Events

Please join us for the free, virtual presentation, "My Favorite Native Shrubs," with Adrian Fisher, West Cook Wild Ones board member extraordinaire on Sunday, September 21, 2025 from 2:30-4:00 pm.

Shrubs are the unsung heroes of the native plant landscape, since they can add beauty, structure and privacy, as well as habitat for numerous wild creatures. Yet many people’s yards and gardens either lack these wonderful plants, or the existing shrubs might be non-native and possibly invasive. In this talk we will explore the wonderful world of native shrubs, what’s so great about them, and ways to use them when landscaping.

Presenter Bio:

Adrian Ayres Fisher educates about and advocates for native-plant gardening, natural area restoration, and biodiversity. She has been enthusiastically gardening with native plants for over thirty years, and is a long-standing board member of West Cook Wild Ones, in Chicago’s near-west suburbs, where she is co-chair of programs and advocacy. She also serves as volunteer site steward of the 75-acre National Grove Woods Forest Preserve in Riverside, Illinois, where she manages volunteer restoration projects.  Formerly she was a sustainability coordinator at a community college.