Gardening Tools of the Trade: Online
- All levels
- 18 and older
- $40
- Virtual Classroom
- 2 hours
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Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL
Join us on an evening bird walk through the display gardens as we search for songbirds, waterfowl, and raptors. No prior bird-watching experience is required, and binoculars are recommended but not necessary!
Apr 30th
5:30–7pm CDT
May 15th
6–7:30pm CDT
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Discover the art of creating vibrant and thriving summer containers designed for both sunlit and shaded spaces. Immerse yourself in a guided tour of stunning garden displays before harnessing your own creativity to assemble a warm-season mixed container. Unleash your green thumb and craft a beautiful masterpiece of annuals, perennials, herbs, and decorative foliage. Don't forget to bring gloves!
Jun 11th
10–11:30am CDT
Jun 11th
1–2:30pm CDT
Jun 11th
6–7:30pm CDT
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Uncover the beauty of low-growing plants that create a stunning foundation for landscapes. Delve into the world of ground covers that offer both aesthetics and ecological benefits, with their ability to provide food, shelter, and gorgeous textures. Join us for a guided walk amidst nature's finest offerings.
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Experience the time-honored wisdom of Three Sisters Gardening, an Indigenous American tradition fostering symbiotic growth. Explore the harmonious relationship between corn, beans, and squash as they thrive together in your garden. Delve into the history and practicalities of cultivating these crops, tailored for the Midwest climate, with a hands-on garden walk for real-world insight.
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Why buy jarred salsa when you can grow and make your own? Plant a container of miniature tomatoes, yellow and red peppers, and onions and give “made from scratch” a whole new meaning. It doesn’t take much space to grow fresh ingredients for a spicy and tasty salsa. All materials included.
Quality tools are helpful and essential in the garden. Discover a wide range of the most popular and durable tools, as well as some new selections on the market. Explore the realm of adaptive and ergonomic tools, which minimize stress and strain on the body, particularly as we age. Proper tool care will also be discussed.
This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance.
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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The Chicago Botanic Garden opened a little more than 40 years ago as a beautiful place to visit, and it has matured into one of the world's great living museums and conservation science centers. In 2013, one million people visited the Garden's 26 gardens and four natural areas, uniquely situated on...
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