advertisement

Log Out

Gardening

Home & garden calendar, Oct. 26-Nov. 1

Oct 21, 2025 2:58 pm - Upcoming gardening events, workshops, and club meetings in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like succulent propagation, putting gardens to bed for winter, houseplant care, and holiday decorations.
Warm fall allows more time for garden cleanup

By Tim Johnson
Oct 21, 2025 1:57 pm - Fall is the time for gardeners to clean up plant debris, clear out invasive buckthorn and shred leaves to use as mulch.
Algonquin Garden Club supports local environmental initiatives with grants

Submitted by Algonquin Garden Club
Oct 16, 2025 12:39 am - The Algonquin Garden Club has an annual spring plant sale in May. The proceeds from that sale go directly to environmental causes, because “Nature's beauty is our duty.”
Strategies for successful holiday lighting and spring bulb planting

By Tim Johnson
Oct 15, 2025 3:30 am - Chicago Botanic Garden’s Tim Johnson shares tips for installing holiday lights on trees and shrubs at home, as well as advice on planting spring-flowering bulbs.
How to cook, freeze or pickle plant scraps instead of throwing them away

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Oct 14, 2025 5:40 pm - There are a lot of tasty and nutritious uses for secondary plant parts that would otherwise be discarded or, at best, added to compost. Waste not, want not!
Home & garden calendar, Oct. 19-25

Oct 14, 2025 5:32 pm - Upcoming meetings for various garden clubs in the Chicago suburbs, with presentations on topics like bonsai, houseplants, and gardening as you age.
Fall gardening checklist: Bulbs, tropicals, frost prep

By Tim Johnson
Oct 12, 2025 3:00 am - The average first frost at the Chicago Botanic Garden is Oct. 15, so it’s time to be thinking about fall garden maintenance.
Home & garden calendar, Oct. 12-18

Oct 07, 2025 4:15 pm - Upcoming gardening events and club meetings, covering topics such as daylilies, dahlias, hydrangeas, bonsai, and container gardening.
How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN and SHELBY LUM
Oct 07, 2025 3:33 pm - The pumpkin in Tony Scott's backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. It took third place in annual weigh-off this year, coming in at 1,931 pounds.
Fall gardening tasks to prepare for winter

By Tim Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden
Sep 30, 2025 4:17 pm - Now that fall has arrived, it's time to prepare gardens for winter, including moving herbs indoors before frost and installing stepping stones.

Showing 1-10 of 278 next