Garden calendar

Garden Club

• The Garden Club of Inverness meets 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at All Saints Lutheran Church, 630 S. Quentin Road, Palatine. Guest Barb Clayton discusses positive ways to "live green." Visitors welcome. Call (847) 381-2727 for more information.

Demonstration

• Author Beth Taylor leads a discussion on pet health and organic foods for dogs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19, and Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Chalet Education Center, 3132 Lake Ave., Wilmette. Lectures are free, and no registration is required. Call (847) 256-0561, ext. 225.

• Wyld Creek of Fox Lake teams up with Pesche's Greenhouse and Reinders Landscape Supply in Wisconsin for a class on building a pond-less waterfall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. Travel 2 miles west of Lake Geneva on Highway 50 to attend. Reservations requested. (847) 587-2744 or (262) 245-6125.

Garden events

• The 8th Annual Garfield Park Conservatory County Fair features a petting zoo, pony rides, fishing, a farmer's market and more from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 at 300 N. Central Park Ave., Chicago. Call (773) 638-1766 or visit Garfield-conservatory.org for more information.

• Learn about 19th century vegetables, recipes and more during the third annual Chaplin Creek Village "Autumn in the Grove" from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at 1715 Whitney Road, Franklin Grove. No charge. (815) 990-5090.

Chicago Botanic Garden

• The 28th anniversary of the Roadside Flower Sale is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. (847) 835-6944.

• The Lakeshore African violet Society Show and Sale is from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21. (847) 835-5440.

• The Guild of the Chicago Botanic Garden presents its 10th annual Harvest Ball at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. It's a black-tie affair with a cocktail reception, a silent auction, a dinner and more. Tickets are $400.

• Produce from the Chicago Botanic Garden's Green Youth Farm is for sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 4.

• The next Malott Japanese Garden Family Day for activities featuring Japan's arts and culture is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21.

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

Morton Arboretum

• The Macgyvers, the Children's Garden youth volunteers, harvest their gardens for show-and-tell sessions during Harvest Days from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21.

The Morton Arboretum is located at 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Call (630) 968-0074. Admission is $6-$9; $5-$8 for seniors and $4-$6 kids. (630) 968-0074.

- Scott C. Morgan