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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
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