Native garden walk returns the western suburbs
West Cook Wild Ones' annual garden walk, 'Birds, Bees & Butterflies: A Native Garden Walk' returns July 22 from 1 to 5 p.m. This year, for the firs...
West Cook Wild Ones' annual garden walk, 'Birds, Bees & Butterflies: A Native Garden Walk' returns July 22 from 1 to 5 p.m. This year, for the first time, the featured gardens and gardeners hail from Riverside and Berwyn, Illinois. The walk will feature 11 gardens, and homeowners and gardeners will be on hand to answer participants' questions about plant names, favorite plants and other aspect of their native gardens. Laura Hartwell Berlin, who co-chairs the West Cook Wild Ones Garden Walk Committee with Adrian Ayres Fisher, says that in previous years, the walk has been focused on and River Forest, and calls this year's move to the south and west an exciting one.