The CHSAS Teen Horticulturalist Training is a 10-week series of interactive workshops focused on providing students at Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences new skills and competencies in gardening, landscaping, horticulture and pest and disease management. The training is delivered by Illinois Extension Horticulture and LFSF Educators. This course addresses several topics: botany, soil science, vegetable and fruit production, plant identification, pest identification, plant disease management, gardening and landscaping, pollinator ecology, and more! This training aims to prepare CHSAS students towards career or college pathways in horticulture, providing key skills and knowledge that can be reproduced in future educational settings or in the workforce. Students will complete ten quizzes related to each module, and after a completion of the final quiz will receive their certificate of completion.
This course is part of a free two-part virtual workshop series on native landscape design. Participants receive an introduction to landscape design with a focus on incorporating native plants and then receive individualized coaching on your own landscape from Extension Staff, Master Gardeners, and Master Naturalists.
Homework submission is required to participate in the coaching session and homework deadline must be met.
This course is currently closed to new applicants. For information please contact Nancy Kreith at: kreith@illinois.edu
El barrenador esmeralda del fresno, (EAB, por sus siglas en inglés) se ha convertido en un problema en casi todo el estado. Cada año, más y más condados descubren a este insecto en trampas o en árboles.
Este curso está diseñado para ayudar a los propietarios de vivienda a primero identificar su árbol para asegurarse de que en realidad sea un fresno, después a identificar al barrenador del fresno y por último las opciones de control.
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has become a problem almost throughout the state. Each year, more and more counties are finding the insect on traps or in trees. This course was developed to help homeowners first ID their tree to make sure it truly is an ash, followed by EAB identification, and then control options.
The audience for this course is: Illinois Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists
By taking this course, students will learn:
- how to identify 26 common trees often found in urban areas
- how to conduct a tree inventory
- how to prepare a tree walk
To enroll, contact your local Extension office for the registration link and enter the enrollment key below that was included in your registration confirmation.
Rainscaping is a 6 part course that will train participants how to develop and maintain a rain garden. The course will consist of 4 online content sessions in which participants participate in activities and lectures to understand rain garden design, installation, and maintenance. Each participant will walk away with a fully formed rain garden plan for their own property. There will also be 2 in-person coaching session in which facilitators will provide feedback for participants personalized rain garden plans.
Registration for this course is currently closed and for Cook County residents who are planning to build rain gardens only.
Contact Abigail Garofalo for questions as aeg9@illinois.edu
Rainscaping is a 5 part course that will train participants how to develop and maintain a rain garden. The course will consist of 4 in-person content sessions in which participants participate in activities and lectures to understand rain garden design, installation, and maintenance.
Registration for this course is currently closed and for residents who are planning to build rain gardens only.
Contact Andrew Holsinger for questions as aholsing@illinois.edu