Saturday, May 11 is Buy-A-Plant day in HF!

• Kate Duff
• May 4, 2013

Start your gardens and support local businesses and non-profits. It's all happening on Saturday, May 11!

Arts & Entertainment

Coming Up: Second Annual Southland Community Garden Walk

• Kate Duff
• May 26, 2012

The second annual Southland Community Garden Walk will be presented by the National Council of Jewish Women, South Cook Section, on Sunday June 24.

Hobbies

Amelanchier On the Way! O Happy Spring.

• Kate Duff
• Mar 22, 2012

In which Kate waxes rhapsodic about serviceberries, with a grateful tip of the hat to the Village's TreeShare program

Where do you get your seeds?

• Kate Duff
• Feb 18, 2012

Some choices for unusual, heritage, or native plants.

Food

Adventures in the Cottage Food Industry

• Kate Duff
• Feb 7, 2012

... or, Kate goes back to school.

Patch's House & Home

Shady Business

• Kate Duff
• Aug 4, 2011

The evolution of local gardener Audrey Weidman's shady sanctuary.

Environment

Keep Homewood Cool: Plant a Tree

• Kate Duff
• Jul 25, 2011

How the Village and a group of dedicated volunteers makes it easy for you to help preserve Homewood's arboreal heritage.

Environment

Fuel for Thought

• Kate Duff
• Jun 30, 2011

Local students make a plant-based fuel that could reduce carbon emissions by 80%.

The Godmother's Way

• Kate Duff
• Jun 13, 2011

With a little help and a sprinkling of Prairie Dust, your garden can help save the planet.

Hobbies

Friends or Foes? The Plants You Pull.

• Kate Duff
• Jun 3, 2011

Kate exposes the dark side of Homewood Kitchen Gardens.