Seasoned gardeners know that while early March may be too early to get out into the garden, it’s the perfect time to start vegetable plant seedlings indoors. Get practical tips on seed selection, timing for starting them, and the tools you’ll need from presenter Lisa Hilgenberg, horticulturist at the Fruit and Vegetable Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Cosponsored with the Glencoe Sustainability Task Force and the Friends of the Green Bay Trail.

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About the presenter: Lisa Hilgenberg has vegetable gardening in her blood – her family’s century farm heritage dates to 1881. Today, as the Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden horticulturist at Chicago Botanic Garden, she manages four acres of edible landscape, curating and interpreting a collection of 500 types of edible plants. Lisa designs the three seasons’ worth of successively planted vegetable beds and manages two orchards of apples and stone fruits. Using USDA protocol and standards for organic growing, the plants grown in 2019 produced a harvest of two tons of fresh fruits and vegetables. Lisa mentors interns from Chicago Botanic Garden’s urban agriculture program, Windy City Harvest, College First- Chicago Public Schools and the French Heritage Society. Lisa attended Gustavus Adolphus College and University of Iowa, with degrees in geology and French. She earned professional horticulture certification from the Joseph Regenstein School of the Chicago Botanic Garden and is Produce Safety Alliance certified.