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The Fall Winter
08/09 Lecture Series are devoted to greening concepts and how to
incorporate them into your lives, homes, and gardens. Check back
soon for more details.
Monday, December 1
- 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House -
1425 N. Damen Ave,
Chicago
Community Gardens
in the Parks - How can You make a garden in the park?
Event Hosts: Doug
Wood (WPGarden), Brendan Daley (Chicago Park District) and 7 Leaders
Who Have Created Gardens in the Parks
Reservations: No
Charge -wpgarden@aol.com
or 773-278-9075
Learn
about the recent initiatives of the Chicago Park District to work
with communities to create gardens in their parks. You will learn
how you can work to create a garden, hear from those who head up the
program and from gardeners who have created both ornamental and
vegetable gardens under this initiative.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY
Saturdays, January
10 - March 21-10am - 1pm
Classes Held at
Wicker Park-1425
N. Damen Ave,
Chicago and at
the Conservatories - Schedule of location will be set in Late
December
Garden Design –
Preparing Plants for an Exhibit at the 2009 Flower & Garden Show
Instructors: Doug
Wood, Leslie Zimmerman, Jim Angrabright, Denise Browning, Richard
Tilley, Larry Clary, Amy Brinkman, Susan Fontana
Reservations: No
Charge - Limit 35 -
wpgarden@aol.com or
773-278-9075
The
Wicker Park Garden Club will design the Community Gardens in the
Parks’ Exhibit for the 2009 Chicago Flower and Garden Show held at
Navy Pier,
March 7-15, 2009. The club will coordinate Chicagoland Gardeners
to work together to grow the plants that will be used, to install
the show, to be docents at the show, and to strike the show.
Students will learn the horticultural techniques of how to force
trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and bulbs to bloom on a specific
timetable for a flower show and gain hands-on-experience of forcing
the plants at one of Chicago’s conservatories. Also, all students
will be introduced to conservation and sustainable energy options.
The exhibit will feature solar panels, living walls, and a rain
garden. All members of the class will have the opportunity to
install the plants the week of the show at Navy Pier and be offered
training to be docents during the show. The schedule of dates and
locations (at
Wicker
Park or at the Conservatories) of each class will be given at the
first class which will be held at
Wicker
Park. The exhibit will feature a Michael Thompson kite design made
from recycled paper.
About
Kites and Michael Thompson
www.michaelthompsonart.com
About
the Show:
www.chicagoflower.com Sponsors:
www.parkways.org
www.chicagoparkdistrict.com
Monday, January 12
- 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House -
1425 N. Damen Ave,
Chicago -
Reservations - $8 -
wpgarden@aol.com or (773) 278-9075
One Drop at the Time:
Sustainable Practices and Water Conservation for the Home Garden
Marcus de la fleur, Conservation Design Forum
http://www.delafleur.com/168_Elm/index.htm
www.cdfinc.com
With its green roof, rain barrels, rain gardens, and other
applications, the residential pilot project in Elmhurst brings to
life the principles of innovative and responsible treatment of rain
water within the context of a residential landscape. Marcus will
speak about the rationales of the applied sustainable practices,
explore the opportunities that present themselves to combine the
beautiful and useful, and describe and quantify the larger
cumulative effect of such measures.
Marcus de la fleur is a Registered Landscape Architect with
Conservation Design Forum (CDF) in Elmhurst, IL. He received his
horticultural degree from the School of Horticulture at the Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, and earned his Masters in Landscape
Architecture at the University of Sheffield, UK. Marcus has
contributed to the design and management of multiple sustainable
projects and has extensive field experience in sustainable
technology application through his past work in Germany.
