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Naperville Community GardenersOur mission: To nurture the gardening interests of its members and the community through educational programs and community service Spring Plant Sale May 11
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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
- Herb Teas: References from a presentation by Nina Koziol on 3 January 2011
- Layering Shrubs - A great spring activity to reproduce shrubs
- 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
- 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.
- 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.