Chicago Botanic Garden Winter 2019

Regenstein School | Adult Education Backstage: Production Greenhouses The Chicago Botanic Garden grows nearly a half-million plants every year. Take a behind- the-scenes tour of the greenhouses and nursery. Be the first to see the spring annuals for the 2020 display beds, hanging baskets, containers, and hanging hayracks, plus preview the fall chyrsanthemum preparation. Tim Pollak, outdoor floriculturist, Chicago Botanic Garden $32/$40 | Meet at Production Greenhouses Saturday, March 21, 9 – 11 a.m. Exciting Annuals: Preparing for Spring With the arrival of seed catalogs in your mail- box, it’s time to get excited about spring. Learn hot new plants, what to look for at garden centers, and new garden trends. Find out how to use annuals in containers, window boxes, and hanging baskets, what plants do best in shade or full sun, and how to incorporate vegetables to enhance your garden. Tim Pollak, outdoor floriculturist, Chicago Botanic Garden $32/$40 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Tuesday, March 24, 6 – 8 p.m. New! Backyard Chickens: Extreme Chickens Prepare for various challenges that may arise when raising chickens. Learn how to best care for your flock in fluctuating midwestern tem- peratures, care options when you travel, and how to prepare an evacuation plan. Explore chicken anatomy, first-aid products and home- made natural remedies, as well as recognizing common illnesses. Christine Shiel, Chicago Botanic Garden $32/$40 | Classroom 5, Learning Center Wednesday, March 25, 6 – 8 p.m. Chronicle of a Vegetable Garden Experience a full season of a Chicago vegetable garden from an expert midwestern home gar- dener. You will learn all the steps to create your own successful home vegetable garden from plant selection through harvest with details on what to do, why it is done, and when to do it. Glenn Grosch, horticulturist and agronomist $42/$53 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Saturday, March 28, 9:30 a.m. – noon Growing a Cook’s Garden If you have a spot in your garden, balcony, or deck that receives more than six hours of direct sunlight, you can grow herbs and vegetables. Discover how to grow tomatoes, onions, peppers, squash, garlic, and leafy greens. Learn plant selection, soil preparation, potting meth- ods, pest protection, extending crops into fall, and food preparation. Nina Koziol, garden writer $32/$40 | Classroom 1, Learning Center Tuesday, March 31, 1 – 3 p.m. New! Beyond Rosemary, Basil, and Thyme Explore recipes, stories, and how-to tutorials for incorporating herbs into every aspect of your daily life. Discover unusual herbs, how to grow them, ways to use them, and interest- ing facts about these fascinating plants. The instructor will share 45 years of experience growing, selling, and living with herbs from her book, Beyond Rosemary, Basil, and Thyme. Theresa Mieseler, founder, Shady Acres Herb Farm, and author $32/$40 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Wednesday, April 15, 10 a.m. – noon Four Seasons of Beauty 2020: Chicago Botanic Garden Container Series 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 Gar- den grounds and discover an array of striking plants, interesting color and texture combina- tions, and unique container arrangements. You will create a seasonal container for your sun or partial shade patio or porch. All workshops are taught by Kathryn Deery of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Please bring gloves. Dress for the weather. Register for all four sessions at once and save ten percent. Please call (847) 835-6801 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to receive the discount. Spring Containers at the Garden 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 lo- cation. Pansies, forced bulbs, and other spring treasures may be used. $71/$89 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Tuesday, April 21, 10 a.m. – noon or 6 – 8 p.m. Summer Containers at the Garden Enjoy a tour featuring the Chicago Botanic Garden’s summer containers. Then prepare your own, take-home, warm-season, mixed container suitable for sun or partial shade. Your container may include annuals, perennials, herbs, and decorative foliage. $71/$89 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Tuesday, June 16, 10 a.m. – noon or 6 – 8 p.m. Autumn Containers at the Garden Take a Garden 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, decora- tive foliage, cool-season vegetables, ornamental grasses, a decorative vine, and gourds. $71/$89 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Tuesday, September 15, 10 a.m. – noon or 6 – 8 p.m. Winter Containers at the Garden Explore winter containers at the Garden and learn ways to extend your own into the winter season. Then prepare a container with fresh-cut evergreen boughs and berried or brightly col- ored branches. Please bring gloves and pruners. $71/$89 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Tuesday, December 1, 10 a.m. – noon or 6 – 8 p.m.