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2007-2008 Winter/Spring Events

Join the Wicker Park Garden Club for an interactive lecture series, workshops and other collaborative events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLANT SALE & WORKSHOPS - 1425 N. Damen

Saturday, Sunday May 3 & 4 - 10am-3pm

Good Weather--Outside Field House

Bad Weather in Gym

Enjoy shopping for your spring garden designs--features a large selection of plants that can be used for your containers, exciting tropicals for sun and shade, and zone 5 hardy perennials for sun and/or shade gardens. Plants list composed of recommendations of our members--let us know what you would like to see at the sale. COME EARLY!

 

PLANT SALE WORKSHOP - $15— Container Workshop

Saturday, May 3 - 11AM-12:30PM - 1425 N. Damen

Susan Fontana - Thinking Outside the Pot

Limit 20 Students

Learn the Basics of creating exciting containers for all seasons.  Susan will show your how to work with the plants found at our plant sale to create beautiful containers for you home.

 

ALTERNATIVE DATE AND TIME
Saturday May 10th, 10:30-12

at Grand Street Gardens - 2200 W. Grand Ave, Chicago
 

 

PLANT SALE WORKSHOP - $35— Flower Arranging and Design

Saturday, May 3 - 1PM-3PM - 1425 N. Damen

Barb Hunter -  Kennicott Brothers, Inc.,

Limit 20 Students

Barb Designs for Weddings, Banquets and all Occasions.  Students will learn how to design with fresh flowers and how to enhance potted plants with fresh flowers.  Each student will be supplied with cut flowers, oasis, container, and wire to design a floral arrangement to take home. BRING PRUNERS

 

 


 

Previous Events:

 

WORKSHOP - Home Canning Workshop

Saturday, September 15, 10 AM-12:30 PM

DINA PETRAKIS—Wicker Park Garden Club

Learn the cold-pack water bath method, for preserving vegetables from your garden, and any non-meat sauces and goodies you create from them!

REGISTRATION:  $30/person - Limit 15 - RESERVATIONS: wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075

Held in a Wicker Park Home—Address Given to Registered Attendees

Have you ever wanted to preserve your garden's produce in a way other than a freezer bag? Interested in making unique gifts with your special kitchen creations? Tired of paying lots for natural, organic sauces and soups? Crave the exquisite flavor and color of summer veggies in mid-winter? Come learn how to can your produce and goodies in those glass jars that allow you to  enjoy the food even when you're not eating it!   The workshop, held in a beautiful Wicker Park kitchen, will demonstrate the cold-pack water bath method, for preserving vegetables from your garden, and any non-meat sauces and goodies you create from them! We'll put up a batch of  homemade spaghetti sauce or southwestern style posole (depending on this season's garden production) and have a light meal of the same while the batch processes. You'll leave with information handouts, a quart of homemade goodies (serves 2), and the know-how to get started!

 

WORKSHOP

Sat, Sep 29 - 10am-12noon - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

'Keeping Your Eye on Your Part of the Urban Forest'

Charlie Miller, Certified Arborist--The Care of Trees - www.thecareoftrees.com

Learn how to monitor the health of your trees and how to ward off lethal diseases.

REGISTRATION: $15/person - Limit 35 - wpgarden@aol.com

or (773) 278-9075

No charge Registered Garden Tenders and Students in the WPGarden Garden Design Class

Charlie Miller will conduct his workshop as a walking tour of the trees in Wicker Park, located at 1425 N. Damen. We will examine many of the trees, both established and newly planted, and come to realize how we can assist arborists in observing the health of our trees and shrubs. Trees do not take care of themselves--what should we do and how often to keep our trees healthy and thriving. Often, we do not recognize the signs of the decline in the health of a tree or are aware of a infestation of insects that can lead to the death of a tree. Recently, a Colorado Blue Spruce in Wicker Park has suffered from a severe infestation of bag worms--how could we have prevented this level of damage--how could we have recognized the early signs?  When does the tree need pruning to maintain its health and the health of the trees that surround it. Removing dead or dying branches discourages the spread of decay or insect infestations. It also removes safety hazards while improving the tree’s appearance. Proper pruning can also help prevent storm damage. When do we fertilize, aerate the soil around the tree, spray for insects, and water? What about mulching? How long do we need to nurture a newly planted tree--and what is involved in establishing this newly planted tree.  You will learn that plant health care is a holistic approach to tree and plant maintenance that doesn't rely solely on treating the obvious symptoms, but instead finds the underlying problem and removes or corrects it, thereby changing the environment and allowing the landscape to flourish.  Preventive maintenance helps the tree better defend itself against insects, disease and site problems.

 


LECTURE

Sat, October 13 - 3-4:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

Cool Globes--Hot Ideas for Cooler Planet

Artist' Work Offers Solutions to Global Warming

Wendy Abrams (Project Designer), Carol Luc (Globe artist), Lindsay Obermeyer (Globe Artist), Lori Keenan (Tecta America--a sponsor), Joyce Coffee (Department of the Environment), Julie Siegel (MELA and Designer.

www.coolglobes.com

Discussion of the Cool Globe project and how you can implement green technology. Abrams (project designer) said "We needed to show people how they could take action in a way they wouldn't ignore.  And with public art, it's right there in front of you."

