Garden calendar

Green thumb club

• The Wauconda Plant and Garden Club hosts "The Tomato Lady" for a demonstration on trellis construction and found objects in the garden, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 27, at the Wauconda Township Hall, 505 E. Bonner Road, Wauconda. Visitors welcome. Call (847) 526-8320 for more information.

Garden fair

• Chalet's annual Garden Faire is from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 2, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at 3132 Lake St., Wilmette. The event is free. Call (847) 256-0561 or visit chaletnursery.com for more information.

Garden lectures and workshops

• Knupper Nursery hosts a planting party workshop seminar on creating container gardens from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at 1801 N. Rand Road, Palatine. Admission is $10. Please bring only two containers and your own gloves and pruners. Registration required.

A seminar on the world of small fruits like raspberries, graves, currants and more is at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 2. This seminar is free. Call (847) 359-1080.

• A hands-on workshop on "Keeping a Nature/Garden Journal" led by Bonnie Tawse is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 2, at Millennium Park's Lurie Garden, near Monroe Street and Columbus Drive, in Chicago. Preregistration is required. Call (312) 742-5519.

Chicago Botanic Garden

• The American Daffodil Society Annual Show and Conference is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 26. The show features competitions and more.

• The Glenview/North Shore African Violet Society show & Sale is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3.

• The Central States Dahlia Society Sale is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3.

• An art exhibition by Peggy Macnamara on "Architecture by Birds & Insects" begins Saturday, May 2, and runs through Monday, Sept. 28.

• A free guided spring garden walk focusing on crab apples is at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 2.

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