🌱 How Healthy Is Your Yard?
Discover how your yard can support birds, wildlife, and biodiversity
Join us for an inspiring and interactive program featuring Doug Tallamy, renowned entomologist, ecologist and conservationist. and co-founder of Homegrown National Park – Regenerate Biodiversity, as he shares how our everyday landscapes can play a powerful role in restoring nature.
🦉 Special Live Animal Presentation
Naturalists from the Lake County Forest Preserves will introduce a live owl and explore its role in our local ecosystem.
🌿 What You’ll Learn
• How your yard connects to nearby savannas, wetlands, prairies, and woodlands
• Simple ways to add native plants that support birds and pollinators
• How to manage pests using safe, non-toxic approaches
• Why leaving the leaves can benefit wildlife
• The surprising history and impact of the traditional lawn
• How to make informed choices about landscape chemicals
🌼 Why Attend?
Whether you have a backyard, balcony, or community space, you’ll leave with practical ideas, helpful resources, and inspiration to create a healthier, more wildlife-friendly landscape.
🌎 BE PART OF A GROWING MOVEMENT TO BRING NATURE HOME 🌎
Presented by the League of Women Voters Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, in partnership with local conservation organizations working to support birds, habitat, and community connections to nature.
Exhibitors & Experts
Lake County Forest Preserve District • Lake Forest Open Lands Association
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association • Lake County Audubon Society
League of Women Voters - Lake Michigan Region • Growing Native Habitat Lake Bluff
University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalists
Dr. Giovanni Aloi, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Author
Garden Club representatives from Lake Forest and Lake Bluff/Knollwood
Hosted by League of Women Voters Lake Forest/Lake Bluf Area
Reserve Your Spot at www.lwv-lflb.org
$10 per individual, $15 per family Attendance is limited.
Attendees can sign up at the event to win a “Prairie in the Garden” tour for 6 with Bill Kurtis and Donna LaPietra.
Tours to other local native gardens will be offered.