Garden calendar

Garden clubs

• The Garden Club of Mount Prospect meets Wednesday at 11:30 p.m. at Friendship Park Conservatory, 395 Algonquin Road, Des Plaines, for a demonstration by JoAnn Loebel on creating notecards with dried flowers. Guest fee is $3. (847) 635-6239.

Demonstrations

• The Planter's Palette's Autumn Showcase at 28W571 Roosevelt Road, Winfield, hosts a series of free demonstrations at 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 30. A session on garden design with bulbs is Saturday and a demonstration on fall containers will be Sept. 16. Call (630) 293-1040, ext. 2, or www.planterspalette.com.

Festival

• The Growing Place hosts a Fall Harvest Festival at 2000 Montgomery Road, Aurora, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 16. Demonstrations, tractor rides, pumpkin painting and other activities are in the mix. Call (630) 820-8088 or visit www.thegrowingplace.com.

Chicago Botanic Garden

The Daily Herald's Giving Garden Day features demonstrations on planting extra vegetables to give to the needy and a garden "walk and talk" from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden.

The 27th Roadside Flower Sale features one-of-a-kind displays and sales of handmade plant and floral arrangements from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday through Sept. 16.

The garden is at 1000 Lake-Cook Road, just east of the Edens Expressway in Glencoe. Hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Admission is free. Special event fees apply. Parking is $15, $7 on Tuesdays for seniors 62 and older.

For more information, call (847) 835-5440 or visit www.chicagobotanic.org.

Morton Arboretum

The D.I.G. workshop from 1 to 2 p.m. today is on dividing spring blooming perennials.

REI hosts a Map and Compass Orienteering Clinic at 1 and 2 p.m. today.

A dangerous plant exhibit will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday.

The arboretum is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. The entrance is on Route 53 just west of I-355 and north of the Reagan Tollway.

Admission is $9 for ages 18-64, $8 for those 65 and older, $6 for children 3-17 and children 2 and younger are admitted free. On Wednesdays, admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $4 for children 3-17. For information, call (630) 968-0074 or visit www.mortonarb.org.

-- Scott C. Morgan