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February 2006
1	Planning Your Spring Garden: New Annuals and Perennials for 2006 Residential Landscape Planning
2	Romancing the Site Symposium: Inspired Gardening with Regionally Adapted Plants
5	Creating Colorful Dish Gardens
6	Chocolate Bouquet in a Flower Pot
7	The Historical Gardens of Kyoto and Nara, Japan Flower Arranging with Store-Bought Bouquets
8	Calligraphy and Floral Illustration
9	Dormant Landscape Design Graphics Skills
11	Annual and Tender Perennial Vines Botany for Beginners Fun and Fanciful Botanical Drawing
12	Scarf Dyeing with Natural Dyes
13	Plant Fundamentals
15	Growing Fruit Trees and Berries
16	Winery and Luncheon Tour 100 Years of American Gardening
17	The Plants and Design of Millennium Park
18	Unusual and Uncommon Annuals Soils: Where are Your Roots? Winter Woodlands Walk
21	Trough Making Color in the Garden
23	The Secret World of Ferns and Mosses!
24	Woody Plants for Midwest Landscapes: Making Enlightened Decisions
25	Starting from Seed Observing and Photographing Nature
28	The Caribbean Culinary Experience
	Course descriptions To register Return to Continuing Education

March 2006
1	Fabric Dyeing with Natural Dyes
2	Dream Gardens: The Inspired Landscape of Piet Oudolf Plants in Perspective
3	Resilient Native Trees for Northern Illinois
4	Clematis Up Close The ABCs of Trees Paper from the Garden Botanical Drawing in Pen-and-Ink
7	Perennial All-Stars Designing the Sunny Perennial Garden
9	Tool Time with Sam Botanical Design in Oriental Rugs
10	Fine Garden Maintenance in Spanish
11	Carnivorous Plants Chronicle of a Vegetable Garden
12	Pruning Principles
13	Botany 2
14	Salsa & Ceviche Cooking Class
15	Owl Prowl in the Ravines
16	Journey to Taiwan! A Botanical Armchair Tour
17	Design and Site: Making the Marriage Work in a Residential Landscape
18	A Day in the Shade Shrubs for All Seasons Spring Bird Walk
20	Mosaic Workshop
21	Hardy Bulbs Growing Gourmet Mushrooms
23	Coordinating Your Home and Garden Style
25	Planting Techniques
26	Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Production Greenhouses and Nursery
28	Growing Ornamental Plant Materials Mosaic Workshop
29	Cool Season Vegetables
30	Willow Twig Sphere
31	A Garden Odyssey - In Search of the World's Most Creative Gardens Garden Structures and Decks - Design and Construction
	Course descriptions To register Return to Continuing Education

April 2006
1	Gardening Techniques: Spring Discover Ground Covers and Vines Designing the Mixed Bed
2	Botanical Mola Making
4	Twig Trellis Workshop
5	Seasonal Color Bowls: Spring Introduction to Design Principles
6	Modern Garden History Inspire Me! Ideas and Inspirations in Garden Design
7	The Art of Landscape Lighting
8	Get Started with Perennials Spring Bird Walk
9	Living Pansy Wreath Workshop
12	Foundation Planting Design
17	Gorgeous Container Gardens
18	Topiaries for Spring
19	Front Yard Design
22	Bird Walk at Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve Botanical Art: Spring Wildflowers in Black and White and Color
24	Mosaic Workshop
25	Heirloom Tomatoes and Peppers Spring Containers at the Garden
26	Green Careers and the Horticulture Profession Backyard Design
27	Visiting the White City Pansy Baskets
29	Basic Lawn Care for Homeowners
	Course descriptions To register Return to Continuing Education

May 2006
1	Introduction to Botanical Watercolor
2	Organic Edible Container Garden Garden Photography with Digital Cameras
3	From the Drawing Board to the Border Plants with Colorful Foliage
4	Spring Wildflower Walk Mosaic Workshop
6	Hanging Basket Workshop Woodland Wildflwer Walk Bird Walk in the Ravines
7	Get Started With Annuals
9	Sconce Basket Workshop
11	Garden Restoration and Renewal
13	Keeping the Garden Healthy Spring Bird Walk
16	Small Flowering Trees
17	Trough Making
18	Tour Chicago's Parks: Gardens in the City
	Course descriptions To register Return to Continuing Education

June 2006 – in development Course descriptions To register Return to Continuing Education
7	Survey of Plant Disorders
10	Gardening Techniques: Summer
17	Visiting the White City
20	Summer Containers at the Garden

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