Garden calendar

• The Wheeling Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, at the Pavilion Senior Center, 199 N. First St., Wheeling. Call (847) 537-8642 for more information.

• The Geneva Garden Club presents "Garden Walk 2009, The Geneva Experience" from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13. Tickets are $15-$17. Call (630) 232-9181 for more information.

Gardening seminars

• The Growing Place offers a seminar on "Rose Recommendations" at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at 2000 Montgomery Road, Aurora, and at 2 p.m. the same day at 25W471 Plank Road, Naperville. Visit thegrowingplace.com for more information, or call (630) 820-8088 or (630) 355-4000.

The Growing Place also has a Young Gardener Series session teaching how to "Plant a Crazy Container" at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 11, at the Aurora location. Call (630) 820-8088 for more information.

• A seminar on "Getting to Know The Lurie Garden's Top 10 Plants" is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 13. Colleen Lockovitch of the Lurie Garden leads the discussion in Millennium Park near Monroe Street and Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Space is limited and preregistration is required. Call (312) 742-5519 to register.

• Lincoln Park Zoo offers a gardening class on creating sunny container gardens from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 13, 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.

Chicago Botanic Garden

• The Chicago Botanic Garden Wine Festival features seminars, demonstrations and tastings, 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 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7.

• The Carillon Concert Series commences 7 p.m. Monday, June 8, and continues subsequent Mondays through Sept. 7.

• Music on the Esplanade commences 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, and continues subsequent Tuesdays through Sept. 1.

• The "Hot Summer Nights" music series commences from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 11. The series continues subsequent Thursdays through Sept. 3.

• "A Rare Affair," an auction featuring rare and hard-to-find plants from around the world, is at 6 p.m. Friday, June 12. Call (847) 835-6944 for tickets and more information.

• The Ikebana International Show is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14.

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.