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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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More Deciduous Trees

Chicago Botanic Garden

Discover the many other hardy trees suitable for your landscape beyond those explored in the Deciduous Tree and Small Flowering Tree courses. You will learn about new trees, less common trees, and new varieties of existing trees. Identification, cultural information, aesthetic qualities, and landscape uses will be emphasized. Prerequisite: Botany 1 suggested. Dress for the weather.

(122) Intermediate 18 and older
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Bonsai Basics

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Chicago, IL

Learn the horticulture, art, and philosophy of bonsai through the history, fundamental aesthetic elements, and basic style types. You will learn about tools, wiring, soils, fertilizers, and year-round care.  A walk to view part of the Garden‘s Bonsai Collection is included. Dress for the weather.

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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Hands-on Gardening: Summer Pruning

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Today’s pruning of your trees and shrubs will define how they grow for years to come. Learn which cuts to avoid, which cuts are essential, and which cuts are a matter of your personal style.  Please dress for the weather and bring pruners.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Tree ID at Reed-Turner Woodland

Chicago Botanic Garden @ Long Grove, Chicago, IL

Learn how to identify our native deciduous trees while enjoying a beautiful fall hike through Reed-Turner Woodland. The diverse habitat of this Illinois State Nature Preserve contains an oak/hickory woodland, flood-plain forest, wooded ravine, and restored wetland. You will learn how to identify trees not only by their leaves, but also by bark, seed, and habitat. The first part of class is spent indoors discussing the history of the preserve...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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End-of-Season Pruning Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn the art of pruning and discover how to shape your woody plants for optimal growth in this hands-on workshop at the renowned Chicago Botanic Garden. Get expert guidance on what to cut and when, and refine your skills through outdoor demonstrations and practice. Dress appropriately for this informative and practical class.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Pruning Principles

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Learn the secrets to maintaining healthy plants with this comprehensive course on pruning techniques at the renowned Chicago Botanic Garden. Discover the proper use of tools, effective tree and shrub pruning techniques, and the optimal timing for evergreen and deciduous plant pruning. Explore a range of high-quality pruning tools to ensure your plants thrive.

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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Pruners Sharpening Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL

Master the art of pruner maintenance at the renowned Chicago Botanic Garden. Discover the secrets to disassembling, cleaning, sharpening, lubricating, and reassembling your garden pruners. Leave with a newfound confidence in caring for this essential tool.

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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How to Grow Succulents

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the secrets to cultivating stunning succulents and master the art of propagation. Uncover the culture and care of these low-maintenance plants in a hands-on workshop at the renowned Chicago Botanic Garden. Bring home your own succulent to enhance your collection.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Design a Spring Container

The Morton Arboretum @ 4100 Illinois Rte 53, Lisle, IL

Design an attractive spring container with hardy plants that will bring color to any outdoor space. Learn optimal plant combinations, secrets of color and texture, successful planting techniques, how to prune and edit… and more! Great for beginners and experienced gardeners alike--use this opportunity to make the mess in our classroom and have the plants you need right at your fingertips. Bring your own container, and create a complete container...

(15) All levels 16 and older
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Permablitz Ferry Forest Garden

The Resiliency Institute

Come Permablitz with us as we prepare the Ferry Forest Garden for planting perennials. The sheet mulching killed the grass, but created a welcome home for a variety of weeds. Help us hand pull, dig out, mow down, and experiment with some weed barrier techniques to get things under control before planting perennials on June 12th.  A Permablitz is a volunteer event for people to learn about permaculture while working on a project. These events...

(2) All levels 16 and older
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Permablitz (Hands-On)

The Resiliency Institute

A Permablitz is a volunteer event for people to learn about permaculture while working on a project. These events are fun community experiences where new people connect, our combined efforts achieve faster results, and we enjoy good food, conversation, and a job well done.  All of our projects use volunteer labor, material donations, and in-kind services as a way to connect the community with permaculture projects, garner support, and generate...

(2) All levels 16 and older
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Introduction to Permaculture

The Resiliency Institute

Dip your toes into the world of permaculture and open your eyes to its application to our suburban environment. This class will offer you a clearer understanding of how this ethics and nature based design method is used to create sustainable systems for daily living, land and community. You will begin to understand how we can meet our human needs while simultaneously improving our ecosystems by utilizing permaculture design ethics, principles, and...

(2) Beginner 16 and older
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Persimmons: Tree to Treat (hands-on)

The Resiliency Institute

Pat Armstrong, our Edible Wild Plants instructor, is hosting a persimmon harvest gathering at her home in south Naperville. As a group work together to harvest persimmons, process them, and cook up a delicious batch of persimmon pudding with real whipped cream – YUM!  This will be a fun hands-on day with learning, conversation and dessert.What a fun Saturday activity for you and a friend to share and an opportunity to make more.

(2) All levels 16 and older
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Permaculture Plants: Fungi

The Resiliency Institute

 VIRTUAL/HYBRID/SOCIAL DISTANCE Format due to Covid 19. This class will be held outside. Please dress for the weather and bring insect repellant if desired. Finally, classes to learn about the permaculture plants used in edible forest gardens and food forests! Begin to integrate these plants into your own garden. In this September class, you’ll explore one of the lower layers of a permaculture forest garden – fungi! Permaculture...

(2) All levels 16 and older
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Growing Medicinal and Culinary Herb Gardens (Online)

The Morton Arboretum

Growing a garden can be healing in so many ways, whether you are replenished by the healing herbs you grow, the time spent outdoors, or the empowerment that comes with growing your own food. Join co-founder and CEO of the Urban Growers Collective and dig deep into the how’s and why’s of herbal gardens.

(15) All levels 16 and older
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Tropical Bonsai Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden

This comprehensive workshop will cover all aspects of seasonal tropical tree care, including pruning, wiring, repotting and more.  Styles, grafting, air layering, and soil types will also be discussed.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Cold Season Growing

Chicago Botanic Garden

Get growing all year round! This is a technical training course intended for aspiring growers interested in learning best-practice season-extension techniques to grow year around.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Indoor Farming for Health and Wellness

Chicago Botanic Garden

Growing and eating sprouts can present benefits to enhance your immune function and increase your body’s ability to heal. Learn how easy it can be to grow life-giving foods that heal, how to incorporate sprouts into your diet, and taste samples of the indoor harvest.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Growing a Cook's Garden

Chicago Botanic Garden

If you have a spot in your garden, balcony, or deck that receives more than six hours of direct sunlight, you can grow herbs and vegetables.  Discover how to grow tomatoes, onions, peppers, squash, garlic, and leafy greens. Learn plant selection, soil preparation, potting methods, pest protection, extending crops into fall, and food preparation.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Around the World in 80 Plants: Online

Chicago Botanic Garden

A Global Botanical Adventure Join environmentalist and bestselling author, Jonathan Drori, on a journey of discovery that explores plant evolution through the ages, and their surprising relationship with humans. Through a blend of science, history, and folklore, learn little-known and recently discovered facts about plants, from the familiar to the mysterious. Hear tales of plants that have ignited human creativity and enabled civilizations...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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