Member Yard Tour in Warrenville
Public Welcome Free Event Home/Private Garden Tour
Address: 3S124 Pattermann Rd., Warrenville, IL
When our hosts moved to their 0.8-acre lot in 2000, it was overrun with canary grass, buckthorn, honeysuckle, and garlic mustard. They spent years pulling weeds and planting native bushes, trees, and perennials. What truly made a difference were the seeds from the Wild Ones Seed Exchange and the treasures discovered through plant rescues.
Today, they’re seeing the fruits of their labor in the different ecosystems they are trying to restore: wetland, woodland, and prairie. There are new challenges ahead as they learn how to combat new invasives, fight off beavers, and keep pulling weeds and sowing seeds.
For those Wild Ones members who visited a few years ago, they hope you’ll enjoy seeing how far the landscape has come. They also hope to get advice from our wild visitors on how to improve their ecosystems.
Click here for photos of some of the beautiful native plants growing in this yard.