… Featured Students and Alumni Let our students inspire you to try something new or even make a career change. Our certificate programs offer something for everyone, from the beginner to the professional. Garden Design Audrey Bregman, Current Garden Design Student "A great way to enter the green industry" Audrey Bregman already had a good idea of what it takes to be … new or even make a career change. Our certificate programs offer something for everyone, from the beginner to the professional. Garden Design Audrey Bregman, Current Garden Design Student "A …
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… The King is a large hosta featuring blue green leaves with irregular creamy margins. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers held high above the foliage on long stalks … natural mutations or “sports” are also common; new introductions abound. Hosta cultivars range in size from several inches to several feet; it may take 3-8 years for hostas to reach their full …
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… with a tangerine-red beard are of classic tall bearded iris form. A additional benefit is the delicate fragrance that most tall bearded iris possess. Bearded irises do best in full sun, well drained soils in Chicago area landscapes. Typically a planting will need to be divided every 3 to 4 years to provide enough fresh soil to support the heavy flower …
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… New! Pruning and deadheading are well-known techniques in ornamental gardening, but much less well understood concepts in edible gardens. Participants … improve their productivity. We will also discuss which plants benefit most from pruning and the tools and techniques needed to maintain an attractive and bountiful garden space. Bill Shores, Shores Garden Consulting …
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… 28 gardens, nine islands, six miles of shoreline, and natural areas spread across 385 acres, the Chicago Botanic Garden is both a dream and a challenge for photographers. Enjoy the turning … and techniques for creating captivating images, review compositional ideas, and explore how to capture the essence of the Garden. Then, put your knowledge to work photographing the Garden in all its early spring glory using your digital camera, film camera, or smartphone. Paul Lucas, …
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… besides conifers that I can use for holiday decorations? Traditions and beliefs that came to North America with immigrants from Europe led to the extensive use of branches and cones of pines, firs, and other evergreen trees and shrubs for … LED lanterns or other decorative objects. One caution: do not cut tree branches in the fall, use either disease-free fallen branches or branches pruned in February or early …
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… are romantic by nature. That’s why one of our most frequently asked questions is, “What’s the most romantic spot at the Garden?” So we scoped it out, asked around, and compiled a list of … smells of musk, another of tea, a third of myrrh—just as you do a fine wine. (Which, by the way, is available at the Garden View Café .) “Something borrowed, something blue…” sets the tone … has it all: rushing water, a sweet arbor, birds chirping in shady trees. It’s one of the best spots at the Garden to sit…very…close. The peaceful hideaway atop the Waterfall Garden is a …
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… besides conifers that I can use for holiday decorations? A: Traditions and beliefs that came to North America with immigrants from Europe led to the extensive use of branches and cones of pines, firs, and other evergreen trees and shrubs for … LED lanterns or other decorative objects. One caution: do not cut tree branches in the fall, use either disease-free fallen branches or branches pruned in February or early …
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… Stewardship and Ecology of Natural Areas Program Join us for the 2026 Season! Application reviews will begin on January 26, 2026, and will continue until the … Program combines the Chicago Botanic Garden’s science and natural areas stewardship expertise in an inclusive, accessible training program focused on career and educational advancement. SENA … training experiences, technicians gain the skills, certifications, and confidence needed to build a career in habitat restoration. What is SENA? The SENA experience is built …
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… Peonies are popular garden plants, known for their stunning flowers, their cold hardiness and the huge variety of their colors, forms and habits. They are divided into two main groups: herbaceous, which die to the ground in the fall, and tree peonies, deciduous plants with woody stems which they retain throughout the …
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