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Program Ages Day(s) & Date(s) Time(s) Location
# of
Classes Activity # Res/NR
Growing Your Own Mushrooms 18 + Sa, May 21 10:00A-12:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235219-01 $60/90
Growing Your Own Mushrooms 18 + Sa, May 21 1:00-3:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235219-02 $60/90
Growing Your Own Mushrooms 18 + Sa, May 21 4:00-6:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235219-03 $60/90
Urban Veggie Gardening 18 + Sa, Apr 16 10:00A-12:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235240-01 $50/75
Quick Sketch Garden Design 18 + Tu, Apr 5 1:00-2:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235242-01 $50/75
Quick Sketch Garden Design 18 + Tu, Apr 5 2:00-3:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235242-02 $50/75
Quick Sketch Garden Design 18 + Tu, Apr 5 3:00-4:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235242-03 $50/75
Quick Sketch Garden Design 18 + Tu, May 3 1:00-2:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235242-04 $50/75
Quick Sketch Garden Design 18 + Tu, May 3 2:00-3:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235242-05 $50/75
Quick Sketch Garden Design 18 + Tu, May 3 3:00-4:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 235242-06 $50/75
Spring Containers 18 + Sa, May 14 10:00A-12:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 550123-01 $45/68
Fall/Late Summer Containers 18 + Sa, Sep 17 10:00A-12:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 550123-02 $45/68
Winter Containers 18 + Sa, Dec 3 10:00A-12:00P Oak Park Conservatory 1 550123-03 $45/68
Full Container Design Series 18 + Sa, May 14 - Dec 3 10:00A-12:00P Oak Park Conservatory 3 550123-04 $115/172
NATURE & GARDENING
Growing Your
Own
Mushrooms
Supervisor: Shari Melde
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. is is an active workshop
where you will be using power tools, getting dirty,
and doing some liing. 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. Material cost is
included in the class fee.
Min 5/Max 10
Urban Veggie Gardening
Supervisor: Shari Melde
Urban veggie gardening has never been bigger.
Learn the tips and benefits from some of the most
successful Chicago urban veggie patches and how
to bring them home to your place of work, school
or home. Each participant will create a raised
vegetable garden to take home with home grown
Conservatory vegetable plants.
Min 6/Max 16
Quick Sketch Garden
Design and Consultation
Supervisor: Patti Staley
Landscape Design & Garden Consultation services
available at the Oak Park Conservatory every first
Tuesday of the month from 1-3pm (February thru
October). Bring in photos of your garden for our
professionals to offer help with planting suggestions
& a quick sketch as time allows. Registration
required. ree
one-hour time slots are available
each session.
Min 1/Max 1
Container Design Series
Supervisor: Shari Melde
Come and create your spring planters with our
design expert! Have help in flower selection and
arrangement to create spectacular containers for
your home. Bring your own container or choose
from one of ours. All material provided. Section 1
is for Spring Containers; Section 2 is for Fall
Containers; Section 3 is for Winter Containers;
Choose Section 4 for all three for a discounted fee
of $115. Class dates: 5/14, 9/17, 12/3.
Min 5/Max 9
Plant Shopping Road Trip!!
Friday, May 20, 9:00A-4:00P
Join the Conservatory Horticulturists for a
special day filled with guided plant shopping.
Make it a girls day or a special outing for garden
enthusiasts. We will depart the Conservatory
at 9am and visit three favorite garden shopping
spots. Shady Hill Gardens in Elburn, IL will be
our first stop to shop their famous selection of
Geraniums, annuals, herbs and perennials in
their stunning Dutch glass greenhouses. Next
on our stop is Johnsons' Statuary nestled along
the Fox River in Downtown St Charles. Our final
destination will be shopping some of the best
Midwestern perennials and natives at Midwest
Groundcovers and a guided tour of their trial
gardens. Return to the Conservatory at 4pm.
Gourmet box lunch will be provided.
Min 8/Max 13
Activity: #235214-01
Res/NR: $50/75
Ages: 18+
Cheney Mansion's All Ages, All Abilities Community Garden
With the assistance of our participants, volunteers and Sugar Beet Schoolhouse, the gardens grew over 800 lbs. of fresh produce that was delivered to the Oak Park
River Forest Food Pantry. Plans have begun for the 2016 growing season and there is a need for volunteers, seedlings, gardening tools and additional funds. If you
can provide any assistance, please email cheryl@sugarbeetcoop.com