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Chicago Botanic Garden
Upcoming Classes in Chicago
The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.
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Open Studio, Fall Session
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
This studio class is open to all levels and will feature a short lecture and demonstration each week illustrating a principle that pertains to all media. Select plant materials will be provided for the session. The School’s CEUs=15 hours ART elective
Bonsai: Advanced Techniques
This class is designed to help more advanced bonsai enthusiasts continue to improve their skills and understanding of bonsai. Students should bring trees to each class to be worked on. There will also be lectures on display, soil science, bonsai pots, and more at each class period.
Photographing Bridges of the Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Bridges in myriad styles, materials, and lengths connect the Garden’s nine islands. They make interesting photo subjects themselves and also serve as wonderful vantage points from which to capture the land and water around them. Learn the best focal lengths and framing techniques to use.
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Photographing in Natural Light
Photographers often find themselves in a situation where flash photography is not allowed, or where artificial light disturbs the honesty of a photo. Learn techniques that use natural light from available sources to capture realistic and untouched images. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts.
Lines Curves and Symbols (Online)
Landscape architects, landscape designers, and gardeners often use a graphic palette and symbols to produce a master landscape plan that conveys their ideas. Enhance your plan-development skills and dive into more detail with drafting, lettering, and freehand drawing when preparing a document for client presentation. A supply list will be sent. The first class session will be taught online via Zoom. Registered participants will receive...
Lines, Curves, and Symbols
Online and Onsite Hybrid Landscape architects, landscape designers, and gardeners often use a graphic palette and symbols to produce a master landscape plan that conveys their ideas. Enhance your plan-development skills and dive into more detail with drafting, lettering, and freehand drawing when preparing a document for client presentation. A supply list will be sent. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts....
Photograph Hidden Gems of the Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Chicago, IL
Visit special areas of the Garden for unique photographic opportunities in places off the beaten path. This is an opportunity to capture images not often seen by Garden visitors. Prerequisite: Beginning Digital Photography or equivalent knowledge and skill. Class limited to DSLR cameras.
Fresh Evergreen Garland Workshop
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Create a centerpiece garland for your holiday table from fresh evergreens, berries, and floral and seasonal elements. Your garland can be up to 4 feet long and you will learn several ideas for styling your holiday table using candles in a variety of sizes. The garland can also be used to adorn a fireplace mantel.
$212
Georgia O’Keeffe Sunflowers in Mosaic
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Using the beautiful Georgia O’Keeffe flower paintings as a template, broken and cut art glass will be glued to an acrylic panel to form a realistic or abstract version of an O’Keeffe flower. This process takes into consideration color, shape, and shading using gorgeous transparent glass as the medium. All supplies are included.
Indigo Workshop
Explore indigo, the enigmatic dye often shrouded with ritual and mystery, in this hands-on workshop. Learn the history of indigo and the basics of creating and maintaining an indigo vat. You will find out about a variety of dye techniques, try them out on different samples of yarn and fabric, and make a scarf to take home. Wear clothes that can get messy.
Capture Nature’s Color with Your Camera
Vibrant and muted colors combine to allow photography students to capture the essence of nature. Contrast and texture enhance the drama of color intensity. Learn camera settings and adjustments for each color you encounter. Prerequisite: Beginning Digital Photography or equivalent knowledge and skill. Class limited to DSLR cameras. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts....
Lightroom 1: Intensive
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Learn how to maximize the potential of your digital images with Lightroom Classic in this comprehensive course offered by the Chicago Botanic Garden. Master the art of importing, organizing, adjusting, and exporting your photos for various purposes. Bring your own laptop with Adobe Lightroom Classic to make the most of this hands-on learning experience.
Yoga Flow Beginner
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Experience the perfect harmony of movement and breath in this invigorating yoga series designed to enhance your health and vitality. Join us at the Chicago Botanic Garden for an immersive yoga experience that will engage your mind and energize your body. All levels are welcome!
Gentle Yoga
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Discover the perfect harmony of tranquility and balance at a renowned botanical oasis, where you can immerse yourself in a gentle yoga experience tailored to all levels of fitness. Unwind, stretch, and breathe in this inclusive program designed to promote well-being and inner peace.
Felted Jewelry: Mixed Media Necklace
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Create a 1- by 2-inch pendant with many different fiber art techniques, then place it into a bezel setting and complete the rest of the necklace for a beautiful combination of beads, metal charms, and fibers. All materials are included in the fee.
$59
Holiday Hedgehog
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Create an adorable hedgehog, made out of wool. Learn needle felting techniques in this easy, fun class. The hedgehog's shy smile and flower bouquet make him hard to resist.
$74
Reading Your Beehive
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Examining your beehive can be confusing without the proper training. Learn how to inspect a colony, how to find the queen, and how to evaluate the health of a beehive. All participants are required to bring their own bee-suit. No extra suits will be available at the class.
$62
Hands-on Cooking: Pies and Tarts
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Explore the basics of two types of pastry dough in this cooking class—a traditional flaky crust for sweet and savory pies as well as a sweet tart dough for a rich and crisp dessert base. Practice the different preparation, rolling, and shaping of both types. Learn how to make: Luscious lemon curd filling a bacon, arugula, and tomato quiche a summer fruit pie for dessert. Take home two individual seasonal fruit tarts and...
$75
Hands-on Cooking: Spring Desserts
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
New! Indulge your sweet tooth in this cooking class, featuring tasty desserts incorporating bright spring flavors. You will make and take home a portion of each recipe: coconut macaroons lemon ginger ice box pie Almond cherry biscotti
$75
Drawing in Carbon Dust
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Chicago, IL
Carbon dust is a beautiful, versatile, and little-known medium that lends itself to both broad, painterly expression and to extremely fine detail. It is appropriate to all botanical subjects as well as to landscapes and still lifes. Working on various paper with a variety of black pigments (applied with both brushes and pencils, we will focus on botanicals to explore many rich possibilities. The School's CEUs=0.9 Required Materials: • Tracing...
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