A workshop for landscape companies, turf managers, homeowner associations and municipalities will be offered on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the College of Lake County.

Participants in the natural lawn care and sustainable landscapes workshop will learn how to create and implement cost-effective sustainable landscaping programs in their communities. The workshop will include sessions on introduction to natural lawn care, implementing a natural lawn care program, contracts, greening your ordinances and creating a rain-friendly landscape.

The workshop fee is $25 for the public and free for current CLC students. The event will be held in the C Wing Auditorium (room C005) at College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake.

To register online, visit www.libertyprairie.org. For more information, email infor@libertyprairie.org or call (847) 548-5989, extension 33.

The workshop is being presented by the College of Lake County, Lawn to Lake, Liberty Prairie Conservancy, Great Lakes Restoration, University of Illinois Extension, CLC’s Workforce and Professional Development Institute, Sea Grant, Safer Pest Control Project and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.