Making your garden 'photo ready'
Green thumb clubs
• The Garden Club of Inverness hosts Shirley Remes of Better Homes and Gardens for a presentation on tips to make your garden "photo ready," at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at All Saints Lutheran Church, 630 S. Quentin Road, Palatine. Visitors welcome.
• The Inverness club also is accepting applications for scholarships from students in Palatine Township High School District 211 and Barrington High School. Students can apply if they major in horticulture or environmentally related studies in college.
For more information about deadlines, eligibility and other requirements, and where to obtain applications, call (847) 358-8994.
• The Plant and Garden Club of Wauconda hosts Carolyn Gleeson for a presentation on creative flower design at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at the Wauconda Township Hall, 505 E. Bonner Road, Wauconda. Reservations requested. (847) 526-8320.
Micro-greens
• Bill Shores of Shores Garden Consulting leads a demonstration on "Growing Micro-greens in Your Home" at the Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, 3501 N. Kilbourne Ave., Chicago. Cost is $20. Call (312) 742-7529.
Husky Heroes
• The Morton Arboretum will be hosting a weekend full of dog-sledding demonstrations, presentations and displays of dogs available for adoption during its "Husky Heroes" event, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 24 and 25. Admittance to the event is included with admission to the Arboretum in Lisle, though snowshoe rental is $8 for three hours.
Mixing greens
• Dan Benarcik of Chanticleer's Creative Plant Combinations in Pennsylvania leads a demonstration on new planting combinations from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Thornhill Education Center at the Arboretum in Lisle. Cost is $30.
The arboretum is at 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Call (630) 968-0074 or visit mortonarb.org. Admission costs $6-$9; $5-$8 for seniors and $4-$6 for kids.
Comfy fruit
• The Midwest Fruit Explorers hosts lecturer Allen Cosnow for a presentation on "Growing Fruit in Limited Spaces" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. No extra charge.
President Daffodil
• The Midwest Daffodil Society hosts George Dorner, president of the American Daffodil Society, for a lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at the botanic garden in Glencoe. No extra charges.
Admission is free, but parking costs $15. (847) 835-5440 or chicagobotanic.org.