TICKETS: Donations Accepted for Wicker Park Programming for Adults and Children

 

RESERVATIONS: Limit 65 - wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075


 

LECTURE

Mon, November 5 - 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

Integrate Your Landscape With Your Home?

Brian Culliton and Tony Quinn

Culliton-Quinn Landscape Architecture Workshop

www.cullitonquinn.com

View excellent landscape designs for historic homes and learn about the design process that helped realize them.

RESERVATIONS: $7 (limited Seating) wpgarden@aol.com (773) 278-9075


 

LECTURE

Mon, December 3 - 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

Chicago's Green Roof Grant Program

Suzanne Keers, Scott Angarola – Condo owner recipients of Green Roof Grant, Elizabeth Simpkin, Garden designer

Chicago's Green Roof Grant Program

http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/greeninitiatives/greenroofs/main.htm

Learn about the programs that will help you design and partially fund a green roof garden.

RESERVATIONS: $7 (limited Seating) wpgarden@aol.com (773) 278-9075

 

Links discussed in the lecture:

 

Green Roof Grants
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/ and click on Award Programs

Chicago Center for Green Technology

Green Roof Web sites
http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/greeninitiatives/greenroofs/
www.greenroofs.com/Greenroffs101

Weston Industries--Green Grid
http://www.greengridroofs.com/

Midwest Groundcover
http://www.midwestgroundcovers.com/

Suzanne Keers--Potomac Garden Website
http://home.earthlink.net/~suzannekeers/index.html

 


LECTURE

Monday, January 14 - 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

All American Selections--Best Plants Since 1930

Ken Benson, Triton College--Coordinator-Ornamental Horticulture

http://academics.triton.edu/faculty/kbenson/

Reservations: $7 (limit 65) wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075


 

 

BOOK REVIEW

Saturday, January 19 - 10 AM-Noon - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

The Lost Gardens of Heligan by Tim Smit

www.heligan.com

REGISTER: Free - Limit 15 -  wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075

 


WORKSHOP

Saturday, January 26 - 10am-12 Seed Workshop

Propagating  Plants from Seeds and from Cuttings

Richard Tilley, Larry Clary—Wicker Park Garden Club

Learn how to grow exciting and healthy plants for your home garden from seed.

Tickets $15 - Limit 20 - Register: wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075

Held in a Wicker Park Home—Address Given to Registered

 


LECTURE

Monday February  4 - 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

What is an English Garden?

Carolyn Ulrich, Editor-Chicagoland Gardening Magazine

What are the elements of the design that constitute an English Garden?

www.chicagolandgardening.com

RESERVATIONS: $7 (limited Seating) wpgarden@aol.com (773) 278-9075


 

BOOK REVIEW

Sat, February 9 - 10 AM-Noon  - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

Elements of Garden Design by Joe Eck

REGISTER: Free - Limit 15 -  wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075

 


Monday March 3 - 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

Consider Your Microclimate--and Push IT!
David Gianneschi, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects - www.hoerrschaudt.com

When designing a garden, you can achieve an added sense of drama and increase your plant palette if you utilize both natural and manipulated microclimates.  Buildings, slopes, bodies of water, concrete slabs, and the heat from car traffic can all create areas that vary in temperature, light, and even growing season from their surrounding environment. David, horticulturist and designer at Hoerr Schaudt, has designed both public and private gardens utilizing his knowledge of microclimates to achieve beautiful results.  He will discuss how to identify, analyze and design for microclimates.

RESERVATIONS: $7 (limited Seating) wpgarden@aol.com (773) 278-9075


WORKSHOP-$15— Sharpen Your Garden Tools!

Saturday, March 15 - 10AM-Noon - Limit15

Richard Tilley, Instructor

Limit 20 Students

 

Learn how to sharpen your pruners, loppers, and other hand-held garden tools. Bring your hand-held garden tools--you will sharpen them in the workshop.

LOCATION GIVEN TO REGISTERED STUDENTS.

 


 

LECTURE

Monday, April 7 - 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House - 1425 N. Damen

Designing The Garden in 4-D: Integrating TIME with the Elements of

Texture, Movement & ah yes, Color

Julie Siegel, Owner & Principal J. Siegel Designs, Inc., MELA

www.jsiegeldesigns.com, www.melaweb.org

Let us consider important elements of design to help our gardens become more exciting!

RESERVATIONS: $7 (limited Seating) wpgarden@aol.com (773) 278-9075


 

 


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.




 


The Wicker Park Garden Club is proud to present a lecture series that is lively and provides rich content.

click here for last year's content

 

Know any great speakers or have ideas for a future series?  Please e-mail us with your ideas

 


We thank the following organizations for their support of the 2007-2008 Wicker Park Garden Club Lecture Series

 

Coorens Communication for AV support

www.ccisite.com

 

The Chicago Park District
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com

The Care of Trees

www.thecareoftrees.com

 

Culliton Quinn Landscape Architecture Workshop
3052 W. Carroll Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60612

773.826.9091

www.cullitonquinn.com


 

 

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