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Gardening Techniques: Session C

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

Professional Gardener Level 1 Certificate, Professional Gardener Level 2 Certificate, and Garden Design Certificate 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, spring assessment and planning, spring...

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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$374

12 sessions

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Learn How to Paint Fall Leaves in Watercolor

Chicago Botanic Garden

This class is designed as an introduction to the art of painting fall leaves in watercolor. Study will be given to the characteristics and structure of leaf shapes, texture, and venation. Learn how to effectively develop and apply the appropriate color palette for the leaf in question and the basics of sound paper and color selection as you develop a sense of simple leaf composition and design.  A supply list will be sent.

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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$312

6 sessions

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Wildlife Habitat Series

Chicago Botanic Garden

Natural areas and wildlife inspire wonder every time we walk through a woodland trail, forest, or public garden. Hearing birds chirp, critters foraging, seeing butterflies silently coloring the sky as they sweep between flowering plants, and other experiences of nature rejuvenate us in so many ways. Creating a habitat for wildlife in your own yard allows you step outside to experience the wonders of what nature holds. You can enhance and guide the...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Sustainable Gardener Series

Chicago Botanic Garden

Ever feel overwhelmed by all the information on sustainability? Get familiar with the mindset, background, science, and terminology as it relates to horticulture and beyond. This series includes discussion and information on sustainable features and concepts from rain gardens, composting, and materials re-use, to ways to minimize installation or maintenance impact, and incorporating sustainable elements into your garden and landscape. Sessions:...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$399

6 sessions

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Gardening Techniques

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

Students will be introduced to professional gardening through a combination of lecture and hands-on activities. Focus is on acquiring solid gardening skills, learning about a variety of techniques, and developing the ability to determine best practices.  Topics range from plant selection to the identification and control of weeds and other horticultural practices.  Prerequisite:  Botany 1 Note: PGL 1, PGL 2, GDC requirement

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$312

6 sessions

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Growing Ornamental Plant Materials

Chicago Botanic Garden

Learn the basic techniques and some special tips needed for establishing and maintaining a healthy garden in the Midwest. Some of the many topics to be covered include planting, pruning, water and turf management, weed and pest control, maintenance of new landscapes, and specific methods for growing herbaceous and woody plant groups such as bulbs, ericaceous plants, container plants, and others. Gain hands-on experience in the Garden.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Professional Practices in Photography

Chicago Botanic Garden

This ten-week course is designed to help take your work to the next level. Whether it’s a book, a gallery exhibition, or a long–term project, this class will help you organize the essential elements to help elevate your career as a photographer. It will include discussions on putting together a CV, artist statement, website, social media, and various other factors that will help launch your professional career.  Prerequisite: Completion...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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The Sky in Watercolor

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

Skies create mood, drama, light, and emotion in your paintings. They are among the most important elements of landscape painting. Learn to express a vast variety of dynamic clouds, sunsets, and foggy days using techniques like wet-in-wet, and dry-brush. We'll study how each type of sky, its mood and its light, has an effect on simple elements of landscape, and makes your landscapes stand out of the crowd.

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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$399

8 sessions

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Beginning Frame Loom Weaving

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

In this class we examine the many possibilities of creating woven forms using a simple frame loom. Students will experiment with the techniques of tapestry and plain-weave, then explore ways of creating surface, image, and text within a woven form to create independent projects. Students will be exposed to both contemporary and historical artworks and will participate in skill-building demonstrations to broaden their technical skills.

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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$249

5 sessions

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Creative Color Using Digital Photography

Chicago Botanic Garden

Digital imaging has revolutionized photography and liberated photographers. In this intensive two-day workshop, Allen Rokach will guide you to the limited possibilities of digital garden and flower photography, finding subjects in the Greenhouses and grounds of the Garden. We will concentrate on creating images built around color, shape, line, and texture, making strong statements using these abstract elements of design.  The focus will be...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Creative Fine Art Digital Photography for Beginners

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

Have you ever wondered how to capture the wow moments in nature with your new digital camera? Learn the basics of digital photography in this introductory course.  You will practice the tools of the digital camera and how to capture fine art images in nature. Students will learn to see, using the methods of the masters of fine art photography. Starting with aperture priority, shutter speed priority, and exposure compensation, we will craft...

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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$379

8 sessions

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Four Seasons of Beauty: Garden Container Series

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

This series of workshops and Garden walks features the diversity and creativity of four seasons of Chicago Botanic Garden container gardens. Each season you will explore the Garden grounds with Heather Sherwood and discover an array of striking plants, interesting color and texture combinations, and unique container arrangements. She will then help you create a seasonal container for your sun or partial shade patio or porch.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$320
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Deciduous Trees and Saturday Walks

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

Learn to identify more than 50 large deciduous trees, gain a greater understanding of the multitude of functions they serve in gardens and the landscape, and discover the wonders they offer year-round. Develop your ability to identify trees using their buds, bark, and habit, in addition to leaf shape and other characteristics.  OPC, PGL 1, PGL 2, and GDC requirement

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$337

13 sessions

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Weaving Studio for Beginners

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

This class is designed for beginning students to learn the basic techniques needed to weave a tapestry. We will explore ways of using surface, image, and text within a woven form to create independent projects.  Students will be exposed to both contemporary and historical tapestries through weekly visual presentations and will participate in skill-building demonstrations to broaden their technical skills. Frame looms and warp and weft...

(122) Beginner 18 and older
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$329

8 sessions

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Drawing Nature Seedpods

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

Capture nature’s pods using graphite and colored pencil. These media can be used alone or together to explore the subtle colors found in a variety of pods. Color theory and composition will be considered to create striking finished drawings.  Some experience in colored pencil preferred.  A supply list will be sent. 

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$312

4 sessions

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Painting the Prairie En Plein Air

Chicago Botanic Garden

Celebrate the unique landscape that once covered great expanses of the state. It is not hard to imagine as you experience the extensive rolling hills, tall grasses, and beautiful native flowers of the prairie landscape at the Garden. Learn how to observe and simplify the shapes in nature to convey the essence of the landscape into your painting. You can complete a finished artwork during each class session.  All media welcome. Dress for the...

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Fall Leaves in Glass Mosaics

Chicago Botanic Garden

In this hands-on workshop, you will use gorgeous transparent glass to create a mosaic inspired by brilliantly colored autumn leaves. You will learn the process of affixing broken and cut art glass to an acrylic panel, considering the best usage of color, shape, and shading.  Once grouted, your art piece will glow like a stained glass window with luminous colors.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Fall Colors in Colored Pencil

Chicago Botanic Garden

Get inspired by the spectrum of warm fall colors through detailed studies of composite flowers in the studio and quicker plein-air landscape studies in the Garden.  You will learn, in part, how to successfully approach the detail and complexity of composite flowers using foreshortening techniques. Expand your knowledge of color theory and composition.  A supply list will be sent.  Dress for the weather. 

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Color in the Autumn Landscape

Chicago Botanic Garden

Autumn at the Garden is inspiring. Working in the Garden, you will learn how painters think about composition and color in nature.  A review of light and gesture will help you use new techniques to represent the landscape. You will create small paintings in the medium of your choice, including gouache, acrylic, watercolor, and oil. Dress for the weather.  A supply list will be sent.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Gardening Techniques: Session A

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

Online and On-site Hybrid Learn tips and techniques used by professional gardeners through a combination of lecture and hands-on activities. Acquire solid gardening skills and determine best management practices. We will cover fall planting, bulbs, turf care, plant wildlife protection, garden maintenance, and winterization.  Dress for the weather. A supply list will be sent with your confirmation.

(122) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$312

6 sessions

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