Garden

In its ongoing collecting of data to show the effects of climate on the plantings (phenology) along The 606, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) is inviting

"The 2015 Bucktown Tree and GardenWalk was our 10th annual and another success," says Eva Bergant, Co-chair of the event that was held July 11-12. 

Wicker Park Garden Club’s (WPGC) 2015 Annual Plant Sale on Mother's Day weekend, May 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature vegetable, herbs, flowering annuals, hanging baskets, gift for mom, a special Kids Plant and Grow section, and the Bill Shores workshop, "How to grow vegetables even if you don’t have a yard – Grow Vegetables in Containers." It is a win-win-win-win event for gift givers, moms, gardeners and Wicker Park. 

Wicker Park residents adopt Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) program concept for lawn "mowing." 

With plans for a Wicker Park Garden Club Plant Sale in spring 2014 on the books, there will NOT be a spring sale in 2013. But. it is time to get your design thinking-caps on and your garden tools ready for 2013 gardening of blooms and edibles. 

The compact studio of Chicago Progressive Talk radio (WCPT AM/FM) was filled during Mike Nowak's gardening and environment morning show on Sun., Feb. 3. As the snow was following outside the conversation inside focused on starting plants from seed.

A plant rescue from 40 acres of Northerly Island Park, 1400 S. Linn White Drive, Sat., Oct. 27, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. can put free plants in your garden or your community garden.

Lady beetles released on a tree

On Sunday June 24 at 1:30 p.m., Erik Grossnickle of Bartlett Tree Experts released 20,000 ladybugs from air vented packages, with the assistance of a large crowd of parents and children in Wicker Park. 

The plants have arrived at the Wicker Park Field House and are tagged for the annual plant sale put on by the Wicker Park Garden Club to raise funds for the Park Gardens and lecture series.