Welcome to Chalet's Learning Center. Located on the 2nd floor within our Wilmette retail store, we offer a wide range of topics and hands-on workshops by Chalet horticulturists, our knowledgeable team members, and external partners. Each event is designed to connect you with nature a bit closer through creative solutions and professional tips.
We are excited to announce the new line-up for Fall 2019. Browse brand-new topics and classes and sign up online.
If you'd like to download the schedule, click here.
Randy Powers, restoration ecologist and owner of Prairie Future Seeds, will discuss the beautiful native perennial plants and woody trees and shrubs that provide food for the wild birds. Learn which plants to add to your garden to attract these delightful creatures.
Create a planter that will look great until the temperatures fall into the 20s. This workshop will include the planter, soil, time- release fertilizer, fall blooming plants, instruction and we do the cleanup! Perk up your displays with a fresh fall planter. $59.99 + tax fee and pre-registration required.
Tony Fulmer shares key tips to maintaining the beauty and vigor of your fall landscape – from trees and turf to bulbs and perennials, and everything in between.
Whether it is bringing them back inside after a summer vacation outdoors, or getting them ready for the shorter days and lower humidity of winter, horticulturist, Jennifer Brennan will give you the steps to follow. Insect control, fertilizing and repotting will be addressed.
It’s always nice to have a new idea, a simpler way to accomplish a great result in the garden. Tony Fulmer, Chalet’s Chief Horticulture Officer, will share tips on: fall tree and shrub planting, perennial care, designing with spring-flowering bulbs, container planting, seasonal garden maintenance, watering wisely and winterizing the garden.
