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Gardening Techniques: Session D
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Learn tips and techniques used by professional gardeners through a combination of lecture and hands-on activities. Acquire solid gardening skills, learn a variety of techniques, and determine best management practices in the field of horticulture. Gain applicable skills in plant selection, perennial and annual care and maintenance, pruning techniques, tool maintenance, and identification and control of common weeds. Dress for the weather. A supply...
Sunday Jul 9th, 9am–12pm Central Time
(6 sessions)
Hands-on Gardening: Summer Pruning
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Today’s pruning of your trees and shrubs will define how they grow for years to come. Learn which cuts to avoid, which cuts are essential, and which cuts are a matter of your personal style. Please dress for the weather and bring pruners.
Saturday Jul 15th, 9–10:30am Central Time
Winter Containers at the Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Explore the winter containers at the Garden and learn ways to extend your own containers into the winter season. Then prepare a container with fresh-cut evergreen boughs and berried or brightly colored branches. Please bring gloves and pruners.
Tuesday Nov 28th, 10am–12pm Central Time
Autumn Containers at the Garden
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Take a walk to view the Garden’s fall containers. Then create a cool-season mixed container with a variety of plants suitable for a full-sun or partial-shade location. Your container may include annuals, perennials, herbs, decorative foliage, cool-season vegetables, ornamental grasses, a decorative vine, and gourds. Dress for the weather, and bring gloves if desired.
Tuesday Sep 12th, 10am–12pm Central Time
Summer Garden Maintenance
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Proper watering, fertilizing, pruning, edging, deadheading, staking, and mulching practices can make the difference between a healthy, well-kept garden and a landscape that gets ahead of you. You will have a hands-on opportunity to practice what you learn, so bring along a pair of pruners, and dress for the weather.
Sunday Jun 25th, 1–3pm Central Time
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Spotlight Garden Tours
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022
There are 28 gardens and four natural areas within the 385 acres of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Join our horticulturists for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Garden areas they oversee. Explore plant varieties and combinations, design elements, garden features, and fun stories as you soak up a wealth of knowledge from their years of experience working in these gardens.
Tuesday Jun 20th, 9–10am Central Time
Beginner Bird Walk
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022
Join us on an evening bird walk through the display gardens as we search for songbirds, waterfowl, and raptors. No prior bird-watching experience is required, and binoculars are recommended but not necessary!
Wednesday Sep 6th, 5:30–7pm Central Time
Soil Basics, Intensive Session
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Soil is an irreplaceable natural resource that affects plant selection and growth. Learn to maintain healthy soil; use compost, fertilizers, soilless and potting mixes, and other amendments. Discover how water cycles through a garden and affects soils and plants. A supply list will be sent.
Saturday Sep 9th, 9am–4pm Central Time
(3 sessions)
Common Weed Identification and Control
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Weeds are a common problem in every landscape lawn and garden. Their control depends on correct identification. In this class, we will learn to identify common weeds and the control options available.
Saturday Aug 5th, 10:30am–1:30pm Central Time
Summer Succulent Container Workshop
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Succulent containers are trendy gardens to be enjoyed from spring through fall. Study design examples and then create your own take-home container. Learn how to care for your container, and how to extend it into the following year. Please bring gloves, an apron if desired, and pruning shears.
Thursday Jun 15th, 6–8pm Central Time
Purple and Gold-Leafed Plants
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Add some pizzazz to your landscape with beautiful purple- and gold-leafed plants. These plants provide striking accents in the typically green-hued landscape. Discover display concepts to inspire home gardens. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts.
Wednesday Jul 26th, 6–9pm Central Time
Aquaponics
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Participants will learn the fundamental principles of aquaponics production, as well as tips and tricks for building an at-home or small-scale aquaponics system. This course will include hands-on work with the nursery system and the 52,000-gallon aquaponics production system.
Saturday Sep 16th, 11am–2pm Central Time
Bird Walk: Fall Migration
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022
This fall, take a walk in the Garden and learn to identify birds in their sometimes-confusing fall plumage. Earlier bird walks will highlight warblers, vireos, and flycatchers, while later ones will feature ducks, sparrows, and hawks. Please dress for the weather and bring binoculars and a field guide if you have them.
Thursday Sep 14th, 8–9:30am Central Time
Local Story: Organic Farm Management
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Spend an inspirational hour with a local farmer who owns and manages a small-scale organic farm of 1.3 acres. You will hear the farm’s story of origin—including the trials and errors that come from such an endeavor. Also learn about different techniques they have used to manage their land such as weed management, soil preparation, pest management, and irrigation.
Thursday Jun 29th, 1–2pm Central Time
Hydrangeas 101
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL 60022
Do you have hydrangeas at home but don’t know how to care for them? Learn about the most commonly planted hydrangeas in northern Illinois and techniques on how to prune and care for them in this introductory class. A Garden walk to examine the various types of these dependable and ornamental garden gems will follow the talk.
Saturday Aug 12th, 9am–12pm Central Time
