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Adopt-a-Beach™ Year-round
Location: any beach in Illinois & Indiana
Sponsored by Alliance for the Great Lakes.
Open to all.
Join more than 9,000 thousand volunteers throughout the Great Lakes who participate in beach and shoreline cleanups to remove trash and collect data on their findings.
For more information on the Adopt-a-Beach™ program in Illinois and Indiana, contact: Frances Canonizado by email at fcanonizado@greatlakes.org or call her at (312) 939-0838 ext. 227
Get on the “Green” Bandwagon by Recycling Your Old Electronics
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EverLights Is Drop-off Site for 10th Ward Residents
CHICAGO, Illinois – To make it easier for Chicago’s 10th Ward residents to go green, EverLights is now serving as a drop-off site for old computers, monitors, printers and TVs.
Located inside Evergreen Supply Company, at 990l S. Torrence Avenue, EverLights will accept the hazardous waste during regular business hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Further information can be obtained by calling 1-773-734-9873.
“We wanted to make it easier for community residents to safely dispose of their hazardous waste,” says Kelly Aaron, EverLights founder and president. “All items dropped off will be de-manufactured and recycled in the U.S.”
EverLights, a certified WBE/SBE company, provides attentive, personalized recycling services to a wide array of companies including University of Chicago, Millennium Park, John Hancock Center and the State of Illinois. Among the items it accepts for recycling are fluorescent bulbs, HID lamps, PCB and non-PCB ballasts, hazardous waste, batteries and computers.
“Proper disposal is not only the right thing to do but it’s the law,” says Aaron. “Recyclable material must be properly packaged and shipped to a qualified recycling facility. Our job is to make that happen.”
Discover the Natural World of Taltree Arboretum & Gardens
The Discovery Series is a 12-part program that looks at plant and animal life within the ecosystems at Taltree Arboretum & Gardens. Sign up for one or for all of these informative hikes, which are intended for all ages. Unless otherwise noted, meet in the Hitz Family Rose Garden, 450 West 100 North, Valparaiso, IN 46385. Cost is $10 for non-members; free for Taltree members. For more information, call (219) 462-0025 or visit www.taltree.org.
History of the Woodlands and its Inhabitants -10 a.m.—noon September 10: Join us to explore the Taltree woodlands surrounding the Heron Pond and along the Owl Trail. Learn the history of the woodlands and how to identify trees by their bark, leaves and fruit. We will see oak, hickory, aspen, hawthorn, cottonwood, black cherry, and more.
What’s a Watershed? - 10 a.m.—noon September 24: Join us for a hike along the prairie and wetlands. Discover one of the most geologically complex features of the United States at Taltree- the watershed divide! The two largest watersheds in the eastern U.S. are the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and because of Taltree’s location on the watershed divide, the streams and ponds flow into both.
Night Hike - 5—7 p.m. October 8: Hike through the woodlands along Heron Pond and learn about bats, owls, spiders (myths and facts) and more.
Taltree Arboretum & Gardens, a 501(c)3 public charity, offers over 360 acres of reserved woody plant collections, gardens, woodlands, savanna, wetlands, and prairie with more than three miles of hiking trails that allow visitors to experience the natural biodiversity of the landscape. Themed displays include the Hitz Family Rose Garden, Native Plant Garden, Oak Islands, and coming in 2011, the Taltree Railway Garden. Taltree Arboretum & Gardens is open all year round and located just south of U.S. Hwy. 30 between Merrillville and Valparaiso, IN at 450 West 100 North. Admission to the grounds is $10 for guests; free for Taltree members and children age 3 and under. As a public charity foundation, Taltree relies on financial support from corporations, organizations and individuals. For more information, please visit www.taltree.org, e-mail info@taltree.org or call (219) 462-0025.
Taltree Offers Summer Classes
Gentle Yoga
Tuesdays June 21- Sept 27
9am-10am
Yoga for beginners and those with health conditions, these sessions are individualized to meet participants’ needs. All levels of experience are welcome. Class focuses on increasing self-awareness through movement and breathing. Participants will learn yoga positions (ansanas) to develop flexibility, strength and pain-management.
Cost: Free (admission rates apply) - instructor accepts “love donations.”
