Garden calendar

Green thumb clubs

• The Plant and Garden Club of Wauconda hosts Carolyn Gleeson for a presentation on creative flower design at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at the Wauconda Township Hall, 505 E. Bonner Road, Wauconda. Reservations requested. (847) 526-8320.

Free trees

• The Arbor Day Foundation offers new Illinois members 10 free flowering trees for joining in the month of January. Starting membership is $10. Visit arborday.org for more information.

Organic and edible

• The Kilbourne Park Organic Greenhouse hosts Anna Viertel of the Chicago Botanic Garden to lead a lecture on "The Edible Organic Garden: Spring and Summer Basics" from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 31, at 3501 N. Kilbourn Ave., Chicago. Cost is $20. Call (312) 742-7529 for more information.

Morton Arboretum

• The Morton Arboretum will be hosting a weekend full of dog-sledding demonstrations, presentations and displays of dogs available for adoption during its "Husky Heroes" event, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25. Admittance to the event is included with admission to the Arboretum in Lisle, though snowshoe rental is $8 for three hours. • The Morton Arboretum has a special day of kids activities as part of "Groundhog Daze" from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1. There's puppetry, playing in tunnels and fun facts about groundhogs.

The Morton Arboretum is at 4100 Route 53, Lisle. Call (630) 968-0074 or visit mortonarb.org. Admission costs $6-$9; $5-$8 for seniors and $4-$6 for kids.

Chicago Botanic Garden

• The Midwest Daffodil Society hosts George Dorner, president of the American Daffodil Society, for a lecture at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, at the botanic garden in Glencoe. No extra charge.

• 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. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. There is also a New Year Flower Market, family activities and lectures. On both days 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. No extra charge.

• Ivan Watters gives a talk on "The Other Season-What We Don't Often See" as part of the American Flower Show Lecture Series from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1. No extra charge. The Chicago Botanic Garden is at 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Admission is free, but parking costs $15. (847) 835-5440 or chicagobotanic.org.

- Scott C. Morgan