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ADULT SPECIAL INTEREST
Vegetable Gardening Made Easy
Supervisor: Patti Staley
Learn about the easiest veggies for beginners, how
to read seed packets, how to start seeds,
companion planting techniques, how to
transplant seedlings, and what to do once your
seeds start growing. Leave this workshop with a
plan for your garden and some started seeds. Feel
free to bring your own seeds for a seed exchange at
the end of the workshop. Note: Registration is
required one week prior to the workshop to allow
for supplies to be purchased.
Min 5/Max 20
Growing Your Own Mushrooms
Supervisor: Patti Staley
You can grow your own mushrooms at home!
Workshop participants will prepare and inoculate
logs with shiitake mushrooms, learn to care for
and grow the mushroom log, and learn how to
harvest their mushroom crop. This is an active
workshop where you will be using power tools,
getting dirty, and doing some lifting. Take home
two inoculated logs to start your own mushroom
farm. Please wear appropriate clothing for this
workshop and bring work gloves, if you have
them. Materials cost is included in the class fee.
Instructor: Jill Niewoehner, mamagrows.com
Min 5/Max 15
Terrarium Construction
Supervisor: Patti Staley
Create a self-supporting, small ecosystem to take
home and enjoy for many months. Terrariums
duplicate conditions found in gardens, are easy to
assemble, and a great way to teach young children
to observe nature. Build your own terrarium to take
home! Note: Registration is required one week in
advance of program date to allow supplies to be
purchased for all participants.
Min 5/Max 10
New!
Home Landscape
Sustainability
Supervisor: Patti Staley
Landscape sustainability or "greening" your
landscape is more than just choosing the appropriate
plants. How you design, water, fertilize, control pests,
and manage the appearance of your landscape are all
factors to consider for your home landscape. Come
learn about these aspects and more. Feel free to bring
pictures or sketches of your landscape.
Nature and History Travelogues
Supervisor: Patti Staley
Sit back, relax, and take a pictorial trip through
nature and history with James Rowan as he guides
you through the parks and wildlands of Illinois, the
Midwest, the United States, and the world. Through
spectacular photography and first-person stories,
you'll see the people, places, and history that makes
natural areas first-class travel destinations.
Min 5/Max 30
New!
Manager's Tour of the
Conservatory
Supervisor: Patti Staley
See the Conservatory as you've never seen it before.
Hear about the history, mechanics, operations, and
hidden plant gems of the Oak Park Conservatory. See
areas of the Conservatory normally off-limits to the
typical visitor.
Min 5/Max 10
New! Seed Starting with
Sugar Beet Co-op
Supervisor: Poppy Vogel
From simple, window-sill
starters for a few plants, to more complex systems
with artificial lights, and trays of many plants, you
can save money, and get a head start on the kitchen
garden. Join Sugar Beet Schoolhouse for this hands-
on workshop. Participants will learn the basics of
successful seed starting and will leave with everything
needed for a great start to the growing season.
Min 10/Max 35
New! Soil Prep & Cool Weather Crops
Supervisor: Poppy Vogel
The key to a successful growing season starts with
well-prpared soil. In this handson workshop led by
Sugar Beet Schoolhouse, you'll learn how to aerate
and amend soil using natural compost and fertilizers.
Participants will also learn how to successfully direct
seed cool weather crops such as peas, spinach, chard ,
and radishes, just in time for the growing season.
Min 10/Max 35
PROGRAM TIME(S)
Vegetable Gardening Made Easy
10A-12P
Terrarium Construction 9:30-11:30A
Who's Who at the Zoo (Travelogue) 1:00-2:30P
Revolution: The War (Travelogue) 1:00-2:30P
Manager's Tour 6:00-7:30P
Home Landscape Sustainability 6:00-8:00P
LOCATION ACTIVITY # RES/NR
Oak Park Conservatory 235211-04 $25/$35
Oak Park Conservatory 135316-03 $35/$45
Oak Park Conservatory 135400-07 $15/$20
Oak Park Conservatory 135400-08 $15/$20
Oak Park Conservatory 135450-03 $10/$15
Oak Park Conservatory 245243-03 $25/$35
Seed Starting with Sugar Beet Co-Op 9:00-10:30A Cheney Mansion 285305-01 $25/$37
Seed Starting with Sugar Beet Co-Op 7:00-8:30P Cheney Mansion
Soil Prep & Cool Weather Crops 9:00-11:00A Cheney Mansion
Soil Prep & Cool Weather Crops
AGES DATE
16 + Sa, Apr 25
8 + Sa, Mar 21
10 + Tu, Mar 10
10 + Tu,Apr 14
14 +
M, Mar 9
16 + Th, May 7
18 + Sa, Mar 7
18 + M, Mar 9
18 + Sa, Apr 25
18 + M, Apr 27
14+ Sa, May 9
14+ Sa, May 9
7:00-9:00P Cheney Mansion
285305-02 $25/$37
285306-01 $25/$37
285306-02 $25/$37
235219-01 $80/$140
235219-02 $80/$140
ADULT
SPECIAL
INTEREST
Denotes workshop is approved for
University of Illinois Extension
continuing education units.
Growing Your Own Mushrooms
Growing Your Own Mushrooms
10:00A-12:00P
1:00-3:00P
Oak Park Conservatory
Oak Park Conservatory
