Garden calendar

Clubs

• The Prospect Heights Garden Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Gary Morava Center, 110 W. Camp McDonald Road, Prospect Heights. The topic is "Arrangements with Glass." Meeting is open to the public. Call (847) 259-5354.

Shows and exhibitions

• The Garfield Park Conservatory gets a jump on its 100th anniversary in 2008 with "Let it Snow, Let it Grow." It's a flower show running through Jan. 11 featuring a display of predominantly white plants in the Horticulture Hall and Show House at 300 N. Central Park Ave., Chicago. No extra charge for this exhibit. (773) 638-1766.

Chicago Botanic Garden

The Wonderland Express returns with almost 750,000 lights sprucing up the Esplanade and the Regenstein Center with a special holiday horticultural exhibit through Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily (closes early around holidays). Tickets are $10. Seniors and kids pay $8.

Free "Winter Wonders" family drop-in activities run from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends through Monday and daily from Wednesday through Jan. 6 in Burnstein Hall.

The garden is at 1000 Lake-Cook Road, just east of the Edens Expressway in Glencoe. Hours are 7 a.m. to dusk (closed Christmas day). Admission is free. Special-event fees apply. Parking is $15 and $7 on Tuesdays for seniors 62 and older.

For more information, call (847) 835-5440 or visit www.chicagobotanic.org.

Morton Arboretum

See a display of professionally designed and decorated Christmas trees through Jan. 6.

The arboretum is open from 7 a.m. to dusk daily (including Christmas day). The entrance is on Route 53 just west of I-355 and north of the Reagan Tollway.

Admission is $9 for ages 18-64 and $8 for those 65 and older. Children 3-17 pay $6 and those 2 and younger are admitted free. On Wednesdays, admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $4 for children 3-17. For information, call (630) 968-0074 or visit www.mortonarb.org.

-- Scott C. Morgan