Garden calendar

Garden Clubs

• The Rolling Meadows Garden Club conducts a hands-on workshop on making garden art with bowling balls from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Rolling Meadows Community Center, 3705 Pheasant Drive, Rolling Meadows. Call (847) 818-3200, ext. 230 or visit rollingmeadowsgardenclub.com.

• The Wheeling Garden Club presents Mari Mackenbach's lecture on "Arranging with Everlastings" at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Wheeling Masonic Lodge at the southwest corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Dundee Road in Wheeling. Call (847) 537-8642 for more information.

Garden tour

• Garfield Park Conservatory's centennial celebration continues with a tour at 3 p.m. Aug. 14. Call (773) 638-1766, ext. 13 or visit garfieldconservatory.org.

Demonstrations

• Kline Creek Farm has demonstrations on fruit and vegetable canning at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. today at County Farm Road, one mile south of North Avenue (Route 64) in Winfield. No charge. Call (630) 876-5900 for more information.

• Knupper Nursery has a seminar on using rain barrel to save money at 10 a.m. Saturday at 1801 N. Rand Road, Palatine. Free. Call (847) 359-1080 for more information.

Chicago Botanic Garden

• The Carillon Concert Series continues 7 p.m. Mondays through Aug. 25.

• A Kite Festival with stunt kite fliers by the Chicago Fire Kite Team and the Kite Society of Wisconsin & Illinois is from 11 a.m. 5 p.m. today.

• The Gardeners of the North Shore Show with more than 500 entries of anything a home gardener can grow is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today.

• The "Grapes and Hops" beer and wine tasting is from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Cost is $10 and visitors must be 21 or older to attend. Free for designated drivers.

• The Mid-America Bonsai Show and Sale is this weekend. The sale hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, while the show hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 17. Visit midwestbonsai.org for more information.

• The Malott Japanese Garden Summer Festival is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 17.

The Chicago Botanic Garden is at 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Free, but parking is $15. (847) 835-5440 or www.chicagobotanic.org

- Scott C. Morgan