Learn about using annuals plants in your garden from experts on all things green. The free Garden Learning Series continues online on May 8 at 6pm. Advance registration required.
LRS Earth Day Community Open House and Tour
Curious where the stuff you put into your recycling bin goes? Lakeshore Recycling Systems (LRS, Highland Park’s recycling hauler) is hosting an open house and tour at their state-of-the-art Exchange Material Recovery Facility in the New City neighborhood of Chicago. Peak behind the scenes of the recycling process and witness the technology and people power that make it happen. …
“Landscaping with Native Plants” on April 10
Learn to design native habitats. Illinois Extension partners with Lake County Forest Preserves and SWALCO in free online Garden Learning Series. Next: April 10
Native Seed Exchange at Heller Nature Center
Sunday, April 14-10:00 am-12:00 pm Offered by PDHP at Heller Nature Center Spring is the perfect season to start your wildflower garden. Exchange native seeds to bring home and to sow your very own native garden. Pre-registration required. Children under two are free. All other participants, children and adults, must register for the program. Children ...
Get Ready For Spring With These Over/After Winter Tips from NWF
Amy McCullough writes: “….Let’s assume you’ve wisely subscribed to the “leave the leaves” mantra—the recommendation to avoid excessive raking, pruning and tidying in fall and winter gardens. Leslie Uppinghouse, a lead horticulturist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, says blowing or hauling away leaves and other good organic material—then buying mulch …
“Vegetable Gardening” on March 13
Free 2024 Garden Learning Series continues at 6:00pm CT online only Imagine tasting your own vegetables picked fresh from your garden… Build your success with research-based methods that promote healthy, productive plants. To get the most out of your garden, University of Illinois Extension Master Gardeners will give you steps to plan and tend your …
“With Monarch Butterfly Population at Near Record Low, Chicagoans Have Their Marching Orders: Every Milkweed Stem Counts” reports WTTW News
by Patty Wetli | February 13, 2024 “….’Unsustainable human activities are jeopardizing the future of migratory species — creatures who not only act as indicators of environmental change but play an integral role in maintaining the function and resilience of our planet’s complex ecosystems,’ be it pollinating plants, transporting nutrients or storing carbon, Inger Andersen, …
Free Seeds – Resources – Information at 2024 EMG Seed Expo
February 10, 202410:00 AM to 2:00 PMA mega seed and resource event. Get free seeds and information for your 2024 gardens.You do not need to bring seeds to attend or to get free seeds. Support small business vendors. Grab-and-go snacks will be available for purchase. Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center2700 Civic Center Way, …
2024 University of Illinois Extension Online Garden Learning Series Announced
Free Garden Learning Series for 2024 Announce
Native Seed Starting for Spring Planting-Zoom January 23, 1:30 – 2:30 pm
Sign up today for the native gardening series!