Posts Tagged: earth friendly

Birdscaping

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.

SWALCO Events for June

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/>

Celebrating Compost!

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 …

SEED EXPO from Extension

Lake County Extension Master Gardener Seed Expo – March 8th, 2025. 10am-2pm The 2025 University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener Seed Expo is March 8! Hosted in partnership with the College of Lake County, this year’s event will be held at the CLC Grayslake Campus gymnasium and will have everything you need to get ready …

“Healthy Yard, Healthy Home, Healthy Planet”

“Healthy Yard, Healthy Home, Healthy Planet”

Free 2024 Garden Learning Series continues at 6:00pm CT online only Wednesday August 14th 2024 Merleanne Rampale from SWALCO will share resources, tips and how-to information on ways to create a healthy yard, including information on the importance of healthy soil/compost/composting. Register for this FREE program from Illinois Extension, Lake County Forest Preserves and SWALCO. …

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 …