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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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Hydroponic Gardening - The Future of Food
Depleted soil, droughts, floods, and genetically modified crops are just a few of the challenges effecting a clean, healthy, sustainable food source. While reports of the current state of the nation’s food sources can be filled with gloom and doom, there is a way to take back control of your family’s produce supply while helping the environment. Find out about a state-of-the art vertical hydroponic system utilizing the same technology...
Winter Plant ID
The Morton Arboretum @ 4100 Illinois Rte 53, Lisle, IL
Learn to identify plants without leaves or flowers. Explore the Schulenberg Prairie and adjacent woodlands to practice identifying native perennials and grasses in winter with a local expert. Notes: Includes winter hiking on dirt trails. Please dress for the weather. Limit 20 Recommended Text: A Guide to Wildflowers in Winter – Herbaceous Plants of Northeastern North America by Carol Levine, is available in The Arboretum Store....
$46
Edible Gardening Workshop Series
The Morton Arboretum @ 4100 Illinois Rte 53, Lisle, IL
Join us for the annual Edible Gardening Workshop Series held each spring at The Morton Arboretum! Each week, gardening experts will share practical tips on growing your own food and inspire you with new ways to create beautiful, productive, edible gardens. This series has something for everyone. Whether you are new to gardening or you are an experienced gardener looking for more, learn from the best of the Midwest and get growing! March 14: Productive,...
$46
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Herbal Gardening
Create your own flourishing indoor herbal garden and get a head start on your spring gardening. Find out how to seed, propagate, and care for herbs in your home and build a self-watering planter. Herbs are not only an aromatic delight to grow, but they are wonderfully useful in adding flavor and nourishment to recipes. Prepare herbal salt and find how to preserve the herbs you grow. You are invited to participate by planting and cooking along, but...
Growing Medicinal and Culinary Herb Gardens (Online)
Growing a garden can be healing in so many ways, whether you are replenished by the healing herbs you grow, the time spent outdoors, or the empowerment that comes with growing your own food. Join co-founder and CEO of the Urban Growers Collective and dig deep into the how’s and why’s of herbal gardens.
Invasive Species (Online)
Learn to identify and manage the most common invasive plants in the Great Lakes region. Managing invasive plants is one of the most common restoration tasks. Learn to identify the characteristics of common invasive plants and describe their impacts on the landscape; discuss invasive plant ecology, and learn to which control methods are best suited to each plant. In this online class, the self-guided material can be completed wherever you...
Basic Plant ID
The Morton Arboretum @ **Virtual Classroom
Get the botany basics you need to identify plants. Whether you are a natural resources volunteer or specialist, gardener, naturalist, or artist this class provides the fundamentals you need to get started. Attend a 2 hour session at the Arboretum to learn botanical vocabulary and plant ID skills with the guidance of an Arboretum plant expert. The in-person session will include time both indoors and outdoors, so please dress for the weather....
$23
Botanical Names Demystified (Online)
Learn to call plants by their botanical names in this self-guided online class. In this course, you will: learn the in’s and out’s of the scientific naming of plants understand why these naming conventions are useful and important get tips and tricks for pronunciation, and learn botanical names for 40 common plant species that are native to Illinois.
Grow Great Tomatoes
The Morton Arboretum @ **Virtual Classroom
Grow healthy, abundant tomatoes this summer. Nothing compares to the flavor and freshness of a homegrown tomato. In this online class, Arboretum horticulturist Kat Haberman will cover everything you need to know to have a successful tomato crop this summer. Learn what tomato plants need to thrive. Get tips on selecting varieties and choosing healthy seedlings. Learn the recommended practices for planting, feeding, and harvesting. Learn to...
$27
The Edible Patio: Container Gardening (Online)
Turn your small space into a productive, edible garden. This online class is perfect for condo, townhouse, or apartment dwellers. Think you don’t have enough room to grow your own food? Far from it! Learn what to plant and how to care for your patio garden, and you can enjoy homegrown fruits and vegetables this summer. Note: This program will take place using Zoom. You will need access to the internet via a computer or mobile device to participate....
Introduction to Winter Tree Identification
Learn how to identify trees by observing their shape, bark, buds, leaves, flowers, and fruits and the basic characteristics of the winter plant families. You will learn plant terminology, discover what parts of the plant help to identify it, and how to use a field guide. Time will be spent in class keying out a few trees using specimens, magnifying lenses, and field guides.
Terrariums
One Strange Bird @ 2124 W Division St, Chicago, IL
You don’t have to be garden savvy to have your own personal plant world. Terrariums are miniature landscapes that you can create by hand. Let us guide you in building a world with rocks, sand, charcoal, and a little imagination. This workshop combines the fun of gardening with a decorative art that can be given as a gift or a table centerpiece.
$40
Pairing Annuals with Perennials
Explore tried and true as well as new annuals that thrive in a variety of conditions and soils. Like their perennial companions, they also provide sustenance for important pollinators. Featured plants are chosen for characteristics of lower maintenance, beauty, and sustainability. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts.
$65
Best Roses for Your Garden
Roses dazzle, delight, and romance us in many ways. Explore the world of roses as we dive into the commonly available varieties and touch on heirlooms, species, and exciting new selections. Learn which rose to match with your space and expectations. A walk in the Krasberg Rose Garden will be included.
$40
Beekeeping: Apiary 101: Online
Learn how to create your apiary and site plan. Take a virtual visit to Willie's apiary and explore the different types of stands and equipment needed to establish a successful apiary. 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.
$24
Permaculture Theory & Practice w/Darren Doherty
Darren Doherty is internationally recognized as a leader & pioneer in permaculture & regenerative agriculture. A prolific & accomplished designer, Darren has completed more than 1,600 property development plans since 1993 in 47 countries! He has made his knowledge & experience accessible to over 12,000 students with 180 courses & seminars since 2001. Applied Permaculture Design with the Leading Permaculture Expert in the World...
Seed Sowing Workshop
Eager to get a jump start on the growing season? In this class we will discuss how seeds sprout, and how you can re-create the right germination conditions indoors or in your outdoor garden plot. We will talk about seed-starting dates, sanitation, best seed-starting mixes, navigating the information on a seed packet and why wind or a fan is important for young plants! For the hands-on portion we will: demonstrate the correct level of soil moisture,...
Designing Thematic Garden Styles: Formal, Traditional
Designing a garden often goes beyond deciding which plants to use and the type of function it serves. When finding inspiration for a design theme, a landscape design should complement the home architecture—whether formal, traditional, or modern—to ensure the style planned is conducive to its setting. You will explore these themes in greater depth and how to incorporate them into your design along with the components and elements that make up...
Tropical Bonsai Workshop
This comprehensive workshop will cover all aspects of seasonal tropical tree care, including pruning, wiring, repotting and more. Styles, grafting, air layering, and soil types will also be discussed.
$40
Succulents 101
Do you think you lack a green thumb? Do you have trouble keeping plants alive? Explore the captivating world of succulents. We will discuss needs and care techniques of common succulents and cactus, what succulence in plants really means, and other examples of low-maintenance arid plants. 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...
$40
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