Adult Education
Engage your senses, discover hidden talents, and explore a more personal relationship with plants and the environment. Enjoy a new interest or start a new career at the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois.
Take advantage of online classes. Our expert instructors offer virtual learning in topics from gardening fundamentals to yoga to photography.
Adult education programs at the Regenstein School include art classes and garden design workshops for pure enjoyment, certificate programs, and professional development classes. Discover classes and workshops in botanical arts, horticulture, gardening, cooking, nature and birding, photography, garden design, and professional programs. The Garden also offers year-round wellness and fitness, including programs in yoga, tai chi, and more.
Tuesday, March 19
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$99/$124
Wednesday, March 20
- 8:00 am to 9:00 am
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$59/$74
- 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
$68/$86
- 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
$79/$99
- 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
$87/$109
- 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Thursday, March 21
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$32/$40
Friday, March 22
- 7:30 am to 8:30 am
- 8:30 am to 9:30 am
- 9:45 am to 10:45 am
Saturday, March 23
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$359/$449
- 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
$69/$87
- 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
$299/$374
Sunday, March 24
- 11:00 am to 1:30 pm
$87/$109
Tuesday, March 26
- 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
$87/$109
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$399/$499
Saturday, March 30
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
$21/$27
Monday, April 1
- 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
$369/$462
Tuesday, April 2
- 9:00 am to 10:00 am
$19/$24
- 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
$69/$87
- 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
$359/$449
Wednesday, April 3
- 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
$87/$109
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$99/$124
Thursday, April 4
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$32/$40
Saturday, April 6
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$129/$162
Sunday, April 7
- 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
$249/$312
- 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
$52/$65
- 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
$69/$87
Monday, April 8
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
$159/$199
Tuesday, April 9
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm
$87/$109
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$49/$62
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$49/$62
Wednesday, April 10
- 10:30 am to 11:30 am
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$32/$40
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$49/$62
- 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$79/$99
- 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Thursday, April 11
- 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
$349/$437
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
$69/$87
- 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
$299/$374
- 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Saturday, April 13
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
$21/$27
- 9:00 am to 11:00 am
$32/$40
- 9:00 am to 10:00 am
- 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
$87/$109
Sunday, April 14
- 9:30 am to 11:30 am
$52/$65
Monday, April 15
- 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
$87/$109
Tuesday, April 16
- 10:00 am to 11:30 am
$284/$356
- 10:00 am to 11:30 am
$79/$99
- 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
$79/$99
- 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
$284/$356
- 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
$79/$99
Wednesday, April 17
- 9:00 am to 10:30 am
$24/$30
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$229/$287
- 10:00 am to 11:00 am
$19/$24
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$32/$40
- 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
$399/$499
- 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
$495/$619
Thursday, April 18
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
$21/$27
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$69/$87
- 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
$69/$87
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$49/$62
Friday, April 19
- 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
$32/$40
Saturday, April 20
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$349/$437
- 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
$87/$109
- 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Sunday, April 21
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$69/$87
- 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
- 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
$69/$87
Tuesday, April 23
- 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
Wednesday, April 24
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
$87/$109
Saturday, April 27
- 8:00 am to 11:00 am
$89/112
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
$21/$27
Sunday, April 28
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
$87/$109
Monday, April 29
- 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Tuesday, April 30
- 9:00 am to 10:00 am
$19/$24
- 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
$21/$27
Wednesday, May 1
- 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
$279/$349
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
$279/$349
Thursday, May 2
- 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
$279/$349
Friday, May 3
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$32/$40
Saturday, May 4
- 8:00 am to 9:00 am
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
$52/$65
- 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
$24/$30
- 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Sunday, May 5
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
- 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Monday, May 6
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
$249/$312
Tuesday, May 7
- 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
- 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
Wednesday, May 8
- 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
$349/$437
- 9:00 am to 11:00 am
$299/$374
Thursday, May 9
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
$68/$86
- 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Friday, May 10
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$299/$374
Saturday, May 11
