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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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Moon Garden Plant Walk

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

Discover the hidden beauty of gardens at night and learn how to incorporate night-blooming plants into your own garden. Join us for an enchanting evening walk where you might even witness the fascinating world of night pollinators in action.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Victorian Theme Gardens

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

Step back in time and explore the enchanting world of Victorian gardens. Uncover the secrets of cottage gardens, moon gardens, cut-flower borders, and carpet beds, and learn how to create your own unique landscape. Unleash your inner Victorian gardener and bring a touch of timeless elegance to your home.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Bonsai Soil Science & Fertilizing

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

The health of your trees starts below the pot line. Maximizing growth and maintaining tree health is key to creating quality bonsai. Take an in-depth look at a multitude of soil components, organic versus chemical fertilizers, mycorrhiza, and root health.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Spring Bonsai Care

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

Learn the secrets to caring for your bonsai trees throughout the changing seasons, from winter dormancy to vibrant spring growth. Master the art of soil and repotting, ensure healthy spring growth, and effectively manage pests.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Cover Cropping for Raised Beds

Peterson Garden Project

Have you heard about the benefits of cover crops for your garden, but weren't sure how to adapt the guidelines to a raised bed? This class is for you! We will go over different types of cover crops and their applications for improving soil nutrition and tilth. We will also discuss cover crop residues and their effect on spring seed emergence, new research for "no till" cover cropping, and inoculating seed for best results

(10) Beginner 18 and older
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Growing a Fruit Tree Guild

The Resiliency Institute

Did you know you can grow peaches, nectarines, pears, Asian pears, plums, cherries and apples in your yard? When grown as a fruit tree guild with companion plants maintenance is minimized, nutrition is increased, and diseases and pests are managed naturally. The foundation of this garden design is a fruit tree guild which will need a full sun location (6+ hours daily) and a minimum of 100 square feet (10’x10′).   Most edible...

(2) All levels 16 and older
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What’s Happening in the Garden

Peterson Garden Project @ 2974 West Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, IL

Join us for our free class, What’s Happening in the Garden?, taught in at our education demonstration garden at Global Garden. For the month of July, we’ll talk about: tomato trellising (demonstration of a Florida weave) cucumber pests zucchini pests mid-season fertilizing harvest tips (tomatoes start this month!) powdery mildew prevention starting fall crops from seed (yes, July is the month to start broccoli for a fall harvest!)...

(10) All levels 18 and older
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Planning Your Edible Garden

Peterson Garden Project @ 5917 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL

Did tomato plants overtake the carrots in your garden last year? Were the peas just about to be harvested when frost killed them? In this class we will discuss two common garden planning issues - spacing and timing, which can have a big impact on the productivity of your garden.  We will go over: scheduling garden planting around frost dates  degree days and short days so a harvest isn't lost to weather plant spacing recommendations...

(10) All levels 18 and older
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Cultivating Change through Gardening

The Morton Arboretum

Cultivating Change through Gardening with Jennifer Jewell Join us for a conversation with Jennifer Jewell, creator and host of the award-winning public radio show and podcast, Cultivating Place, about women who are creating change in the world through careers in horticulture. In addition to sharing about her new book, The Earth In Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants, Jennifer will be joined by local women in horticulture:...

(15) All levels 16 and older
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Tallgrass Prairie Ecology (Online)

The Morton Arboretum

Digitally explore the intricacies of the tallgrass prairie landscape and learn how to restore these signature American ecosystems. Look at the history of this unique type of grassland from the descent of glaciers over the Midwest millions of years ago, to the introduction of John Deere’s famous plow, to where we are today. We will examine different types of prairie, explore the plant and animal communities of the prairie and discuss strategies...

(15) All levels 16 and older
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Rooftop Garden Design

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

Maximize your rooftop space with a green oasis. Discover the benefits and special considerations for planning a successful rooftop garden. Explore all of the elements necessary to design a rooftop garden and apply that knowledge to your design project. Learn about environmental issues, weight load, decking and paving materials, screening issues, arbors, planters, plantings, lighting, and irrigation.  Dress for the weather. A supply list will...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$374

6 sessions

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Botany for Botanical Artists

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

Bring realism to your botanical artwork with a focus on identifying the morphological features of plants. Emphasizing specific plant parts in illustrations is critical to the identification of plant species in both scientific floras and identification manuals. Through a combination of lectures and lab/studio time, you will identify key characteristics in each plant specimen and then transfer them to botanical illustrations. A supply list will be...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Spring Botanicals in Colored Pencil (Ages 16+)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Spring brings bright and beautiful subjects for botanical drawing. Through careful study of various flowers, you will work your way from loose sketching to detailed colored pencil drawings. We will be covering essential pencil techniques such as layering and burnishing, as well as the basics of color mixing and composition. Required Materials: Please bring the first day: Drawing pencils and erasers. Sketchbook of your preferred paper and type. ...

(83) Beginner 16 and older
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$195

5 sessions

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Introduction to Grading and Drainage

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

Apply knowledge and skills developed in previous design courses to basic grading and drainage concepts as they relate to design. Acquire a critical understanding of key earth forms and drainage patterns in residential landscapes through active discussions and hands-on projects.  Prerequisites:  Graphics Introduction to Professional Practice  Principles of Garden Design

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$749

10 sessions

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Botanical Art "Learn How" Series

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

This series of classes is for anyone who has an interest in learning how to draw and paint but feels intimidated at the thought. Heeyoung Kim’s step-by-step instruction and guidance will allow you to learn and have fun doing it. Plan to spend the day and register for both sessions at once to receive a ten percent discount.  Learn How to Draw in Graphite Pencil 2: Experience the magic of a graphite pencil. A pencil, the simplest tool, will...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$562

6 sessions

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Healthcare Garden Design

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

This eight-day program includes case studies, group projects, field trips, lectures, and instruction from experts from healthcare garden-related professions. Working in multidisciplinary teams that reflect the real world of healthcare garden design, your learning will be reinforced through tours of healthcare facilities in the Chicago area. Registration includes eight-day program fees, course materials, seminar program, transportation to field sites,...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$2,995

8 sessions

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WCH: Local Food Business

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL

This course is intended for aspiring urban-agriculture entrepreneurs who are launching or planning to launch a local foods business. The course has been designed for those practicing sustainable urban agriculturalists who want to produce vegetable crops and agricultural products for sale in commercial markets. Course content has been developed in partnership with an M.B.A. team from DePaul University.  Topics covered include: Direct and indirect...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$600

20 sessions

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Small Business for Local Food

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL

This course is intended for aspiring urban-agriculture entrepreneurs who are launching or planning to launch a local foods business. The course has been designed for practicing sustainable urban agriculturalists who want to produce vegetable crops and agricultural products for sale in commercial markets. Course content has been developed in partnership with an M.B.A. team from DePaul University.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$600

19 sessions

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Aquaponics 3 Day Intensive

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL

This course is for individuals seriously considering or already in the process of aquaponic food production on a commercial scale. This course is a comprehensive look at the design and build-out of a system, water quality, controlled-environment growing, daily operations, and growing techniques. Instruction will include hands-on work and lectures. This is a certificate course. Aquaponics Three-Day Intensive Course Sample Agenda Day One Meet...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$795

4 sessions

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Graphics

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

Learn the basic principles of landscape design illustration. This class introduces graphic design communication, focusing mainly on plans and elevation drawings.  Discover how to express ideas using effective and enriched presentation techniques in a relaxed studio setting. Industry symbols, standards, and techniques will be explored, along with professional time-saving shortcuts, the importance of lettering, and the excitement of using color...

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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