Garden calendar
Garden clubs
The Wheeling Garden Club holds a Garden Walk featuring six area gardens from 1 to 4 p.m. today. Cost is $5. Call (847) 541-0892 for more information.
The Potawatomie Garden Club of St. Charles sponsors the tour "Grand Gardens by the Fox" from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday as part of the club's 80th anniversary. Cost is $15-18. Call (630) 584-0702 or visit pottagardenclub.org for more information.
The Naperville Garden Club presents "Summer's Magic-A Standard Flower Show" from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 s. Eagle St., Naperville. Free. Call (630) 527-9650 or visit napervillegardenclub.org for more information.
Garden events
The Growing Place in Naperville co-sponsors a Parkinsons Benefit Garden Walk for the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Foundation from 5 to 8 p.m. today at 25w471 Plank Road, Naperville. Featured is a big band, appetizers, wine and more. $50 donation. (630) 357-4175.
Chicago Gardening Magazine and The Growing Place sponsor private tours via coach bus of the Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens, Anderson Japanese Gardens and the private gardens of LaPaloma in Rockford from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Cost is $58, but space is limited. Call (866) 806-1498 for more information.
Spring Buff Nursery showcases customers' gardens as part of its free "Evenings in the Gardens" 2008 garden walks. The first tour is of a Sugar Grove garden from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Call (630) 466-4278 for more information.
Knupper Nursery presents the free seminar "Shady Characters: Shade Loving Plants for your Garden" at 9 a.m. Saturday at 1801 N. Rand Road, Palatine. Call (847) 359-1080 or visit knuppernursery.com.
Chicago Botanic Garden
The "Show of Summer" with its theme "Tapestry-The Interwoven World" is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
A workshop and walking tour on small gardens is from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Cost is $45.
The Chicago Cajon Aces perform from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
The fourth annual Summer Dinner Dance, a black-tie soiree to benefit the garden's conservation, education and research programs, is 7 p.m. Friday. The $600 starting ticket includes cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, dinner and more.
A workshop on the art of pruning presented by horticulturist Tom Tyler is from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $37.
Admission to the garden at 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, is free, but parking is $15 per car. Call (847) 835-5440 or visit chicagobotanic.org for more information.
-Scott C. Morgan