Tuesday – September 2, 2025 • 7:00 – 8:00 pm Learn about the fascinating plants that derive some or all of their nutritional needs from other living plants: native parasitic and hemiparastic plants. Join Wild Ones Lake-To-Prairie in-person (only) at Fremont Public Library for this lecture by Luke Dahlberg. Hemiparasitic plants, like Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) and Wood …
Birdscaping
Learn to make your property a haven for birds as well as other wildlife. Join Wild Ones on August 5, 2025 in person at Fremont Public Library. Register in advance.
“Gardening for Moths”
Free 2025 Garden Learning Series continues Wednesday, August 13 – 6:00pm-7:30pm CT online only Native moth caterpillars and adults play an essential role in local ecosystems. Discover the importance of moths and how to make your landscape moth friendly. Native plant selection and sustainable garden practices will be discussed.Presenter this session: Lake County Forest Preserves …
“Neonicotinoids: What Gardeners Need to Know” – July 1 – 7-8pm CT
Learn to avoid poisons that affect pollinators. Free event in person from Wild Ones Lake-to-Prairie chapter meeting held at Fremont Public Library.
SWALCO Events for June
Learn more about how to be environmentally responsible by checking out all that SWALCO has to offer. Featuring events in June. To learn about these programs and more, go to <http://www.swalco.org/>
“Growing A Tea Garden”
Wednesday, June 11 – 6:00pm-7:30pm CT Free 2025 Garden Learning Series continues at 6:00pm CT online only If you enjoy a nice cup of tea and have a flare for gardening, come learn what plants you can grow in our area to create or enhance your very own tea blends. We will focus on a vast …
Wednesday, May 7 “Introduccion de Plantas Nativas” Introduction to Native Plants in Spanish
Free 2025 Garden Learning Series continues at 6:00pm CT online only Conozca la diferencia entre plantas nativas y no nativas y las ventajas de utilizar plantas nativas en su jardín. Descubra la gran variedad de árboles, arbustos, hierbas y flores silvestres nativas que puede utilizar en su jardín. Register for this FREE program from Illinois …
Recent news items encourage planting NATIVE plants for wildlife health
On April 24, The Chicago Tribune carried an article by Jessica Damiano (AP) entitled “Every yard makes an ecological difference” about Doug Tallamy and his project calling every yard part of a national park. She wrote “If you’re a human living on this planet, you should get to know Doug Tallamy, the entomologist and University …
Pollinators in Your Preserves: Monitoring For the Future
Wild Ones Lake-to-Prairie Chapter presents “Pollinators in Your Preserves: Monitoring For the Future”Tuesday – May 6, 2025 – 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Learn about the Lake County Forest Preserve District’s Plant-Pollinator Monitoring Program. The Lake County Forest Preserve District ecologists began monitoring the relationships between plants and pollinators in 2023 as part of their …
Celebrating Compost!
Wednesday, April 9 “Celebrating Compost!”Free 2025 Garden Learning Series continues at 6:00pm CT online only Join us for an evening to celebrate compost and composting. This program will touch on the benefits of composting for the garden, the gardener, and the planet. We’ll sprinkle in a bit of how-to and various composting methods, tools of …