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🐝🍿 Movie in the Garden 🍿🐝
Join us for a movie night in the garden to watch the PBS Nature film, My Garden of a Thousand Bees, and experience bees like you never have before! This film follows acclaimed wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn, who, locked down by coronavirus, turns his lenses on the surprising and spectacular bees living in his own urban garden in Bristol, England. Watch the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y0ji0FIBa0.
This event will take place after our Wednesday, May 1st worknight in the garden. Feel free to come and spend some time in the garden first or just come for the movie. We will put out food and have some social time starting around 7:00 pm, and the movie will begin at dusk, which should be a few minutes before 8:00 pm. The run time of the movie is slightly less than an hour.
We will provide dinner for everyone attending. If you would like to bring a vegetarian dish or snack to share, that would be great, but it is not required. Please be aware that the location of this event is a vegetarian/intoxicant-free campus. Seating is limited, so you may want to bring your own folding chairs as well.
In case of rain, we will reschedule our event to Wednesday, May 8th at the same time. Please email Wendy at wendyv@sustaindupage.com if you have any questions.
Native Plants: Ethobotany and Landscaping
Our series of workshops led by Pat Armstrong continues on May 12, where you can learn about the significance of our Spring Native Plants to indigenous peoples for sustenance, medicine, spirituality, and landscaping. Visit our Eventbrite page to learn more and purchase tickets ($27 for members, $30 for non-members).
5/4 9AM-1PM Growin' Green Garden Market This annual SCARCE event in Addison features eco friendly garden supplies and advice, organic compost, native plants, crafts, music, kids activities, gardening books and local eco vendors. Be sure to stop by the Sustain DuPage tent to say hello! Click here for details.
5/11 9AM-12PM Green Garden Fair You can buy native plants as well as organically grown vegetable and herb seedlings at this annual Elmhurst event. Other features are garden tool sharpening, a Master Gardener Help Desk and so much more. Be sure to stop by the Sustain DuPage table to say hello! Click here for details.
Seed Cache
Seed & Seedling Share in Wheaton on 5/18: Join us at our free Seedling and Seed Share! This event is mainly about plants - as folks start seeds indoors for their garden, we inevitably have extras, and that’s where the SeedLING sharing comes in! Click here for details.
One Seed, One Community 2024 - Amish Snap Peas: By now your peas are starting to grow and vine; it won't be long before you are enjoying the fruits of your labor! The third instructional email went out on 4/25 (harvesting, storing and saving seed). If you have any questions, contact Betty Amore. And if you haven't done so already, save the date September 22nd to attend our Seed Savin' Social in the Sustain DuPage Garden.
Leadership Meeting- 6:30PM- 8:00 PM. Active Members are allowed to attend and observe via Zoom. Please contact info@sustaindupage.com for the link and details
5/10
Sustain DuPage presents a workshop on edible weeds in the garden for Rising Lights (private event)
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