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Night Photography: Painting with Light

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

Unleash your creativity and transform the night into an illuminated canvas with the art of light painting. Discover the captivating techniques of using light as a brush to bring your subjects to life in stunning photographs. Unleash your creativity and capture the magic of the night at the esteemed Chicago Botanic Garden.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$374

4 sessions

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Demo Cooking: Roasted Vegetable Lasagna

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

Discover the art of creating a delicious and healthy twist on comfort food with a vegetable-based lasagna. Join this cooking class and learn how to make a versatile tomato sauce and master the techniques of roasting vegetables in both the oven and an air fryer. Elevate your culinary skills and embrace the flavors of roasted vegetable lasagna.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Demo Cooking: Classic Indian Meal

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

Experience the flavors of New Delhi as you learn to cook an easy, authentic, North Indian vegetarian meal. Discover the art of slow-cooked lentils, aromatic basmati rice, and a refreshing cucumber and mint yogurt dip. Immerse yourself in the rich culinary traditions of India in this hands-on cooking class.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Photoshop 2

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

Take your Photoshop skills to the next level with this advanced class at a renowned institution. Discover the art of photo enhancement and manipulation, including black-and-white with color accents and old photo restoration. Unlock your creativity and master the world of abstract art creation. Prerequisite: Photoshop 1 or approval of instructor.

(127) Advanced 18 and older
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$437

6 sessions

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Demo Cooking: Gluten Free Indian

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

Embark on a culinary journey exploring vibrant Indian flavors in gluten-free dishes centered around nutritious chickpeas. Learn to create tantalizing dishes like chickpea avocado salad and chickpea masala curry, all while mastering the art of gluten-free cooking.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Seasonal Container Series

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

Each season, you will explore the Garden grounds and discover an array of striking plants, interesting color and texture combinations, and unique container arrangements. You will create a seasonal container at each session for your sunny or partial-shade patio or porch.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$356

4 sessions

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Nature & Landscape Portfolio A

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

Learn the design techniques used by top nature and landscape photographers in this intermediate-level course. Practice with weekly exercises and create your own professional portfolio that's exhibition-worthy. Mandatory use of digital SLR or mirrorless cameras.

(127) Intermediate 18 and older
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$499

6 sessions

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Mini Retreat: Living Closer to the Earth

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

Reconnect to the earth the way nature intended at this mini wellness retreat with certified holistic health coach and yoga instructor, Pam Gross. Using natural healing practices to support our well-being, we’ll unplug and relax into the Garden through soulful yoga, nature bathing, harvesting, and cooking with healing herbs.  Meet with Garden horticulturist Lisa Hilgenberg at the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden and learn about the...

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$139
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Pressed Flower Textile Art

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

Explore the art of creating natural print design on fabric with flowers collected from the Chicago Botanic Garden. All levels welcome. All materials included. 

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$124
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Shibori-Dyed Scarf

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

Unleash your inner artist as you transform a simple silk scarf into a captivating masterpiece using unique dyeing techniques. Dive into a world of vivid colors and watch as a tranquil river scene magically emerges before your eyes. Join us for an unforgettable creative experience at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$124
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Mosaic Bird Pendant Workshop

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

Chase away the winter blues and create a delightful miniature mosaic bird pendant from tiny pieces of antique china dishes. This one-of-a-kind treasure will soon become your favorite necklace. All materials included. All skill levels welcome.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$124
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iPhone Photography

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

Discover the secrets of capturing stunning nature photographs using your iPhone. Learn how to use popular photography apps and enhance your images in this hands-on course at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Unleash your creativity and take your iPhone photography to the next level.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$124

3 sessions

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Meditations in Ink: Zen Bamboo

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

Bamboo is the symbol for flexibility, longevity, and strength—a true dance of energy and ink! This workshop will be a relaxing, meditative exploration into learning the nature and techniques of Asian brush painting and calligraphy. Through step-by-step demonstrations and hands-on brush painting projects using the "four treasures" (bamboo brushes, ink, inkstone, and rice paper), students will explore the ancient and elegant art of painting bamboo....

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$187
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Thanksgiving Tablescape

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

Celebrate the bounty of the season and create a rich, textural setting for your guests using floral as well as edible elements such as figs and grapes.  In this workshop you will take home a lush, seasonally inspired floral centerpiece as well as many ideas for creating a memorable holiday table for your own holiday entertaining.  Are Materials Provided and Included in the Cost of the Class? Yes, All materials are included.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$179
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Introduction to Beekeeping

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

Learn all the basics needed to start keeping bees. This includes what to expect, how to put together equipment, how to get bees in your hive, finding the queen, feeding, what to look for after the bees are installed, and seasonal chores. There will be hands-on exercise in the field. All participants are required to bring their own bee-suit. No extra suits will be available at the class.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Portraits in the Nature

Chicago Botanic Garden

Walk into the Garden and discover portraits that reveal a message. We will practice the tools of photography that allow you to go beyond a snapshot and into the zone of creation. A digital camera with aperture priority and shutter speed priority is required. This class is open to any level, but requires an artistic mind.

(127) All levels 18 and older
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Intermediate Photography Portfolio Workshop

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

The Garden will serve as a natural laboratory as we explore a variety of photographic techniques to take you from an ordinary snapshot to botanic art. Heavy emphasis will be put on finding your own artistic style while advancing your photographic skill set and beginning to create your own botanic art portfolio. This course is designed for intermediate photographers. You will walk away with your own set of professionally produced images. Digital SLR...

(127) Intermediate 18 and older
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$374

8 sessions

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Business of Gardening

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

Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business? Learn from a former Chicago Botanic Garden certificate program student who started 15 years ago and now has two successful, profitable companies.  This course will teach you what you need to know to form your company, estimate to make a profit, marketing and advertising and much more. Everything begins with a dream and a plan. Enrollment is limited for this course. Note: The School's CEUs=...

(127) All levels 18 and older
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$287

6 sessions

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Lighting Techniques

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road Annex 2, Chicago, IL

This introduction to artificial lighting includes both manipulating light from continuous sources (hot lights) and working with flash and strobe. Through technical exercises and demonstrations, this class will explore a variety of lighting strategies for still life, botanical arrangements, and portraits. The class will cover on-camera flash techniques, capturing motion with flash, off-camera syncing, light painting, and more. The School's CEUs =...

(127) Beginner 18 and older
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$260

6 sessions

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Sketchbooks as an Artist Resource

Chicago Botanic Garden

Explore examples of several artists’ sketchbooks from throughout history while developing your own. Sketchbooks can be collections of ideas, experiments, studies, notes, ephemera, and inspiration. In addition to exploring other artist’s sketchbooks, we will develop a variety of techniques to create and enhance your own sketchbook as a resource. Participants will be sketching natural subjects in pencil, fine permanent marker, watercolor pencil,...

(127) All levels 18 and older
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