NEW! Garden Styling: Make Your Garden Look Like Those in Magazines

Learn about the tips that the pros use to make your garden “photograph ready.” One hour

NEW! Structure in the Garden

Learn about the “bones” of the garden: fences, gates, arbor, paths and more, to make your garden functional as well as beautiful. One hour.

So You Want Your Garden To Be In A Magazine: What Do Editors Want?

See preliminary scouting photos and then the finished product of gardens that have appeared in Better Homes & Gardens magazine from the Chicagoland area. One hour

Beyond Pink Flamingos! How To Decorate Your Yard With Style

Learn four easy ways to know whether or not a garden ornament will look good in your yard, and then how to place it correctly.

Front Gardens: Put Your Best Foot Forward

Why keep all our beautiful plants and borders in the back yard where no one can see them? Take hints from these gardeners who have made bold use of their front yards. One hour

Don’t Fence Me In: Creating Garden Rooms Without Walls

How to create garden rooms in your yard. One hour

More Than Just a Pretty Picture: Gardens with Personality

See how gardeners use creativity and fun to decorate their yards and make a personal statement. One hour

Shade Gardens

Learn about underused plants and techniques for glamorizing your shade garden

Rain Gardens

What is a rain garden, and how can you have one? Power Point, half hour.

Grand Gardens of Chicago

A visual tour of the best public gardens in Chicagoland, including Morton Arboretum, Chicago Botanic Garden, Cuneo, Montefiore, Cantigny, and some small public gardens. One hour

Great Gardens of England

See highlights of Hidcote, Great Dixter, Sissinghurst, Denmans and more. One hour

Small Gardens, Large Gardens

Learn techniques to use to make the most of the size of your yard, whether spacious or tiny. One hour

A Peek into Back Yards: Great Gardens of the Fox Valley

Gardeners who have been written about in Shirley Remes’ weekly gardening column in the Kane County Chronicle, “The Green Gardener,” are featured in this slide show. One hour

Best Reference Books for Midwest Gardening

A review of garden books by local authors and which ones every serious gardener should have on her shelf. (No slides, Lecture only with sample books) One hour

Plant A Row for the Hungry

Learn about this garden writer program that encourages people to grow vegetables and donate them to area food pantries and soup kitchens. Time of program varies by needs.