Location: Meyer Memorial Pavilion
Hatha Yoga
Saturdays June 11-Oct 1
9am 10am
Yoga for all levels of experience, individualized to meet participants’ needs. These sessions focus on increasing self-awareness through movement and breathing. Participants will learn yoga positions (ansanas) to develop flexibility, strength and pain-management.
Cost: Free (admission rates apply) - instructor accepts “love donations.”
Location: Meyer Memorial Pavilion
Taltree Arboretum & Gardens, a 501(c)3 public charity, offers over 360 acres of reserved woody plant collections, gardens, woodlands, savanna, wetlands, and prairie with more than three miles of hiking trails that allow visitors to experience the natural biodiversity of the landscape. Themed displays include the Hitz Family Rose Garden, Native Plant Garden, Oak Islands, and coming in 2011, the Taltree Railway Garden. Taltree Arboretum & Gardens is open all year round and located just south of U.S. Hwy. 30 between Merrillville and Valparaiso, IN at 450 West 100 North. Admission to the grounds is $10 for guests; $8 for seniors 55+; and free for Taltree members and children age 4 and under. As a public charity foundation, Taltree relies on financial support from corporations, organizations and individuals. For more information, please visit www.taltree.org, e-mail info@taltree.org or call (219) 462-0025.
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Taltree Launches Fall Gardening Classes
Taltree Arboretum & Gardens will offer a series of fall classes beginning September 17. Classes will be held in the classroom, 71 North 500 West, Valparaiso, IN. All classes will include hands-on demonstrations and enough ideas to carry you all the way through the end of the year. Classes are $35 for non-members and $30 for Taltree members.
Landscaping for Late-season color and fragrance 9-11 a.m. Sept. 17 Join Chicagoland Gardening writer Jean Starr for a class on landscaping for fragrance and late-season color. She will offer suggestions for stunning yet underused perennials, annuals, tropicals and woody plants, late-blooming perennials to carry your garden through October, how to combine plants for beautiful color echoes, and incorporating fragrance throughout the gardening season. Examples of plants collected into bouquets for color combinations and scented plants will be on hand during the presentation.
Seed Source: your own backyard! 1-3pm Oct. 8 Taltree’s Horticulture Manager Patty Stimmel will lead a tour through the Native Plant Garden, harvesting seeds along the way. She will show you hands-on how to clean the seeds that you gathered and give tips on seed storage, labeling and sowing. Skills that you can use at home to collect seeds from your own, or your friends’ back yard. This class will have both indoor and outdoor demonstration time. If rain is in the forecast, this class will be subject to cancellation. Please call in advance!
Gardens in Miniature – 9 – noon Oct. 22 Join Taltree’s Railway Garden Horticulturist Foy Spicer for a presentation on gardening in miniature, including the use of specific plants for limited space or for the creation of a miniature vignette. From conifers to small-scale perennials and annuals, Foy will offer details on which plants work for specific locations and applications. The class will finish with a tour of the Taltree Railway Garden. Dress for the weather.
Winter Pruning – 9 – 11 a.m. Nov. 5 Taltree Grounds Manager John Lunsford will offer a hands-on pruning demonstration that will include advice on how to care for pruning tools. Learn how to sharpen, clean and disinfect your tools in order to keep your plants healthy. And then accompany John to the arboretum for a pruning demonstration that will illustrate the how, when and why we prune. Dress for the weather.
Taltree Arboretum & Gardens, a 501(c)3 public charity, offers over 360 acres of reserved woody plant collections, gardens, woodlands, savanna, wetlands, and prairie with more than three miles of hiking trails that allow visitors to experience the natural biodiversity of the landscape. Themed displays include the Hitz Family Rose Garden, Native Plant Garden, Oak Islands, and the Taltree Railway Garden, which is open May – October from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Taltree Arboretum & Gardens is open all year round and located just south of U.S. Hwy. 30 between Merrillville and Valparaiso, IN at 450 West 100 North. Admission to the grounds is $10 for guests; $8 for seniors 55+; and free for Taltree members and children age 4 and under. As a public charity foundation, Taltree relies on financial support from corporations, organizations and individuals. For more information, please visit www.taltree.org, e-mail info@taltree.org or call (219) 462-0025.
