Please download registration form here. Or register online now.

How to Register

Chicago Botanic Garden members pay the lower member fee listed for all classes. Chicago residents may pay the lower fee listed for courses at Lincoln Park. Gurnee residents may pay the lower fee listed for courses at Gurnee. Become a member and receive a 20 percent discount on most classes and much more. Your membership fee may be included with your registration. Please send a separate check.

Register early! To help ensure that the classes you want are not cancelled due to low enrollment, register early and encourage your friends to do the same.

Preregistration is necessary for all classes. Enrollment is limited for each program.

By Mail
Mail the registration form with check made payable to Chicago Botanic Garden, or with credit card information, to Continuing Education Registrar, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022.

By Fax
Send form by fax to (847) 835-6874. Credit card payment is required for fax registrations.

By Phone
Register by phone 24 hours a day seven days a week by calling (847) 835-8261 and pressing 1 after the greeting. To expedite your call, have your credit card number ready along with your course selections. Telephone registration for a class or symposia closes at noon the day before the program is scheduled to begin. Later registrations must be by fax or in person.

In Person
Walk-in registrations will be accepted between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays in the Continuing Education office, located in the Botanic Garden Center.

Online
Now online registration is available. Click here.

Confirmation Notices
Confirmation postcards are sent to each paid registrant when his/her registration is processed. Please bring the postcard to each class, and retain it as your receipt. If you register less than one week prior to the course's start date, you may not receive a confirmation notice.

If book lists, supply lists or directions are mentioned in the course description, they will be sent under separate cover.
Please note: Symposia registrants will receive a detailed confirmation no less than two weeks prior to the event.

If you need any accommodations to participate in a program, please call (847) 835-8261 and press 4 after the greeting. For TDD/TYY, call (847) 835-0790.

Refund Policy
Refund requests must be submitted to the registrar IN WRITING and postmarked or faxed prior to the program’s start date. The registration fee will be refunded less a 20 percent processing charge (minimum $5). A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs), a check or a credit to the credit card used to register. A credit on file is valid for one year from the date issued.

Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. The Chicago Botanic Garden cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.

Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a "series" will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series’ first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series. If you choose to re-register for other sessions in the series, the special discount does not apply.

Please send refund requests to Registrar, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022 or send a fax to (847) 835-6874.