Friday, March 6, – Friday, March 13, 2020 Join Keeler Gardens for a week at one of the most extraordinary flower and garden festivals in the country: The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival at Walt Disney World. This is not your typical flower and garden show, as it offers an unimaginable collection of gardens and… Continue reading Keeler Gardens Tours the 2020 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival
Tour of the Keeler Gardens Educational Pollinator Habitat. – June 22, 2019
Welcome to Keeler Gardens. In today’s post, Gina will escort you on a self-guided tour of the Keeler Gardens Educational Pollinator Habitat. We will be posting three videos from our YouTube Channel. Whether you are walking through the neighborhood today as part of the Irving Park Garden Club Tour or any other day, these videos… Continue reading Tour of the Keeler Gardens Educational Pollinator Habitat. – June 22, 2019
A Community Thrives Grant Challenge
Starting today, March 18, Keeler Gardens needs your help to secure our spot to be considered for a grant up to $100K! Keeler Gardens has qualified to compete in USA Today’s “A Community Thrives” Challenge: at stake is over $100,000 in grant awards! However, we need to raise at least $3,000 in four weeks to… Continue reading A Community Thrives Grant Challenge
A Bizzzzy 2019 at Keeler Gardens
2018 was a busy year for Keeler Gardens! The highlight of this year was the opening of our Pollinator Habitat, a year-round refuge for pollinators featuring Illinois native plants. And speaking of pollinators, our bee hives were successful this first year. We definitely benefited from the help of our six Chicago Tech Academy interns in the spring and our seven summer… Continue reading A Bizzzzy 2019 at Keeler Gardens
Highland Park Garden Guild Presentation
We were honored by an invitation from the Highland Park Garden Guild to speak for their group this past week. We were so thrilled to be able to get the word out about Keeler Gardens, connecting with nature, and our new Pollinator Habitat. The group was such a pleasure to work with. They were interested,… Continue reading Highland Park Garden Guild Presentation
Pollinator Habitat Almost Ready
The Keeler Gardens Pollinator Habitat Is Taking Shape This summer we have been continuing our work on our new Pollinator Habitat, with the valued help of our seven interns and many volunteers, planting a multitude of Illinois native plants and working on a variety of hardscapes. We have all been laboring to get perennials and annuals… Continue reading Pollinator Habitat Almost Ready
Garden Festival, Spring 2019
Keeler Gardens Visits the 2019 Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival Saturday, May 4, 2019, through Saturday, May 11, 2019 UPDATE JANUARY 28, 2019: LIMITED SPACES STILL AVAILABLE… Join Keeler Gardens for a week at one of the most extraordinary flower and garden festivals in the country: the Epcot® International Flower and Garden Festival at… Continue reading Garden Festival, Spring 2019
Keeler Gardens Welcomes Summer 2018 Interns
This summer, Keeler Gardens is proud to say we have seven new interns working and learning with us! Four of them are participating through privately funded internships, and three we host through the After School Matters summer internship program. After School Matters works with more than 23,000 companies to provide jobs for more than 15,000… Continue reading Keeler Gardens Welcomes Summer 2018 Interns
Keeler Gardens’ First Volunteer Orientation
Volunteer to Connect with Nature Keeler Gardens is growing – plants, habitats, and programs. With this grow comes quite a bit of work and we could really use your help. Are you looking for a way to connect with nature? Maybe you are looking for a chance to take a break in a soothing setting… Continue reading Keeler Gardens’ First Volunteer Orientation
What’s up with the Cardboard in the Keeler Gardens Pollinator Habitat?
Pollinator Habitat Progresses We promised you regular updates about the pollinator habitat and we do have news. Let’s start with the apparent mess in the parkway. You may be wondering why it looks like a random dispersion of debris, rest assured there is a method to our madness. Our parkway is presently mostly grass and… Continue reading What’s up with the Cardboard in the Keeler Gardens Pollinator Habitat?