Plant a Row for the Hungry Day

Posted September 06, 2004 11:00 pm

By Catherine Edman

The Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Island at the Chicago Botanic Garden will be filled with experts next Sunday to help improve your home vegetable gardens.

Here's the schedule:

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Storyteller Nili Yellin

11 a.m.: Bean pole teepees, Green Youth Farm

Noon: Vegetable gardening in containers, Pesche's Garden Center

12:30 p.m.: Walking tour -the five best fruits and vegetables for health, Chicago Botanic Garden

12:30 p.m.: Mike Nowak, "Let's Talk Gardening" WGN-Radio

1 p.m.: Composting and soil health, Knupper Nursery

2 p.m.: Starting your own vegetable seed, Chalet Nursery

2 to 4 p.m.: Face painter

3 p.m.: Tool selection and care, Chicago Botanic Garden

3:30 p.m.: Walking tour - the best fruits and vegetables for health, Chicago Botanic Garden

3:30 p.m.: Gardening demo by William Moss, host of the Discovery Channel's "Rally Round the House"

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