Events

Please join us on Wednesday, December 9 in person or virtual for an exciting presentation by Brian "Fox" Ellis: It Starts in Your Yard: Rewilding Your Neighborhood and Rebuilding Community, One Garden at a Time. Explore hands-on ways to restore your yard with native plants, support birds, bees, and butterflies, and inspire broader change in your neighborhood and community.

This participatory presentation explores how to restore your yard by rebuilding the relationships among native plants, birds, bees, and butterflies. Moving beyond the typical pollinator garden, Brian “Fox” Ellis will guide participants in researching the larger native ecosystem and reintroducing its plants to their own yards, creating beacons for broader change.

Together, participants will map successful strategies for restoring their neighborhoods and strengthening the larger community. The program will also explore ways to work with organizations that share this passion, including Wild Ones of Greater Kane County, Kane County Audubon, the Illinois Audubon Society, the Illinois Native Plant Society, and Illinois Extension Master Gardeners. Expect a hands-on, minds-on experience rather than a lecture.