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!
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 …
There’s an App or Online Resource for That! ….tips for successful native gardening
presented by Wild Ones Lake-to-Prairie chapterTuesday – September 3, 2024 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Join Sandy Washburn, Master Gardener and President Lake-to-Prairie Wild Ones and Matt Tobin, knowledgable and active birder on the board of Lake County Audubon Society, to learn about the many apps and online resources to help the native gardener plan, manage …
“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 …
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, …
Starting Native Plants from Seed
Wednesday, November 8 Free 2023 Garden Learning Series concludes at 6:00pm CT online only Final program in this series for 2023. Starting native plants from seed can be challenging until you know the tricks to sparking germination. Discover what it means to stratify and scarify seeds and which species need which treatment. Register for this …
“Landscaping for a Changing Climate”
Free 2023 Garden Learning Series continues Wednesday, October 11 6-7:30pm CT online only What we plant and how we plant it can make a difference. Discover nature-based solutions for the home gardener that lessen the impacts of our changing climate. Register for this FREE program from Illinois Extension, Lake County Forest Preserves and SWALCO. https://go.illinois.edu/ChangingClimate
Leave the Leaves that Fall this Fall
Leave the leaves that fall this Fall