Chicago Botanic Garden Spring 2019

44 To register, visit chicagobotanic.org/education or call (847) 835-6801. Horticulture courses help students acquire the information and techniques needed to grow ornamental plants and maintain a healthy garden or lawn. Class locations are subject to change. Some classes may be held outdoors as weather permits. 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 $31.20/$39 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Tuesday, March 19, 6 – 8 p.m. 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 methods, pest protection, extending crops into fall, and food preparation. Nina Koziol, garden writer $31.20/$39 | Classroom 1, Learning Center Tuesday, March 19, 1 – 3 p.m. 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 2019 display beds, hanging baskets, containers, and hanging hayracks, plus preview the fall chyrsanthemum preparation. Tim Pollak, outdoor floriculturist, Chicago Botanic Garden $31.20/$39 | Meet at Production Greenhouses Saturday, March 23, 9 – 11 a.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 $39.20/$49 | Classroom 5, Learning Center Saturday, March 30, 9:30 a.m. – noon Horticulture