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Too cold outside? Look for indoor garden tasks

By Tim Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden
Dec 30, 2025 5:53 pm - It’s cold outside, but gardeners can keep busy with maintenance or preparation tasks, such as checking on vegetables in winter storage, shopping for seeds, organizing your garage or tending to bulbs that you’re forcing to bloom indoors, such as paperwhite narcissus.
Christmas is over, but what to do with the tree? Here’s some alternatives to the landfill

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Dec 30, 2025 5:05 pm - Some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year. There, they decompose without oxygen, generating greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide, which may contaminate groundwater. There are options for tree disposal that will avoid harming the environment and could improve your garden.
Deck your garden with boughs of holly, a plant rich in symbolism and evergreen beauty

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Dec 30, 2025 4:35 pm - There are more than a dozen holly species native to the continental U.S. Their red berries and deep-green foliage are beautiful year-round garden staples. And their berries provide an important winter food source for birds and wildlife, although most are considered toxic to humans.
Keep spirit of gardening alive in winter by growing herbs indoors

By Tim Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden
Dec 22, 2025 12:22 pm - Although the outdoor gardening season may be over except for pruning and monitoring for animal damage, you can still garden inside by growing herbs.
Creating a simple garden sanctuary for year-round relaxation

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Dec 17, 2025 9:29 am - Now’s a good time to start thinking about next year's garden.
Home & garden calendar, Dec. 21-27

Dec 17, 2025 3:30 am - Garden club meetings in the Chicago suburbs cover a range of topics such as creating moonlit spaces, hardscape designs, succulents, prairies and bison, and using native plants in home landscapes.
Be proactive in caring for plants, garden during wintry weather

By Tim Johnson
Dec 16, 2025 4:16 pm - When it comes to caring for your garden, it pays to be proactive during wintry weather.
Home & garden calendar, Dec. 14-20

Dec 11, 2025 4:30 am - Garden club meetings in the Chicago suburbs cover a range of topics such as creating moonlit spaces, hardscape designs, succulents, prairies and bison, and using native plants in home landscapes.
Houseplants don’t need as much water in winter

By Tim Johnson
Dec 09, 2025 12:20 pm - I keep plants in my office window through the winter and appreciate having them while outside, the garden is dormant.
Home & garden calendar, Dec. 7-13

Dec 04, 2025 4:30 am - Upcoming events for various garden clubs in the Chicago suburbs, as well as workshops and classes offered at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Morton Arboretum.

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