Home & garden calendar

Send events for this calendar to homes@dailyherald.com with “calendar listing” in the subject line. Deadline is two weeks prior to the event.

Jan. 28

Kane County Home Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at Kane County Fairgrounds Prairie Events Building, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. This event will offer an array of exciting exhibits and displays, highlighting the latest home improvement products and services with thousands of the freshest ideas in remodeling, repairing and beautifying your home. At the same time, you’ll find your best opportunity to meet and speak with local and national experts who are eager to help you with all your home improvement projects and questions. For information, (630) 953-2500 or kanecountyhomeshow.com.

Jan. 29

Houseplants 101: Online: Virtually from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, through the Chicago Botanic Garden. 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Learn the most important basics of houseplant care from lighting to watering, repotting and fertilizing. Discover what plants might do best in your home, and how to troubleshoot pests and diseases. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Presented by Julia Zoltowsky, horticulture educator. $24-$30. For information, chicagobotanic.org.

Jan. 31

iLandscape — Horticultural Trade Show: Runs Wednesday, Jan. 31 through Friday, Feb. 2, at Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, 1551 Thoreau Drive N, Schaumburg. The Illinois + Wisconsin Landscape Show is owned and managed by the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA). iLandscape is the show for today’s landscape professional. For information and registration, visit ilandscapeshow.com.

Feb. 1

South Barrington Garden Club: 9 a.m. on the first Thursday of the month, at South Barrington Tennis Club, 3 Tennis Club Lane, South Barrington. Meetings generally consist of speakers, hands-on projects and bus trips to points of interest in the area followed by a lunch at a local restaurant. For information, www.sbgclub.org.

Garden Club of Prospect Heights — Butterflies: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at the Gary Morava Recreation Center, 110 W. Camp McDonald Road, Prospect Heights. Bring a brown bag lunch.There will also be a raffle. The speaker will be Eva Hyndman, who will discuss “Butterflies From Around the World.” For information, call Ann Johnson at (847) 253-1223.

Hoffman Estates Garden Club — Houseplants: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg. “Houseplants — Selecting the Right Plants for Your Space & Keeping them Healthy” will be presented by Clark Hudmon, co-owner of the Barn Owl Garden Center in Carol Stream. Hudmon’s interactive presentation will include tips on potting mixes, fertilizers, lighting and watering. Care of orchids and Amaryllis bulbs will be reviewed. The presentation begins after a short business meeting. Nonmembers are welcome. For information, visit hoffmanestatesgardenclub.club.

Armchair Tour — Chicago Botanic Garden: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, through the Chicago Botanic Garden. Strong, unified design is a hallmark of the Chicago Botanic Garden and sets it apart from many of its peers. You will examine the contributions of noteworthy landscape architects and building architects to explore this well-known public garden in a new way. Come away with an understanding of how the underlying themes and characteristics all come together in one of America’s great public gardens. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. Presented by Fred Spicer, executive vice president and director, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe. $19-$24. chicagobotanic.org.

Feb. 3

Palatine Winter Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturdays of the month through April, at the Palatine Train Station parking lot. The Palatine Winter Farmers Market includes vendors: Garlic Underground, Hasselmann Farms, Honey Lake Bee Company, Joe + Dough, Katich Breads, Laconic Foods, Maggie’s Munchies Dog Treats, River Valley Ranch Mushrooms, Sharpening by Dave, Skokie Provisions, The Soft Wave Fish Co., Sweet Valhalla, Tamales Express, Treat Yourself Bakery and Zachi Chocolates. All shoppers are welcome to drive-through or walk-up, bring your bike or dog. For information on vendors and how to place orders, visit palatine.il.us/663/Farmers-Market.

Scholarships

Geneva Garden Club Scholarship: The Geneva Garden Club is offering scholarships to qualified students, who intend to pursue an education in horticulture, landscaping, environmental sustainability or a closely related field. An allotment of up to $10,000 will be divided among the chosen scholarship winners. The number of scholarships awarded will depend upon the number and quality of the applications received. A qualified applicant must be a resident of Geneva (60134) who is a graduating high school senior or current college student, intending to pursue education in one of the above mentioned fields. Those pursuing a Master Gardener Certificate can also apply for a scholarship to cover the cost of course work. Deadline to apply is Friday, March 8. For information, genevagardenclub.com.

Garden Club of Inverness Scholarship: The Garden Club of Inverness is offering one or more scholarships of at least $1,000 each to a graduating senior(s) or current college student(s), who is majoring in an environmentally-related field such as horticulture, landscape design, agriculture, botany, forestry, conservation, natural resource management or environmental science. Students or their parents must reside in High School District 211 or the area served by Barrington High School. The deadline for application is March 8. For information and the application, visit http://www.gardenclubofinverness.com.

Ongoing

Organic Seedlings Sale: Orders taken through Feb. 28. The First Congregational United Church of Christ’s tenth annual Organic Seedlings Sale is underway. Pre-orders for certified organic vegetable, herb and annual flower seedlings will be taken through Feb. 28. Seedlings can be ordered by going to the church website at elmhurstucc.org/store. Seedlings will be available for pick up at the church’s Green Garden Fair from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 11, at the church, 235 S. Kenilworth, in Elmhurst.