LINKS (and other useful info)


Local Organizations & Business Partners
City of Naperville     Morton Arboretum
Conservation Foundation               DuPage Forest Preserve
Naperville Park District    West St. Greenspace Preserveration
Cantigny Park        Naperville Newcomers & Neighbors
Naperville Clean Energy &Conservation   Naper Settlement
Naperville Trolley & Tours, Ltd        Colbert Custom Framing
North Central College      Naperville Chamber of Commerce

Horticultural/Environmental Organizations/CSAs
US Dept of Ag Natural Resource    Floridata-Alpha. Plant List
Guide to Houseplant Pests     American Rose Society
Illinois Best Plants  The Pollinator Partnership
USDA Natural Conservation    U of I Hort Corner
Amer. Hemerocallis Society   Plant A Row for the Hungry
Ball Seed       Illinois Master Gardeners
Chicagoland Daylily Society   Sierra Club River Prairie Group
Chicagoland Gardening Magazine          Chicago Home and Garden Magazine
Chicago Botanic Garden        Garfield Park Conservatory
Native Plant Conservation Campaign      Center for Sustainable Community
DuPage Wild Ones American Community Gardeners Association
University of Illinois Extension - DuPage Audubon Chicago Region
Illinois Natural History Survey Nature Conservancy Illinois
Local Harvest  Chicago Wilderness
Heritage Prairie Market   Green Earth Institute
Midwest Fruit Explorers

Garden Clubs
Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc    National Garden Clubs, Inc
National Garden Clubs, Inc Central Region     Naperville Community Gardeners
Garden Club of Downers Grove       Pottawatomie Garden Club
Elmhurst Garden Club    Lemont Friendship Garden Club
Yorkville Garden Club      Weed Ladies
Downers Grove Organic Gardeners         Bolingbrook Garden Club
Joliet Area Garden Club  Tri-Village Garden Club
Park Ridge Garden Club Cress Creek Garden Club
Lombard Garden Club     Saybrook Garden Club
Morris Area Garden Club Utica Garden Club
Kankakee Kultivators     Garden Club of Decatur
Riverside Garden Club


Some Local Plant Nurseries
The Growing Place                        Planters Palette
The Natural Garden       Schaefer Greenhouses
      Shady Hill Gardens         Green View Nursery
      Possibility Place (native plants)The Fields on Caton Farm

Gardening for Kids
Serenata Flowers     (Thanks Mrs. McVey's class!!)

Day Trip Gardening Destinations (and travel time from Naperville)
Rotary Botanical Gardens - Janesville, WI (2 hours)
Anderson Japanese Gardens - Rockford, IL  (1.5 hours)
Boerner Botanical Gardens - Milwaukee, WI (2 hours)

Free Manure for your garden and compost.  Available from:
Alan and Jane Hoffmann
Naperville, IL
jane_hoffmann@yahoo.com
Naperville Garden Club