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Garden Design Studio

Learn the theory, methods, and critical skills needed to master garden design in this interactive course. Discover the design process, graphics, research, and more while developing your analytical abilities through collaboration with peers and instructors. A supply list will be provided.

  • Advanced
  • 18 and older
  • $749
  • 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
  • 20 hours over 8 sessions

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  • $749
  • Regenstein Learning Campus @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
  • 20 hours over 8 sessions
  • Venue: Classroom 5, Learning Center
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Class Description

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What you'll learn in this gardening class:

Master garden design theory and methods. Use your skills in design process, design language, graphics, research, and analysis as well as legal and regulatory responsibilities for estimating cost for site design. 

Develop critical and analytical skills through the interaction between your peers and instructor-mentors. 

A supply list will be sent. 

Prerequisites: 

  • Graphics
  • Introduction to Professional Practice
  • Principles of Garden Design
  • Planting Design
  • Hardscape Basics
  • Garden Design Implementation

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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Chicago Botanic Garden

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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Classrooms 1 – 13 are located in the Learning Center on the Regenstein Learning Campus. Park in lot six and follow the walking path along the Robert R. McCormick Foundation Plaza and entry drive. (a five-minute walk from the parking lot).

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