Community Ed
Designing Your Native Plant Garden
Matt Hokanson, Owner Woods to Wetlands Matt will discuss elements of good garden design and share plant combinations for various settings. Learn about plants that will work in your yard and be ready to order and plant a great garden this spring! Matt is the owner of Woods to Wetlands, an ecological services company that specializes in native landscaping design ...
Give Native Plants A Home
Saturday, April 23 I 10:00 -11:30 Alicia Timm, Author, Chair of Citizens for Conservation’s Habitat Corridors Program. Learn how to identify the habitats in your yard and welcome the perfect native plants that will succeed in each. Just in time to determine which native plants to purchase at CFC’s Native Plant Sale! Alicia will also provide multiple regional resources. Bring ...
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Saturday, February 18 | 10:00-11:30 Guest speaker: Cindy Crosby, author of Chasing Dragonflies: a Natural, Cultural and Personal History Discover the fascinating and bizarre lives of these garden fliers. Learn about their distinctive life cycle transformations, their unusual reproductive cycle, their mystifying migratory habits, and their struggle for survival. Explore how you can garden to attract these remarkable flying creatures. ...
Ecologically Safe Ways to Control Mosquitos
Barrington Village Hall 200 S. Hough St., Barrington, ILSaturday, March 18 | 10:00-11:30 Guest speaker: Matt Evans, Managing Ecologist for Woodlands, Chicago Botanic Gardens Matt Evans will discuss ways to avoid ecologically harmful mosquito sprays and share alternative means to control mosquitos that don’t damage the helpful and necessary insects in our yards and community spaces. Programs will be presented at the Barrington Village Hall. Come at 9:30 ...