Garden calendar
Garden Clubs
• The Arlington Heights Garden Club discusses orchids at 7 p.m. Monday at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights. Admission is free. Call (847) 962-9909.
• The Garden Club of Inverness hosts guest speaker Jennifer Brennan of Wilmette's Chalet Nursery and Garden Shops to discuss shade plants at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at All Saints Lutheran Church, 630 S. Quentin Road, Palatine. Members and guests are welcome. Call (847) 381-2727.
Celebrate fall
• The Chicago Park District hosts a Fall Flower Show on the Garfield Park Conservatory's Blue Stone Terrace, 300 N. Central Park Ave., Chicago. The show, which runs through Nov. 5, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays. Admission is free. (312) 746-5100
Chicago Botanic Garden
The Illinois Orchid Society Fall Show and Sale is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
The Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium on innovative research in plant conservation will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday. The symposium includes coffee, lunch, handouts and an evening poster session reception. Cost is $149. Call (847) 835-8261 to register.
The Midwest Daffodil Society Bulb Sale along with the Wisconsin-Illinois Lily Society Lily Bulb Sale and the Midwest Fruit Explorers Show and Sale are all from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 21.
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
"Portfolia -- An Exhibit of Fine Art Inspired by Nature" will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.
Giant Pumpkin carving activities for kids are from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 28.
The Fox Valley African Violet Society Show and Sale is from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 am. to 4 p.m. Oct. 21.
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