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The Wicker Park Garden Club is excited and working hard on the COMMUNITY GARDENS IN THE PARKS EXHIBIT for the 2009 Chicago Flower and Garden Show - Navy Pier - March 7 - 15

CONTACT: Doug Wood, WPGarden Club, 2128 W. Evergreen, Chicago, IL 60622 (773) 278-9075

DESIGNERS - Denise Browning, Jim Angrabright, Leslie Zimmerman, Richard Tilley, Amy Brinkman, Susan Fontana, Doug Wood

View the complete exhibit and design information here.

Handout from January 24th and Jan 31st lecture - includes bulb forcing schedule, information on solar technology, rain gardens, and paper making.

Images of living walls:

living walls components in Garfield Conservatory, Conceptual images for show,  living wall foundation

Plant List

de le Fluer Rain Garden information

Rain Garden Links

Additional Links:

 

Education Opportunities

Master Gardening Training

 Harold Washington College Horticultural Program

Open Lands

Open Lands Urban Greening

Chicago Botanic Garden

 

Making Gardens - Finding Space

Community Gardens in the Parks

http://www.cpdit01.com/resources/community_gardens/index.html

Neighbor Space

 

Funding In Parks

Friends of the Parks

Parkways Foundation

Other locations and Schools

Green Corps

City of Chicago Community Garden Assistance

 Green Net

Rain Garden Links

Rain Garden Network 

10,000 Rain Gardens

City of Chicago Rain Garden Information

 Marcus de la Fleur’s site

http://www.co.calumet.wi.us/uploads/document/RainGardenFinal.pdf

http://www.neponset.org/raingarden.htm

http://www.fanwoodlibrary.org/raingarden/nativeplantlist.htm

http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/2004sp_raingardens2.html

http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/2004sp_raingardens1.html

http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/press/RainGarden/PictureGuide.asp

http://dnr.wi.gov/runoff/rg/index.htm#How 

Pronouncing Latin Names

http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/pguide/pronunciation-guide-to-botanical-latin.aspx

Spray on Solar Panels

 
 
 
 
RECYCLING GARDEN PLASTICS – Beth Bott’s Tribune Articles
 
LIVING WALLS

 

 

 

 


Call for Volunteers!
We need volunteers to assist with garden tending and watering.

Please contact us at wpgarden@aol.com for more information.


 

 

Come visit our garden
The garden has something new to see every season.



 


 



www.chicagoparkdistrict.com

 

 

www.parkways.org


 


 

 

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