreath! Join us at the Chicago Botanic Garden for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to create a lush arrangement of pansies and ivy on a moss-lined wire frame. Let your front door bloom with the colors of the season.
$99
Tending to Trees in the Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL
Trees are expensive and valuable structural elements in a landscape. Commonly held misconceptions about trees often lead to oversight of their basic needs. Benefit from the combined experience and knowledge of two lifelong arborists to learn how to work with and enhance tree health.
$40
Water
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
All living things rely on water, and it is becoming scarcer each year. Learn how to maximize water resources in the garden for yourself as well as all kinds of wildlife. Pond, birdbath, or fountain…all can be a wet oasis in your garden created with wildlife in mind so you can enjoy turtles basking in the sun on warm days, birds splashing and drinking in puddles of water, and even the occasional squirrel or chipmunk drinking in between foraging...
$74
Shelter
Having a safe place to sleep and hide is important for any animal, but if we provide the correct habitat spaces, then they will be more apt to use the homes we introduce instead of our attics, garages, or sheds. Birdhouses, old stumps, toad homes, bat houses, and thickets allow many types of animals to safely reside in your garden. Learn how to create shelter areas in the garden to maintain the element of safety for garden dwellers, but manage where...
Introduction to Sustainability
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Learn how environmental, economic, and social sustainability affect the green industry. Discussions will cover the concepts of sustainability and the role horticulture can play in enhancing the sustainable movement. Note: This class is part of the Introduction to Sustainability series The School’s CEUs=0.3 OPC elective
$74
Personalized Natural Perfume Workshop
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Create a personalized natural aroma at this beginner-level workshop while learning about plant origins and distillation. Sample fragrant oils will be provided from around the world, including American clary sage, Egyptian jasmine, French lavender, Italian bergamot, and more. Choose a unique combination of oils for the instructor to blend into your own signature scent. Fee includes .25 ounce bottle of custom natural perfume to take home.
$74
Soil
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Soil is a building block of sustainable gardening. Topics include composting, recycling garden waste, earthworms, beneficial microbes, bioremediation, organic/local compost and soil amendments and container gardening. Note: This class is part of the Introduction to Sustainability series The School’s CEUs=0.3 OPC elective
$74
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