Jun 15th
6–8pm CDT
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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
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
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
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Tour the Garden’s spring containers and collect ideas for your own. Then create a container with plants that can tolerate the varying spring temperatures and a full-sun to partial-shade location. Pansies, forced bulbs, and other spring treasures may be used. Dress for the weather, and bring gloves if desired.
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Chicago Botanic Garden
Glencoe, Suburbs
1000 Lake Cook Road
Btwn Edens Exprsswy/Rt 41 & Green Bay Rd
Chicago, Illinois 60022 Glencoe, Suburbs
1000 Lake Cook Road
Btwn Edens Exprsswy/Rt 41 & Green Bay Rd
Chicago, Illinois 60022
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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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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