REsources

Plant Care

MODE Watering Instructions
The Morton Arboretum – Horticultural Care
Chicago Botanic Garden – Monthly Garden Checklists

Ideas (coming soon)

Annual containers
Composting

Vegetable gardening

The Bountiful Container, by McGee & Stuckey
Organic Kitchen Gardening, by Barbara Segall 
Organic Gardening Magazine

Raised beds

Scenery Solutions
www.scenery-solutions.com
60% recycled plastic, 40% wood fiber; Toxin free
Garden protection screens can be purchased as well
Sold at Chalet Garden Center, Wilmette

Gardener’s Supply Company
www.gardeners.com; (Search “grow bed”)
1-800-427-3363
Recycled plastic boards
Variety of sizes/configurations available

Naturalyards Raised Garden Bed
www.naturalyards.com
Rot-resistant cedar boards
Bed depths range from 5 ½” to 33”
Corners join with metal pins
Many sizes available

Durable Plastic Design
www.orcaboard.com
Boards made from recycled milk jugs
Easy assembly
Variety of sizes available         
 
Earth Box
www.earthbox.com
Unique growing technology
Simple gardening system
Mobile container gardening

Websites

Chicago Botanic Garden
The Morton Arboretum
Garfield Park Conservatory
Chicago Wilderness
Environment Illinois

Books

Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver
Bringing Nature Home – How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, by Douglas W. Tallamy