Hansberry Garden Expands Outreach with Four Public Workshops

Hansberry Garden and Nature Center is extending its public outreach program this season with a series of four workshops. The workshops, all free and open to the public, cover topics of particular interest to urban gardeners — but also to those who are interested in the safety and quality of the produce they eat.

Photo of Aquilegia vulgaris by Peter Rühr from Wikimedia Commons.

Why Buy Native Plants?

Native plants in your little back yard, surrounded by alleys, sidewalks, and cars, are vital fuel-supply lines to the larger natural world. Your native plants will help bolster insects that pollinate our crops, which will fuel birds, which will migrate to wild areas or farmlands, which will fuel everyone from house cats to bobcats and more.

New Locks for the Garden

The HGNC board has decided to purchase new locks for both the garden gate and the tool shed at the beginning of […]