Hoffman Estates garden club hosts talk on soils and when to plant

Green thumb clubs

• The Hoffman Estates Garden Club hosts Luci Barnas for a presentation on "Soils and When to Plant" at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 4, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. Call (847) 490-3713 for more information.

Gardening seminars

• Knupper Nursery will hold a seminar on "Perennial Garden Maintenance" for multiple conditions, at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at 1801 N. Rand Road, Palatine. Free. Call (847) 359-1080.

• The Growing Place offers a class called "Plant Like a Pro" at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 6, at 2000 Montgomery Road, Aurora. Visit thegrowingplace.com for more information, or call (630) 820-8088.

• Lincoln Park Zoo offers a gardening class on creating sunny container gardens from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, at 2001 N. Clark St., Chicago. Tickets are $100 and limited to groups of 26 per class. Call (312) 742-2000 or visit lpzoo.org for more information.

Garden tours

• Guided walks of Millennium Park's Lurie Garden in Chicago are from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 20. These walks are free and led by a master gardener from the University of Illinois. Preregistration is not required. Visit millennium park.org.

Morton Arboretum

• Spencer C.H. Barret leads lecture on "A Darwinian Perspective On Floral Function and Evolution" from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, in the Sterling Morton Library, 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Tickets are $16. Call (630) 719-2468 or visit mortonarb.org for more information.

Chicago Botanic Garden

• The Northern Illinois Hosta Society Show & Sale is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31.

• An Urban Agriculture Symposium is slated for Friday, June 5. Call (847) 835-8261 for more information.

• The Chicago Botanic Garden Wine Festival features seminars, demonstrations and tastings, from 1:10 to 6:45 p.m. Saturday, June 6, and from 1 to 5:45 p.m. Sunday, June 7. Tickets are $25-$30. Call (847) 382-1480.

• The Sogetsu School of Illinois Ikebana Exhibition is from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6, and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7.

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