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Overwintering Tropical Plants

Chicago Botanic Garden

4.4 148 reviews

Learn how to help your favorite tropical plants thrive beyond the growing season in this practical gardening class. Discover simple techniques for overwintering hibiscus, citrus, dahlias, herbs, and other warm-weather plants, including when to bring them indoors, managing dormancy, and preparing them for spring. Finish with a hands-on potting activity and take home a tuber to grow in your own garden.

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Overwintering Tropical Plants

Overwintering Tropical Plants

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Tropical plants and flowers dazzle in the heat of summer, but when temperatures drop, these favorites need extra care to survive and thrive. Discover practical, easy-to-follow strategies for successfully overwintering tropical plants such as hibiscus, cannas, colocasia, citrus, dahlias, and herbs. Learn how to identify which plants require special winter protection, when to bring plants inside, and how to transition them without causing stress. The class covers essential care techniques, insight into dormancy cycles, and how to prepare plants for a healthy return outdoors in the spring. Wrap up with a hands-on potting activity and take home a tuber to plant in your garden.

Refund Policy

Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 2 business days prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a 15% processing charge. A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs).

Refund requests submitted less than 48 hours prior to a program start date are non-transferable and are not eligible for a refund.

Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. We cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.

Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a series will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series' first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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