Give Back
Community Gardens: Where to get your Hands Dirty to Help the Community
Get your hands dirty for the community! Volunteer at one of these community gardens in Lake County IL. Grown food and help your neighbor. […]
gardening with kids
Outdoor Play
25 Places to Go with an Early Riser
The age-old problem: what to do with the toddler who wakes up at 6:00 a.m. when nothing is open before 9:00 a.m.! Actually, there are (at least) 25 places to go with an early riser and toddlers […]
Outdoor Play
Growing Your Garden with Little Helping Hands
Gardening with little hands. Jessica shares her adventures gardening with kids and offers up her favorite local shops and some tips. […]
Nature Centers & Gardens
How to Plant a Butterfly Garden
The Chicago Botanic Garden shares with us how to plant a butterfly garden with a list of butterfly garden plants and tips. […]
Nature Centers & Gardens
8 Ways to Connect Kids with Nature
Now that spring is here and it’s starting to warm up outside it’s time to get the kids back outside! Openlands Lake County (formerly Conserve Lake County) had a great handout at the Green Living Fair […]
Green Guides
Green Guide to Gardening: Square Foot Gardening
Follow our novice gardener as her and her family start a garden using green methods. […]
Green Guides
Green Guide to Gardening: Companion Planting
Follow our novice gardener as her and her family start a garden using green methods. […]
Green Guides
Green Guide to Gardening: The No-Dig Approach
Embrace the organic lifestyle with less work. Loralie shares the No-Dig gardening approach and how her family is implementing it. […]
Bookshelf
Little Bookshelf: Gardening Reads
My kids love to help me in the garden and they also really enjoy reading books about gardening. Books have the ability to educate and inspire them to make the world a greener place. Here […]
Outdoor Play
Gardening with Children: A Beginner’s Guide
The end of May is a time for gardening in our family. The threat of frost is generally behind us and we are getting to work on our vegetable and flower gardens. It seems like […]