Gardening with Native Plants Through the Seasons

West Cook Wild Ones shares information with landowners about how important their landscaping choices are. We share our ideas, skills, and knowledge with others so that their yards can be hospitable to other animals. Working together, we all can ensure the continuation of ecosystem benefits we receive from healthy, beneficial animal and plant populations.Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization.

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Do something hopeful, life-affirming and earth-friendly: join West Cook  Wild Ones for our Midwest Native Gardening Basics Lecture Series.

Please join us for the second lecture in our Midwest Native Gardening Basics series. <h3>"Native Plants Through the Seasons"</h3>Take a journey through the seasons to discover native plants every gardener should try. These sophisticated and eye-catching plants are great for wildlife, grow well in a range of conditions and look beautiful in most gardens, including small and medium landscapes. Plus, they’re easy to find or purchase locally. You'll also learn design tips for each plant, and receive a helpful handout summarizing this information.Speaker Bio:Denise Sandoval is the landscape designer and owner of Good-Natured Landscapes LLC, featuring native plants since 2005. She discovered the beauty and benefits of native plants after volunteering at the Russell Kirk Prairie, while finishing her horticulture degree in 2003. She immediately joined Wild Ones and served on the Greater DuPage Chapter board for many years. She worked several years at The Natural Garden native plant retail nursery which later closed, and as a Conservation@Home assistant for The Conservation Foundation. She gardens with native plants at home, creating her first of many rain gardens in 2004, and performing prescribed burns annually. Her greatest inspiration and teacher is the natural world.After registering, you will receive a Zoom link.Banner photo credit: Denise Sandoval

This event is part 2 of our 3 part series on Midwest Native Gardening Basics. Please join us for these other related programs:February 21, 2:30: “Top 10 Things Native Gardeners Need to Know” with Chicago-based horticulturist Ken Williams. Register for <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/top-ten-things-every-native-gardener-needs-to-know-tickets-136740968919">February here</a>.April 18, 2:30: “Native Plant Gardening Q&A” with native plant experts Monica Buckley of Red Stem Native Landscapes in Chicago, Illinois, and Sarah Michehl with The Land Conservancy of McHenry County, Illinois.Register for <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/136896829101">April here.</a>

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