Green plants are beginning to peek above the soil, which can be an encouraging sign that spring has sprung. What you don't want to see in your yard, however, are the little clumps of heart- or arrowhead-shaped leaves. This is lesser celandine, an aggressive invader...
CHECK IT OUT! Download our GGW Green Lawn Care Guidelines If you’re ready to make “green” changes to your lifestyle, your yard is a great place to start. Greening our lives means taking a fresh look at old attitudes. Many of us consider our yards only as an extension...
Go Green Wilmette continued the popular tradition in 2022 with another annual Sustainable Yard Tour. It was a beautiful summer day and attendees biked, walked and drove to the various gardens. The gardens were inspirational as they offered ideas for creating bird...
Spring yard care is so important to preserving and enhancing critical habitat for beneficial insects and birds. See our Green Lawn Care Guidelines here. If you have a lawn care service, now is the time to contact them, share our guidelines, and request modifications...
Whether you visited the yards or not, there's lots to learn and much to enjoy in the videos. Each video is just about five minutes long and features the yard hosts sharing information and inspiration - and more beautiful views of their gardens. Find these videos and...
Go Green Wilmette’s 9th annual Sustainable Yard Tour was a great success! We had over 350 people that attended the tour. It was a beautiful summer day and attendees biked, walked and drove to the five gardens. The gardens were inspirational as they offered...
Videos of four amazing sustainable yards and a community vegetable garden plot are available for you to enjoy on GGW's very own You Tube Channel. You can also find videos about our beach clean up efforts, Gillson Park bird habitat and The Dirty Truth about Leaf...
Go Green Wilmette is focused on helping people create healthy and beautiful lawns. Our plant sale results almost 20,000 additional native plants in our area providing habitat, storm water management and beauty. We have created Greener Lawn Care Guidelines and...
Please take a moment to read this new report on the effects of gas leaf blowers in our environment and COVID-19
Read this review of our 2018 Sustainable Yard Tour in Splash Magazine Chicago.
Please take a moment to read this article in the Daily North Shore about why it is so good to use native plants in suburban gardens.
The Little Garden Club of Wilmette invites you to learn about Pocket Prairie Gardens, a fast way to add beautiful native plants to your garden in six easy steps. The decline of bees, Monarch butterflies, pollinating insects and native birds is directly related to...
Yes! In addition to adding winter interest to your yard, the seed heads provide food for birds. And a leaf layer several inches deep is a natural thing in any area where trees naturally grow. Many wildlife species live in or rely on the leaf layer to find food or...
Please take a moment to read this wonderful article that Barb Keer has written about Go Green Wilmette's Alternative Yard for Splash Magazines
Most of us love our local wildlife and are excited to see deer, coyotes or fox near our homes. The internet has abundant videos of adorable looking wild animals enjoying suburban back yards but it is important to remember that feeding wild animals – no matter how...
You can have an attractive lawn without the use of chemicals, and there are many reasons to choose to use chemical free lawn care. Children are much more at risk for any potential health effects due to chemicals. Their bodies are still developing so they can be more...
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