Tri-Village garden club to host “Creating Native Eco-gardens in Your Community”
Tri-Village Garden Club of Bartlett, Hanover Park and Streamwood invites everyone at 7pm. on August 15th to hear speaker Dennis Paige “Creating Native Eco-gardens in Your Community” at the Poplar Creek Public Library, 1405 South Park Ave., in Streamwood. Dennis Paige received an M.S. in Environmental Education from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA and an M.A.T. in Social Studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He works as an interpretive naturalist and habitat restorations at Spring Valley Nature Center in Schaumburg where he has been employed there through the Schaumburg Park District for over 24 years. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Chicago Botanic Gardens and Morton Arboretum.
Program description: More than 45 million acres of lawn are cultivated in the United States, covering more American land than any single crop. Most lawns today are comprised of gas guzzling, high maintenance, non-native species; in short, a biologically sterile landscape. Profiled in the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Herald, Chicagoland Gardening Magazine and the Boston Herald as well as a recipient to the 2011 Conservation and Native Landscaping Award from the USEPA and the Chicago Wilderness, learn how one community in the suburbs became the first 'residential' association to become a member of the Chicago Wilderness by transforming their lawn into an unfolding range of multi-seasonally colorful prairie, woodland, and wetland wildflowers, forbs, sedges, grasses and native rain gardens. An inspirational program to touch the hearts and minds of those who wish to create native earth friendly landscapes around their property to enhance biodiversity and environmental health. WTTW Chicago Tonight highlighted this project and described this condominium association as "probably the most extensive native gardens of any residential complex in the Chicagoland area." See how this effort can help you get started transforming spaces into eco-friendly places.
The Tri-Village garden club now has pictures of our July 8th members only Garden Walk at www.trivillagegardenclub.org Just click on "photos".
The Tri Village Garden Club of Bartlett, Hanover Park and Streamwood annual dues are only $15. Our meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month. For further information please contact Jill Fox, club president at (630) 830-0118 or visit our website at www.trivillagegardenclub.org