Saturday, February 22, 2025 – 8:00 a.m.–3:45 p.m.
McHenry County College
Luecht Conference Center
8900 US Hwy 14, Crystal Lake, IL
2025 Natural Landscaping Seminar
McHenry County College
Online registration is open now through February 17, 2025
Online or Mail-in Received before Feb 17: $45, At the Door: $50
Mark your calendars ~ Our annual Natural Landscaping Seminar is February 22, 2025!
The Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee presents our 31st Natural Landscaping Seminar, “The Best is Yet to Come”.
If you would like to observe Covid protocols, there will be a section where masks and distancing are required.
Schedule of Events:
8:00-8:30 Registration & Coffee
8:30-8:40 Welcome
8:40-10:10
“The Urban Ecology of Coyotes”
Negin Almassi
Resource Management Training Specialist
Forest Preserves of Cook County
10:10-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00
“The Pollinator Victory Garden”
Kim Eierman
Ecological Landscape Designer, Environmental Horticulturist, Founder of EcoBeneficial LLC and
Author of The Pollinator Victory Garden
12:00-1:00 Lunch & Exhibits (Buffet Lunch Included With Your Registration. Sorry but we cannot accommodate special lunch requests.)
1:00-2:30
“The History of Fire and Vegetation in Illinois”
Dr. Greg Spyreas
Research Scientist
Illinois Natural History Survey
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45
“Forty Years of Conservation in McHenry County”
Where we have been, where we are, where we are going and why the best is yet to come.
Ed Collins
Retired Director of Land Preservation & Natural Resources
McHenry County Conservation District
We will also have exhibits for natural gardening services, products, garden art and books.
(Wish to exhibit? See our Vendor Guide for details. You may also complete the Vendor Registration online.)
