Hoffman Estates Garden Club presenting talk on native flora, fauna

• The Hoffman Estates Garden Club presents Art Gara from Art and Linda's Wildflowers to discuss flowers, grasses and wildlife are native to the Chicago area and how to incorporate them into your garden. The lecture is 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. Visitors are welcome. (847) 490-3713.

Starting with seeds

• The Kilbourne Park Organic Greenhouse hosts master gardener Nancy Benjamin to lead a lecture on "Seed Starting Basics" from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 7, at 3501 N. Kilbourn Ave., Chicago. Cost is $20. Call (312) 742-7529 for more information.

Chicago Botanic Garden

• A new silhouette bonsai show called "Three Friends of Winter" is held in honor of the Lunar New Year from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1. Suminagashi artist Pam Martinez does demonstrations on Japanese paper art from 2 to 4 p.m. while Anne Shimojima shares Japanese folk tales and winter stories at 1 p.m.

Bonsai curator Ivan Watters leads a lecture on "The Other Season - What We Don't Often See" at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1. No extra charge.

Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Admission is free, but parking costs $15. (847) 835-5440 or chicagobotanic.org.

- Scott C. Morgan