Garden

ew gardening terms sound so off-putting, especially to novice gardeners. Nonetheless, deadheading can be an important task.

Wasco Nursery & Garden Center, 41W781 Route 64, St. Charles is hosting self-guided garden tours weekends in July.

Gardening is often taught through community connections whether cultivated from our families, neighbors, community group, or our chosen families.

Founded on Dec. 10, 1948, the Morrison Garden Club is charged with taking care of the grounds at Odell library, Veterans Park, and the planters near Illinois 78. Members also volunteer for Morrison’s annual Paint the Town and care for the plant life in Morrison year round.

The Fields on Caton Farm, Inc., 1850 Caton Farm Road, Crest Hill, will host Art in the Garden on Sunday.

Kane County will feature the Windmill City Festival with live music, a craft fair, a pet competition, a carnival, food, drinks and more.

Here are three less common native groundcovers to consider; all have attractive foliage and unique flowers and are resistant to browsing by deer and rabbits

Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners club will hold its garden walk featuring seven gardens from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 13.

Planting Summer is not a great time to plant trees. If you can wait until fall, the tree will probably experience less transplant shock and stress.

Tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, are on the rise because of the increased exposure to humans and animals. What can we do to protect ourselves?

In response to the current weather and climate cycle, one change that we can make is how we water plants. Let’s look at some ideas that can conserve water and provide a good vegetable crop.

The hammerhead worm is perhaps one of the strangest and least well-known invaders to our gardens. They eat other invertebrates, such as earthworms, slugs, isopods (rolly pollies), and other insect larvae.

Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners will host their biannual Garden Walk to honor former Club President Diana Sharp. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 the day of the event.

Beautify Dixon, the face of Discover Dixon’s beautification committee, aims to promote and encourage community members to take pride in the appearance of their community by hosting monthly town cleanups, creating corner gardens and recognizing beautiful properties.

Viburnum leaf beetle was first reported in the Chicagoland area in 2013. Within two years, it was regularly reported to the Morton Arboretu

Introduced commercially to the United States in 2012, pineberries are hybrid, everbearing, white to pink strawberries with red seeds, and they have a flavor and aroma of pineapple, though not everyone can taste it.

Vanguard students plant vegetable plants at Aurora's Holy Angels Food Pantry to help people in need.

Kevin Eberhard will retire from the Joliet Park District at the end of May.

These gardens highlight plants with the purpose of appealing to human senses. The plants are meant to be enjoyed in a variety of ways including being touched, smelled, heard, felt, and even tasted.

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County invites members of the public to a garden planting event from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 21 at the Apple Creek Food Forest in Woodstock.

The Batavia Public Library will host the Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners for a presentation by Jack Shouba, local naturalist, avid photographer, and former teacher at 6:45 p.m. on May 21.

Beautify Dixon, the Rock River Garden Club and Dixon in Bloom all intersect within the petunia project as they work toward the common goal of beautifying Dixon.

Local groups work to prepare the petunias for the streets of Dixon. A total of 306 baskets will be going up around the city early next month.

The Rock River Garden Club worked Wednesday, May 8, 2024, to renovate the gardens at the Dixon riverfront.

The sale will feature plants grown by the college’s horticulture students and faculty

What ballerina tutus have to do with cicadas? Tulle – the material used to create tutus – is how you can protect young or unhealthy trees from cicadas.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host several educational programs the week of May 13 and May 20.

Hilltop Gardeners Garden Club has two events on the rise.

Growing plants from seed can be magical and it’s easy.

Master Gardeners research topics and help identify problems and find solutions about insects, trees, shrubs, plants, vegetables, fruits, gardens, lawns, and more.

Spring has sprung! And with it, many spring ephemerals. Ephemeral means only lasting a short time, which explains why this group of plants has this very name.

The program " Container Design, The Basics and Beyond” will be presented by Stephanie Dalton on Thursday, April 11 at the Oswego Public Library.

To be successful in growing roses in Midwest gardens, keep in mind some basic considerations, such as plant selection and an understanding of potential disease and insect problems.

Led by environmental experts, this University of Illinois Extension program explores a new natural resource topic each month and provides small and meaningful ways to connect with nature.

The Sandwich Park District invites anyone interested in gardening to “think spring” and come to the 16th annual Spring Gardening Workshop on Saturday, April 6.

The next meeting of the Hilltop Gardeners Garden Club will be held on Thursday, March 14 at the Oswego Public Library.

As spring approaches, many people’s thoughts turn toward spring cleaning or moving into a new home. The latter also is true in the animal world, particularly with birds.

The Chicago area is closing out what could be its warmest February ever, and the signs are clear: Trees are leafing out, once-dormant plants are peeking up through the ground and pollen counts are going up.

Sterling Township, the University of Illinois Extension, Whiteside County Master Gardeners, Sterling Gardens and CGH Health Foundation are coordinating to offer township residents space to participate in a community garden for the second year in a row.

What homeowners do at the end of the growing season often determines how good your next year is going to be, said Nancy Kuhajda, University of Illinois Extension Will and Grundy master gardener coordinator.

The self-paced Master Gardener course starts this fall and can be completed in 14 weeks

Sandoval will take attendees through the seasons and discuss native plants that are great for wildlife, grow well in a range of conditions, are easy to purchase locally and are beautiful in small to medium landscapes.

Nectar carbohydrates help keep a ruby-throated hummingbird’s wee wings moving at the astounding speed of 50 beats or more per second.

Attendees can learn about plant diseases, entomology, soils and fertilizers, pest management and organic gardening. The training includes a manual, reading materials, videos and quizzes. An internet connection is recommended. Registration is required.

"Our bike ride … gave us a bit of a look directly into the maw of what happens when one particular introduced species thrives in its new environment."

Just when your garden is beginning to produce beautiful roses and sweet juicy raspberries, those pesky Japanese beetles come along and make a mess of everything.

A once a month clean up day in Dixon took off Thursday, July 6, 2023.

Opinion: We are fortunate to live in the Midwest with some of the richest soil in the country. Here are some ways to keep your gardens weed and pest free without harmful chemicals, writes Clare Kron of DeKalb's Citizens' Environmental Commission.

The 17th annual Downers Grove Garden Walk will be held July 15.

Julia Voss of Lombard has received a $2,500 scholarship from the organization.