To advance our mission and satisfy our curiousity, Lake Bluff Garden Club members often find themselves seeking outside resources and publications to continue growing as gardeners and good stewards of the earth. Here are a few good sources of information and interesting articles for you to check out:
Books:
The Well-Tended Perennial Garden
By Tracy DiSabato-Aust
(Guide to planting and pruning generally as well as info on each individual plant).
The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden
By Roy Diblik
(Great for planning out beds).
Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees
By Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz
(The Bible on what is native vs non-native in our area)
Facebook sites:
LBGC
Garden Clubs of Illinois
Creative Gardening
Apps:
PlantNet Plant Identification (free)
iNaturalist (free)
Picture This (Premium $29.99/year)
LeafSnap (Two version. Pro is $39.99, basic is $19.99)
Websites:
Possibility Place https://www.possibilityplace.com/
National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder https://www.nwf.org/Garden-for-Wildlife/About/Native-Plants/Native-Plant-Types
Chicago Region Tree Initiative https://chicagorti.org/
University of Illinois Extension https://extension.illinois.edu/global/horticulture
Lake Bluff Garden Club https://gardenclublakebluff.blogspot.com/
"The best time to plant a Tree is 20 years ago, the next best time is now"
Chinese Proverb
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/planting-zones/illinois-planting-zones.htm
https://extension.illinois.edu/global/gardening-resources
https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/IL/Highland%20Park
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A New Garden Ethic
Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future
By Benjamin Vogt
The following excerpt is adapted from Benjamin Vogt’s book A New Garden Ethic- Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future (New Society Publishers September 2017) and is reprinted with permission from the publisher and the author on the Ecological Landscape Alliance's website.
https://www.ecolandscaping.org/02/resources/book-reviews/a-new-garden-ethic/
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HOMEGROWN NATIONAL PARK® is a grassroots call-to-action to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function by planing native plants and creating new ecological networks. Their mission is to regenerate biodiversity and ecosystem function because every human being on this planet needs diverse highly productive ecosystems to survive. Their initial goal is 20 million acres of native plantings in the U.S. This represents approximately 1/2 of the green lawns of privately-owned property. Learn more at...
https://homegrownnationalpark.org/
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