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Learn how to grow your own vegetables and maintain a beautiful garden in the city of Chicago with classes on urban gardening, container gardening, and sustainable gardening practices.

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Charming Bungalow Garden Design

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

Bungalows and Arts and Crafts-inspired houses are typically charming smaller homes found in cities and suburbs across the country. These popular style homes are appealing because they were often designed to be in harmony with nature and outdoor living. Discover how plants, hardscape, and other elements can enhance your own bungalow garden.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Organic Vegetable Gardening Basics

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

Learn the basic techniques and tools required to grow your own vegetables. Site selection, bed and soil preparation, seed sowing, transplanting, and harvesting techniques will be covered.  You will receive a packet of seeds to grow at home.

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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Composting 101

Chicago Botanic Garden

Want to compost, but not sure where to start? Learn tips and techniques on how to compost right in your own backyard. You’ll gain sound composting practices to ensure successful home composting. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Growing Using and Storing Herbs

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

This class looks at what you'll need to successfully grow a variety of herbs in a sunny place in the ground, on a patio, or on a deck. You'll learn what is needed to grow healthy plants, how and when to harvest them, how to store them, and how to use them.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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From the Drawing Board to the Border

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

Discover the expert strategies and insider tips you need to seamlessly bring your garden designs to life in this comprehensive course. Learn how to effectively plan your budget, create a shopping list, and establish a timeline for phased work. Enhance your skills in purchasing plants and collaborating with landscape professionals to ensure stunning results every step of the way.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Introduction to Design Principles

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

This workshop introduces and reviews the landscape design process of site analysis, conceptual design, and evaluations, based on principles of balance, symmetry, proportion, scale, and unity. Through plant combinations and landscape features, you will learn about color, texture, line, form, and methods of creating garden spaces. This class will be taught online via Zoom. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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The Planted Landscape

Chicago Botanic Garden

The specific planted choices and selections within a landscape and garden are informed by the site, program, context, and story. This program will outline, define, and communicate applications of planting design within comprehensive site and landscape design. The session will involve classroom discussion along with physical site landscape tours and observations of planted landscapes. The elements of site and client information, site observation,...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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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...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Gardens that Heal

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

In a healthcare environment, gardens provide a sense of order, safety, and privacy for those coping with illness.  During this seminar, industry leaders will present the latest research demonstrating the benefits of healthcare gardens, while providing an introduction to the tools needed to effectively design, manage, and evaluate such gardens.  This program is registered with the American Society of Landscape Architects for continuing...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Early Spring Bouquets

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

Working with the earliest offerings from the Field & Florist greenhouses, Heidi Joynt and Molly Kobelt will demonstrate the many attributes of locally grown ranunculus and anemone as they lead participants in a hand tied bouquet making workshop.  Skills learned in this workshop can easily translate into making bridal bouquets.  All materials are included in the fee.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$139
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Mushroom Collection and Identification

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

New! Cover the basics of mushroom collection and identification for the Chicago region. Learn simple, easy-to-find characteristics of common fungi including distinguishing cap gills and stipe features.  Time will be spent outdoors identifying and collecting a few specimens. Dress for the weather. The School’s CEUs=5 hours OPC elective

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Made for the Shade Container Workshop

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

Need some color in the shade? Take a Garden walk to view shade-loving plants, and then create your own container designed with shade in mind. We will use a variety of plants, including perennials and annuals. Please bring gloves. All other materials are provided.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$112
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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...

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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Fairy Garden Terrarium Workshop

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

Make your own fairy garden terrarium! Indulge your imagination while having fun decorating this miniature garden in a glass jar using small plants, small-scale garden features, and fairy decorations.  The containers, soil, plants, and all the decorations needed to create your fairy garden will be provided.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$112
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Enchanting Spring Dish Garden

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

Discover the perfect way to bring the beauty of spring to your tabletop with a captivating combination of blooming bulbs, lush ferns, and vibrant moss. Create your own enchanting miniature woodland landscapes that will evolve and blossom as the season changes, offering a delightful glimpse of spring indoors or outdoors. All materials are provided for a seamless and immersive experience.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$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.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Wild Blossom Beekeeping Class (Online)

Beverage Art Inc

Our Beginning Beekeeping instruction takes you from the basics to the realities of managing an urban beehive. You'll learn about honeybee anatomy and life cycle, bee stings, honey and other resources from the hive, common pests and diseases such as how to deal with varroa mites, hive equipment and how to use each piece, seasonal management, how to harvest honey, how bees make honey, wax, and what they do with propolis, the crucial role honeybees...

(26) All levels 21 and older
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Wild Blossom Beekeeping Class

Beverage Art Inc

Our Beginning Beekeeping instruction takes you from the basics to the realities of managing an urban beehive. You'll learn about honeybee anatomy and life cycle, bee stings, honey and other resources from the hive, common pests and diseases such as how to deal with varroa mites, hive equipment and how to use each piece, seasonal management, how to harvest honey, how bees make honey, wax, and what they do with propolis, the crucial role honeybees...

(26) All levels 21 and older
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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...

(15) All levels 16 and older
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Taste the Trees – Winter Edible Wild Plants course

The Resiliency Institute

Amaze yourself and friends by identifying trees and shrubs by their bark and branching pattern and enjoy winter walks in the woods honing your skills.  The Winter Edible Wild Plants course, Taste the Trees, will teach you to identify about 70 of the 100 edible trees in our area using bud, leaves, branching pattern, bark and fruits.  Learn what part of the plant/tree to harvest, when to harvest it, and how to prepare it. The course will...

(2) Intermediate 16 and older
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