Monday, February 2
- 7-8:30 PM -Wicker Park Field House -
1425 N. Damen Ave,
Chicago
Reservations: $8
wpgarden@aol.com or
773-278-9075
First Practical Steps to Greening Your Home and Garden
Julie Siegel, Owner
& Principal J. Siegel Designs, Inc., MELA
www.jsiegeldesigns.com,
www.melaweb.org
http://www.jsiegeldesigns.com/places_far_guatemala.html
With so many
options to 'go green,' how to incorporate them into your home or
business landscape may seem daunting. How can water conservation,
solar panels, green roofs, permeable walkways, rain barrels,
composting bins or many other green initiatives actually work with
your space and your life style. Julie will discuss how to analyze
your specific site and how to decide what is possible and affordable
for your effort to 'go green.'
Julie’s
design/build company aspires to innovative design as well as
sustainable and socially conscious practices. Julie’s long-term
involvement in the arts, education, alternative healthcare, and
progressive movements guides the spirit and practice of her firm.
Through the EarthWays Foundation, she acts as project director of a
rural Guatemalan reforesting/organic agriculture project and she is
the past-president of the Midwest Ecological Landscaping
Association." Bring your questions.
WORKSHOP -
Saturday, March 28 - 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 and
Cuttings.
Reservations: $15 - Limit 20
wpgarden@aol.com or
773-278-9075
Monday, April 6 -
7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House -
1425 N. Damen Ave,
Chicago
Shade Garden Design,
Carolyn
Ulrich, Editor-Chicagoland Gardening Magazine -
www.chicagolandgardening.com
Reservations: $8
wpgarden@aol.com or
773-278-9075
Carolyn Ulrich
will show various sizes and styles of shade gardens and will discuss
bloom time, leaf texture, and leaf color considerations when
designing exciting shade gardens that remain interesting throughout
the season. Carolyn is a prolific writer; her articles have been
published in the
Chicago Tribune,
Horticulture magazine, House Beautiful, and Garden Design.
She has
received the Quill and Trowel Award for magazine writing for three
of her articles, most recently in 2000 for a story on ornamental
grasses in the September-October 1999 issue Chicagoland Gardening
magazine; the award is presented by the Garden Writers Association
of America.
WORKSHOP - Sharpen Your Garden Tools!
Saturday, April 18 - 10AM-Noon
Richard Tilley, Instructor
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.
Reservations:$15 Limit 20
wpgarden@aol.com or
773-278-9075
PLANT SALE &
WORKSHOPS
- 1425 N. Damen
Ave, Chicago
Saturday, Sunday May 2 & 3 -
10am-3pm
Good
Weather--Outside Field House
Bad
Weather in Gym
Enjoy
shopping for your spring garden designs—the plant sale fundraiser
features a large selection of plants that can be used for your
containers, come for exciting tropicals for sun and shade, and zone
5 hardy perennials for sun and/or shade gardens. Plant 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
Ave, Chicago
Susan Fontana - Thinking Outside the Pot
Limit 20 Students -
Reservations:$15
Limit 35
wpgarden@aol.com or
773-278-9075
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.
Past Lectures
Monday, November 10
- 7-8:30 PM - Wicker Park Field House -
1425 N. Damen Ave,
Chicago
Adapting to
Climatic Change - The
Chicago Climate
Action Plan-Taking Personal Action, Indoors and Out, to Mitigate
for, and Adapt to, Climate Change.
Speaker: Joyce
Coffee - City of Chicago Department of the Environment
Reservations: $8
wpgarden@aol.com or
773-278-9075
At this
talk, we will review the results of how Chicago's climate change
impacts research. We will detail what we can do right now to reduce
our greenhouse gas emission while preparing for climate changes that
cannot be avoided. In particular, we will highlight strategies for
reducing the urban heat island and managing storm water onsite to
adapt to climate change while decreasing the carbon footprint of
our outdoor spaces through sustainable gardening choices. We will
also touch upon
individual actions that can both save money and decrease greenhouse
gas emissions, mitigating climate change. Our discussion will be in
the context of Chicago's greenhouse gas reduction goals and will
highlight mitigation and adaptation actions beyond the household
level.
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