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Home & garden calendar, April 7-18

Apr 07, 2026 4:16 pm - Learn about gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like integrating natives into traditional gardens, tulip history, and more. Also, listing of spring wildflower walks and plant sales.
Strawberry pots aren't just for the fruit. Its 'windows' make for striking, efficient displays

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Apr 07, 2026 2:32 pm - You’ve seen them — those odd planters that look like buildings with windows and balconies on their sides. They are, in fact, strawberry pots, and those windows are intended to hold soil and strawberries
Protect your spring garden: Tips for bulbs, perennials and roses

By Tim Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden
Apr 06, 2026 5:57 pm - Chicago Botanic Garden’s Tim Johnson shares tips on preparing your spring garden and propagating coleus cuttings.
Why you should plant perennial veggies — even this medieval one

By Kate Morgan
Mar 31, 2026 10:15 pm - The all-annual garden is a modern invention. Historically, gardens across cultures were loaded with perennials — plants that come back year after year. Why not try a few of these.
Soil is the foundation of your garden. Keep it healthy!

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Mar 31, 2026 9:18 pm - Soil organisms keep harmful organisms in check, break down organic matter into natural fertilizer, distribute oxygen and aerate the soil to optimize water drainage. Keeping it healthy is paramount to your garden’s success.
Gravel gardens can cut wildfire and heat risks. It’s being used outside fire zones too

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Mar 31, 2026 8:15 pm - Using gravel and other aggregate 4 inches deep in beds and borders also helps prevent weeds from taking root, improves drainage and reduces runoff.
Home & garden calendar, March 31 to April 11

Mar 31, 2026 2:29 pm - Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like new varieties of daylilies, spring wildflowers, soil composition, and more.
Don’t be too eager to dig into wet soil

By Tim Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden
Mar 31, 2026 5:30 am - It is best to wait to work your garden’s soil until it dries, even though the early warm days may tempt you to get started in the garden. The structure of the soil can be damaged if you dig while the soil is too wet to work.
From roots to rainforest: How different trees use water to thrive

By Mark Spreyer, Stillman Nature Center
Mar 30, 2026 10:31 am - If you plant a sapling for Arbor Day, this year on April 24, or Labor Day, for that matter, you can’t just expect it to grow. It needs to be watered. Actually, it needs a good soaking.
From soil to service: Harper student gives back through the Harper Grows garden

Submitted by Harper College
Mar 27, 2026 7:06 pm - After receiving help from Harper College’s Hawks Care Resource Center, nursing student Edith Mugisha began volunteering in the campus garden that supplies fresh produce to students seeking food support.

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