Chicago Flower & Garden show coming to Navy Pier

Daily Herald report

Expos, shows, festivals

Ÿ Chicago Flower & Garden Show, March 5-13, Navy Pier, Chicago: With a theme of “The Sport of Gardening,” more than 30 gardens will be installed by the area’s top landscapers, growers and garden designers. Other features include tablescapes, new plant varsities, a marketplace, garden gourmet stage, educational seminars and daily container garden workshops. Purchase tickets online at chicagoflower.com; cost is $15/adults on weekdays, $17/adults on weekends and $5 for children 4-12.

Morton Arboretum

The following events are scheduled to take place at the Morton Arboretum, on Route 53 at I-88 in Lisle. For more details including admission rates, see www.mortonarb.org or for classes, go to www.mortonarb.org/education.

Ÿ Rent a pair of snowshoes from the Visitor Center (rental is $8 for up to three hours, limited quantities) or bring your own cross-country skis to trek to areas not available during warmer months. Snowshoeing allowed only when there is 4 inches or more of snow on the ground. All ages, rentals at Visitor Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Ÿ “Adaptable Gardens: Landscape Ideas for a Changing Climate,” Feb. 26, one of several eco-friendly workshops. 1-5 p.m. $59.

Ÿ Spring Garden Party, March 5-6, a weekend symposium teaching participants how to make right garden choices, handle challenges and turn garden into a work of art. Cost varies per section; $182 for whole weekend.

Ÿ “Throw Away Your Hedge Shears: Save Time and Money with Plant-Healthy Pruning,” March 12, one of several eco-friendly workshops. 1 to 5 p.m. $59.

Ÿ “Nature Unframed: Art at the Arboretum,” May 19-Nov. 27. Eleven renowned artists from around the world create art to exist in and among the trees. Pieces include a dead tree completely bound in bright yellow cotton, one where branches poke through a “canvas” and a tree covered in crocheted pieces representing lichen, fungi and algae living symbiotically.

Chicago Botanic Garden

The following activities are scheduled at Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe. (847) 835-5440 or chicagobotanic.org.

Ÿ “Wild Orchids: A Vanishing World,” spring orchid show with more than 20 vendors selling rare and exotic species, March 26-27. Orchids will be on display at Nichols Hall, throughout the garden’s exhibit halls and Greenhouse Galleries. Photographers welcome between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday. Admission to the show and to the Garden is free. Parking is $20; parking is free for Garden members. Hosted by Illinois Orchid Society, hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 26-27. For more information on orchid society meetings, visit www.iosoc.com.

Garden clubs

Ÿ Tri Village Garden Club: March 16, 7 p.m.: Landscape designers Cindy Tyley will present “Tips for the Lazy Gardener” at Sonya Crashaw Branch Library in Hanover Park. April 30: Earth Day at the Bartlett Nature Center, James Pate State Park, 2054 W. Sterns Road. May 14 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Annual plant sale at Banbury Fair at 211 Railroad Ave., Bartlett. Meetings normally held third Wednesday of the month at Poplar Creek Public Library, 1405 S. Park Ave., Streamwood. Annual dues $15. Call (630) 830-0118 or visit trivillagegardenclub.org. In January, February and March, meet at Sonya Crawshaw Branch Library, 4300 Audrey Lane, Hanover Park at 7 p.m. (630) 830-0118 or trivillagegardenclub.org.

Ÿ South Barrington Garden Club: March 3, 9 a.m.: Demonstration on the care and sharpening of lawn tools. April 7, 9 a.m.: Demonstration on basic flower arranging. Meetings are held at South Barrington Park District, 3 Tennis Club Lane, at 9 a.m. on the first Thursday of the month. Membership fee is $25 for residents, $35 for nonresidents. Call Susan at (847) 382-3708 or e-mail sbgc1@yahoo.com.

Flea markets, antique shows

Ÿ Wolff’s Indoor Flea Market, 1775 N. Rand Road, Palatine (old Menard’s store), 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $1, 50 cents for seniors and children ages 6 to 12. Call (847) 524-9590 or visit wolffs.com.

Ÿ Northern Illinois Antiques Dealers Association 51st Antiques Show, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at Forest Hills Lodge, 1601 W. Lane Road, Loves Park, near Rockford. Offerings include furniture, decorative items, pottery, textiles, folk art, paintings, silver and more. Mary Lou’s Glass and China Repair will be making on-site repairs. Admission $5. Parking free; food available. For more information, e-mail niada@aol.com or call Robert Campbell at (815) 761-1444.

Ÿ Grayslake Antique Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 12, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Road, Grayslake. Admission $6; free parking. zurkopromotions.com.

Ÿ Wheaton Antique Market, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 W. Manchester, Wheaton. Admission $5. Early buyer, $15, for admission starting at 6 a.m. zurkopromotions.com.

Ÿ Grayslake Antique Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 9, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Road, Grayslake. Admission $6; free parking. zurkopromotions.com.

Ÿ National Civil War Collector’s Show and Sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 W. Manchester, Wheaton. Admission $5. Early buyer, $15, for admission starting at 6 a.m. zurkopromotions.com.