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EDGEBROOK GARDENER's CORNER:

Many of our neighbors have been gardening for years in Edgebrook, and have lots of information and tips that they are providing to help newer gardeners in our area, be successful. Check out below:

Local Gardeners have written short articles on successfully gardening in Edgebrook

Kitchen Gardening

• Growing an Herb Garden in a POT!! - + freezing herbs for winter!
• The City Gardener's Handbook: the definitive guide to small space gardening
  Read a review by a local gardener
  

  Garden Design

• Garden Design -repurposing a blank slate in our area!
• Shade Gardening -shade plant options for Edgebrook!!
• Help SAVE endangered MONARCHS - Monarch Gardening Ideas and Info
• THINK Bagels & Donuts .... - how to correctly MULCH a Tree!!
• Rain Gardens -reduces runoff
• What can you do with your side yard?? Reinvent it!!
  

  Garden Plants:

• Chicago's growing zone has changed!!! -What does it mean for U?
• Botanic Garden - Planting a Pollinator Strip! -Support local bees & butterflies in your YARD!
• Hydrangea Varieties -Mixing it up in Edgebrook Gardens
• Latest News on the Triangle - Activities at the Garden
• Growing Great DayLilies -GardenGate mag article: growing daylilies

BOOK Recommendations from Edgebrook Gardeners -

• The City Gardener's Handbook: the definitive guide to small space gardening
  Read a review by a local gardener
• Square Foot Vegetable Gardening: an excellent guide to vegetable gardening in smaller spaces like Edgebrook
  Read helpful gardening tips and suggestions written by a local Edgebrook gardener with over 30 years of experience!
• Yard and Garden Makeovers: A book written by Chicagoland Landscape designers
  This book profiles Chicago-area gardens, before and after a professional redesign by the author
• The Pruners Bible: written by Steve Bradley, winner of the 2002 Garden Writers' Guild Award
  This book offers step-by-step guide lines for pruning specific plants in your garden!!

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HELP SAVE the Monarchs... HELP the MONARCHS! Numbers continue to decline - They need our HELP!! We had over 20 in our 2020 garden. In 2024-ZERO! Every Gardener needs to HELP!
	Without your support of the ECA, these engaging creatures would not have a garden for their survival. Help us continue this effort! Join or renew your membership now!

Download these PDFs to learn how you can create a Butterfly Garden in YOUR YARD!!

• Create a Butterfly Garden in a POT!!this summer! Help save the butterflies!!
• Field Museum says CITY Gardens key for Monarchs Help Monarchs before they are gone!!
• Chicago Botanic Gardens: Gardening for Butterflies!
• Create a Butterfly "Pocket" Garden in your yard! this summer! Make a difference today!!
• Shop for Nectar Plants for Butterflies
• Shop for Caterpillar Host Plants for Butterflies

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City-ComEd REBATE Programs of Interest -

The City of Chicago offers garden related-programs to assist homeowners with maintaining their property and parkways:

• Adding New Trees to City Parkway for Free!

Mature trees lining the streets of Wildwood make all the difference!
To add trees to your Chicago parkway, submit a request to Chicago's free tree planting program. Select White or Pin Oaks. Click here for more information.

• PATHOGEN in CHICAGO - Attacking our TREES!!

  When you chose Edgebrook as your neighborhood to raise your family, most likely the tree shaded streets and natural surroundings weighed in your decision. They enrich our lives on a daily basis. Today, they are under threat from a new pathogen that targets Oaks. Coupled with urban pollution, climate change, and age, our trees need expert help! Learn how to better care for those oak trees before they are lost forever!

• Our Oak trees in PERIL! ....Learn what you can do to help

• Chicago - Sustainable Backyards Programs:

  • Using Rain Barrels
  • Chicago Native Plantings

• ComEd REBATE Programs:

  Planning up home updates or remodeling? Click below to check out the ComEd site for possible REBATES!!
  

  • ComEd Local REBATES you should consider.

• Reduce Plastic in your home

  • REDUCE PLASTIC in your kitchen
  • RECYCLE CORRECTLY. Take a quiz on what CAN be put in the BLUE CAN. You will be surprised!

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GARDEN AWARDs

Many say - Our Triangle Garden is a WINNER!!.... Look at the results.... A Certified Monarch Waystation The Edgebrook Triangle Garden has been certified as a Monarch waystation!! Check out the details and learn more about the king of butterflies. Chicago's Excellence in Gardening Award !! The Triangle Garden was awarded an honorable mention in the Chicago City-Wide Excellence in Gardening Awards!! Read more about this significant honor!

Recent photos from the Garden: 2019 Early Blooms - Christine Rosenberg, photographer July 2019 Visit - Christine Rosenberg, photographer

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Our neighborhood Botanic Garden...

Living in Edgebrook means we are not far from the Chicago Botanic Gardens!
Just 15 minutes on the Edens!! - What works for them will surely work for us!!
Consult their site for information or...
Have you checked out their many Adult Classes?

Botanic Garden Info: Planting a pollinator Strip in your yard

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