Animals, plants and nature

Events that involve pets, animals and plants, such as pet washes, adoption days, nature walks, microchipping, nature photography exhibits, nature tours, bird walks, calls for volunteers for nature-related work days, etc. Send items to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com two weeks before event date.

Stillman Nature Center: Volunteers are being sought to help in a variety of areas including, landscape maintenance, birds of prey and more. (847) 428-6957 or stillnc@wildblue.net.

Jan. 3

Spiderdome: 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 3, Bartlett Nature Center, 2054 W. Stearns Road, located in the visitor's center of James "Pate" Philip State Park, in Bartlett. Children ages 8-12 learn about spiders and make a web. Materials included. (630) 540-4800 or bartlettparks.org.

Jan. 5

Chicagoland Shih Tzu Club: 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5, Arlington Heights Public Library, 500 N. Dunton Ave., Arlington Heights.

Jan. 7

Agility classes for beginners: 7 p.m. Jan. 7 Agility Junkies, Lake Barrington. agilityjunkies.com or (847) 381-2222.

Animal Tales: 10-11 a.m. Wednesdays Jan. 7-Jan. 28, Bartlett Nature Center, 2054 W. Stearns Road, Bartlett. Children ages 3-5 with an adult take part in nature-related stories, activities and crafts. $40. (630) 540-4800 or bartlettparks.org.

Field and Flower Garden Club of Barrington: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at a member's home. Greg Bartoshuk presents "Perfect Perennials for Perpetual Color for Real Lazy Gardners." Guest welcome. (847) 277-7901 or (847) 382-1869.

Jan. 8

Northwest Cook County Group of the Sierra Club: 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary, 1111 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg. Start planning your spring lawn and garden with the beauty of native plants in the home landscape in both sunny and shaded areas.sierraclub.org/NWCook.

Jan. 10

The Science of Snow: 1-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, Bartlett Nature Center, 2054 W. Stearns Road, located in the visitor center of James "Pate" Philip State Park. Children ages 7-12 will learn about snow through experiments, hiking and take-home project. (630) 540-4800 or bartlettparks.org.

Jan. 12

Feed the birds this winter: noon-3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, Palatine Public Library District, 700 N. North Court, Palatine. Children make a bird feeder using a pine cone, peanut butter and birdseed. Library staff will be on hand to help. (847) 358-5881.

Jan. 22

Garden Club of Inverness: 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, All Saints Lutheran Church, 630 S. Quentin Road, Palatine. Special guests Shirley Remes, a Better Homes and Gardens field editor, speaks on how to make your garden photo ready. Brief business meeting followed by the presentation. All gardeners welcome. Carole, cjbass@comcast.net.