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Gardeners' Tips

Members of our club have a wide variety of gardening interests and expertise. We are starting to post brief explanations from these members and notes from presentation to the club.

        • Amaryllis Care: Some suggestions on how to care for these spring indoor bulbs so they bloom season after season.
        • How to Attract Butterflies and humming birds to your garden
        • Overwintering cannas tubers
        • Celandine: Two plants - one an alien (weed) the other a native wild-flower in rich woods.
        • Using Corn Gluten as a natural weed inhibitor.
        • Frost Free planting dates, and state-wide map
        • Four season interest in the Garden: Notes from a presentation by Mary Saba, from The Growing Place
        • Green Clean: Handout from Mary Lautanen-Raligh at June 2017's meeting
        • Herb Teas: References from a presentation by Nina Koziol on 3 January 2011
        • Ideas Garden Brochure - Visit the garden plots
        • Index of Native Plants
        • Layering Shrubs - A great spring activity to reproduce shrubs
        • Lawn and Garden Weeds - Present by: Richard Hentschel, Illinois Extension, College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
        • Building a Lighthouse: Build your own shelving unit with lights to start seedlings.
        • LIVING WITH WILDLIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Notes from the 2013 DuPage Environmental Summit held on January 9,2013
        • Naperville Settelment: Garden Guide
        • Native Replacements for Invasive Plants: From Philip Riske, Morton Arboretum
        • Organic Suppliments (N-P-K): From Barbara Bozek
        • Pruning from Autum Trees 5 March 2012
          • Tree and Shrub Pruning - Powerpoint slides This download is 5meg and may require several minutes to complete.
          • Tree and Shrub Pruning - Print handout of slides
        • Quick Tips for Garden and Landscape Photography: From Mike Crews
        • Rain Gardens: Notes from Denise Sandoval
        • Saving Tomato Seeds: The best of this year's, continued to next year.
        • Seed Saving Guide from seed saver exchange
        • Examples of a soil test and associated exaplanation from Rod Beary
        • USDA Web Soil Survey: Drill down to local conditions on this free government site.
        • Winter Sowing

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To nurture the gardening interests of its members and the commu​nity through educational programs and community service.

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