Go native in your garden with Fall Tree and Shrub Sale; online ordering begins Aug. 1

Discover the ideal indigenous tree or shrub for your lawn by searching the DuPage Forest Preserve District’s Fall Indigenous Tree and Shrub Sale.

On the internet buying commences Monday, Aug. 1.

Gardeners have to purchase trees and shrubs in progress they will not be equipped to shop at St. James Farm.

Orders will be crammed on a to start with-appear, very first-served basis while materials past and are topic to nursery availability.

Trees and shrubs can be picked up Friday, Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon at St. James Farm in Warrenville.

The sale will aspect 41 distinctive species of native trees and shrubs all grown regionally from seed within just 100 miles of DuPage County. A list of plants for sale can be located at dupageforest.org/fall-tree-shrub-sale.

Fall is the very best time to plant indigenous trees and shrubs. It presents them an extra growing period in advance of the strain of summertime, and there is certainly no have to have to fret about younger natives trees surviving winter season since they go dormant — the plant equal of hibernation.

Native trees and shrubs are fantastic garden additions because they are superior equipped to manage Illinois weather conditions circumstances and really don’t need fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides or watering the moment founded.

They present higher soil security and food items and habitat for indigenous wildlife, including pollinators. Indigenous oaks are especially critical for the reason that they are a keystone species, which means quite a few other crops and animals depend on them for food items and shelter.

All proceeds from the Slide Tree and Shrub Sale go to help academic programming at the Forest Maintain District.

The Forest Protect District of DuPage County has been connecting people to character for far more than 100 a long time.

Much more than 6.2 million people stop by its 60-as well as forest preserves, 166 miles of trails, six education facilities and scores of systems just about every yr.

For facts, simply call (630) 933-7200 or check out dupageforest.org, exactly where you can also url to the district’s e-newsletter, weblog, Fb, Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok internet pages.