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
$21/$27
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$32/$40
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$52/$65
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Monday, May 13
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$369/$462
Tuesday, May 14
- 9:30 am to 11:30 am
- 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
- 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
$24/$30
Wednesday, May 15
- 8:00 am to 9:00 am
- 9:00 am to 10:30 am
$24/$30
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$224/$280
- 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
$21/$27
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$32/$40
Thursday, May 16
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
$21/$27
- 8:00 am to 9:00 am
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$32/$40
- 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Friday, May 17
- 7:30 am to 8:30 am
- 8:30 am to 9:30 am
- 9:45 am to 10:45 am
Saturday, May 18
- 8:00 am to 10:00 am
$49/$62
- 9:00 am to 11:00 am
$52/$65
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$32/$40
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
- 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Sunday, May 19
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Monday, May 20
- 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Tuesday, May 21
- 9:00 am to 10:00 am
$19/$24
- 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$399/$499
Wednesday, May 22
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$32/$40
Thursday, May 23
- 9:00 am to 10:30 am
$24/$30
- 10:00 am to 11:30 am
$79/$99
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$129/$162
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$52/$65
Friday, May 24
- 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Saturday, May 25
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
$21/$27
- 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Wednesday, May 29
- 10:00 am to 11:30 am
$79/$99
Thursday, May 30
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Saturday, June 1
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$199/$249
Photography Certificate
- 9:00 am to 10:30 am
$24/$30
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$399/$499
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$32/$40
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$32/$40
- 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
$32/$40
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Monday, June 3
- 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Tuesday, June 4
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
- 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
$369/$462
Wednesday, June 5
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$299/$374
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Thursday, June 6
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$59/$74
- 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$234/$259
Saturday, June 8
- 9:00 am to 10:30 am
$120 per boat
- 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
- 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
$120 per boat
- 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
- 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
$52/$65
- 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
$120 per boat
Sunday, June 9
- 9:00 am to 10:30 am
$120 per boat
- 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
$120 per boat
- 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
$120 per boat
- 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Monday, June 10
- 8:00 am to 10:00 am
$49/$62
Tuesday, June 11
- 10:00 am to 11:30 am
$79/$99
- 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
$79/$99
- 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
$79/$99
Wednesday, June 12
- 9:00 am to 10:30 am
$24/$30
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
- 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$32/$40
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$32/$40
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$32/$40
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$79/$99
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$52/$65
Thursday, June 13
- 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$49/$62
Friday, June 14
- 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Saturday, June 15
- 8:00 am to 9:30 am
$21/$27
- 8:00 am to 9:00 am
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$32/$40
- 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
$60/$75
- 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
- 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
$32/$40
Tuesday, June 18
- 9:00 am to 10:00 am
$19/$24
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
$79/$99
- 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
Thursday, June 20
- 9:00 am to 10:30 am
$24/$30
- 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
$599/$749
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$199/$249
Photography Certificate
Saturday, June 22
- 8:00 am to 11:00 am
$349/$437
Photography Certificate
Monday, June 24
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$349/$437
- 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Tuesday, June 25
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
$349/$437
Friday, June 28
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Saturday, June 29
- 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
- 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Sunday, June 30
- 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Thursday, July 11
- 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Saturday, July 13
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$199/$249
Photography Certificate
Sunday, July 14
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
$299/$374
Monday, July 15
- 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
$449/$562
Tuesday, July 16
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
- 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
$320/$400
Wednesday, July 17
- 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Friday, July 19
- 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
$349/$437
Sunday, July 21
- 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
$379/$474
Friday, August 2
- 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
$349/$437
Saturday, August 3
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Tuesday, September 10
- 10:00 am to 11:30 am
$79/$99
- 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
$79/$99
- 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
$79/$99
Tuesday, November 19
- 10:00 am to 11:30 am
$79/$99
- 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
$79/$99
- 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
$79/$99