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Gardening Techniques: Session A

Chicago Botanic Garden

4.4 148 reviews

Enhance your gardening expertise with a hybrid class that blends online learning and hands-on activities. Learn essential gardening skills, from fall planting and bulb care to turf management and wildlife protection. Gain practical techniques for garden maintenance and winterization, all while experiencing both virtual and outdoor sessions. Prepare to apply professional-level gardening practices with expert guidance.

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1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL
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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. Discover fall planting techniques, bulbs, turf care, plant wildlife protection, garden maintenance, and winterization. Thursday class sessions will be taught online via Zoom and Saturday sessions will be held at the Garden primarily outside. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. Dress for the weather. A supply list will be sent.
PGL 1, PGL 2, and GDC requirement

Refund Policy

Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 2 business days prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a 15% processing charge. A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs).

Refund requests submitted less than 48 hours prior to a program start date are non-transferable and are not eligible for a refund.

Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. We cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.

Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a series will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series' first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.

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