Friday from 10 am to noon, the Lily Pond in Lincoln Park (meet at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, 2391 N. Stockton Drive, Chicago, IL 60614. Allow time & $$ for parking on street or at the zoo.

Julie will be making a site-visit in Guatemala to the Earthways/AFOPADI organic agriculture and reforesting project.

Community Gardens: Wicker Park Garden Club and a private Bucktown garden where Monarchs are raised.
Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon, Wicker Park Garden Club (meet at the Wicker Park Field House, 1425 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL 60622. Allow time & $ for street parking.

Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Lurie Garden at Millennium Park (meet at Chicago Stock Exchange Arch at the corner of Columbus and Monroe, just East of the Art Institute of Chicago. Allow time & $ for street parking or Millennium Park garage)

Naturalist and Landscape Design walking tour
1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Humboldt Park, Boathouse
(meet at the boat house on N. Humboldt Ave./Drive/Blvd., Chicago, IL 60622 on the East side between W. North Ave. and W. Division St. Free parking.)

Part of the festivities around Dina Petrakis' photo exhbition:
A Year in Humboldt Park