City dwellers seeking creative gardening solutions for challenging city conditions, or those planting a garden in a small space, need travel no further than Lincoln Park to take advantage of School of the Chicago Botanic Garden courses.
The School will offer 11 classes from June through August at the Notebaert Nature Museum. This location offers easy access to parking and the opportunity for expanded offerings such as hands-on workshops. Classes are taught by gardening experts and Chicago Botanic Garden staff, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Mondays. The schedule is as follows:
Herbs in the City - June 6
Denise Handwerker, Frontera Grill gardener, offers this introduction to growing herbs organically. She discusses herbs for containers, garden design, maintenance, harvesting, and using herbs. The cost is $37. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $29.
Gorgeous Container Gardens - June 13
Beth Levy, landscape and container designer, Garden Renaissance, Inc., shows how to fill containers with dramatic color and texture by using perennials, annuals, herbs and grasses in interesting combinations. The cost is $33. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $26.
Feng Shui in the Garden - June 20
Architect Lenore Weiss Baigelman suggests ways to implement the concepts of feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of placement, to help turn a garden into a meaningful outdoor living space. The cost is $33. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $26.
Rosa Urbanus: Rose Gardening in Urban Conditions - June 27
Brett McNish, horticulturist, Chicago Botanic Garden, introduces cultural methods and tips for the urban rose gardener. Special attention is given to tough roses for challenging conditions such as poor soils, shade and pollution. The cost is $33. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $26.
Pressed Flower Designs - July 11
Pressed flower designer Gertrude Novak shows how to design attractive cards and pictures with pressed flowers. Students will use a variety of pressed flowers to make note cards and small floral pictures suitable for framing. The cost is $49. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $39.
Flower Arranging with Store-bought Bouquets - July 18
Nancy Clifton, horticulturist, School of the Chicago Botanic Garden, shows how to make professional-style arrangements using economical store-bought bouquets. She discusses how to select materials, sort by design elements and create beautiful arrangements. The cost is $33. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $26.
Pattern Landscape Design for Chicago Bungalows - July 25
John Beaudry, John Beaudry Landscape Design, presents several pattern landscape designs for bungalows on standard Chicago lots to assist homeowners with typical landscape projects. The cost is $33. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $26.
Get Started with Iris - Aug. 1
Horticulturist and garden writer Greg Speichert shows how to plant, divide, design with and care for Iris of all kinds, and what to look for when ordering or purchasing plants. Speichert has grown more than 1,200 varieties of Iris for over 30 years. The cost is $33. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $26.
Sushi-making Workshop - Aug. 8
Culinary instructor Yahna Awazu shows how to choose and purchase sushi materials and ingredients, explains the different types of sushi, and demonstrates how easy and economical it can be to create these delicacies at home. The cost is $62. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $49.
Fresh Plants for Fall Container Gardens - Aug. 15
Josh Schneider, director of product development and education, Proven Winners, shows how to revitalize containers, using new frost-tolerant annuals and hardy perennials and grasses, to last through the first snowfalls. The cost is $33. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $26.
Orchids 101 - Aug. 22 and 29
Jerry L. Garner, Ph.D., horticulturist/assistant secretary and newsletter editor, Illinois Orchid Society, leads this beginners' course on selecting orchids suitable for one's home and growing conditions. He discusses light, temperature, humidity and media requirements, and offers a hands-on opportunity to try potting, propagation and other techniques. The cost is $65. Chicago Botanic Garden members and Chicago residents pay $52.
The Notebaert Nature Museum is located at 2430 N. Cannon Dr. in Lincoln Park, just north of the Lincoln Park Zoo. Free street parking is available on both sides of Cannon Drive. A public lot is located on Stockton Drive next to the Conservatory. Fees are $3 for the first half hour and $1 for each additional half-hour, up to $8.
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