Chicago Botanic Garden Spring 2020

Regenstein School | Adult Education 66 To register, visit chicagobotanic.org/education or call (847) 835-6801. Urban Agriculture Short Courses in Urban Agriculture Windy City Harvest is the Garden’s urban agriculture department, headquartered at the Farm on Ogden in Chicago. The goal of the department is to connect people with plants through engagement in growing and processing edible crops using the lens of food, health, and jobs. Short courses are intended as a gateway into Windy City Harvest or as a supplement to WCH’s career pathway. Most classes take place at the Farm on Ogden in the North Lawndale community, 3555 Ogden Avenue in Chicago. Saturday Intensives Saturday Intensives are appropriate for all adults at various gardening levels, but will be most effective for individuals with previous gardening/farming experience. Classes all have a significant hands-on component and participants should be prepared to be outdoors in all weather. Each Saturday Intensive class costs $75. Crop Planning This workshop covers site analysis, vegetable garden plan components, space-saving tech- niques, cool- and warm-season crops, crop and variety selection, three-season and succession planning. There will be crop plan examples and a template for you to start your own crop plan. Bring a drawing of your farm site with dimensions. Melanie Bromberek, Windy City Harvest coordinator Farm on Ogden, 3555 Ogden Avenue, Chicago Saturday, February 8, 10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Youth Farm Facilitator Training Are you interested in learning more about how to work with youth in an urban agriculture or school garden setting? Would you like to know more about structuring a youth development program centered on sustainable agriculture and food systems during the summer or school year? Please join the Windy City Harvest Youth Farm staff for a day of focused learning. We will discuss incorporating standards for social and emotional learning, adultism, managing student behavior, lessons learned, and chal- lenges faced. The day’s program will include an overview of our program structure and curriculum; how to foster a safe environment in which students of all abilities can grow, including implement- ing team-building activities; setting shared standards; providing student evaluations and feedback; and celebrating successes. Spring Session: Windy City Harvest Youth Farm facilitators Farm on Ogden, 3555 Ogden Avenue, Chicago Saturday, February 22, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Fall Session: Windy City Harvest Youth Farm facilitators Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe Saturday, November 7, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Fruit Tree Pruning This hands-on class is for beginning to inter- mediate growers. The session will include an introduction to the different fruit tree pruning forms, when to prune, strategic pruning, and general fruit tree maintenance. We will also cover how to care for fruiting crops that thrive in Plant Hardiness Zones 5-7. Nicholas Peterson, Skokie Park District Washington Park Youth Farm, 555 East 51st Street, Chicago Saturday, March 7, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Cold-Season Growing: March, April & May Get growing all year round! This is a technical training course intended for aspiring growers interested in learning best-practice season-ex- tension techniques. It will combine classroom and hands-on work to prepare students to keep growing as the months get colder. It will involve farm work activities in all weather con- ditions. Students are expected to work indoors and outdoors. Paul Krysik, Windy City Harvest coordinator Arturo Velasquez Institute, 2800 S. Western Avenue, Chicago Saturday, March 14, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.