Below are photos taken from garden tours hosted by the Greater DuPage Wild Ones.
2021 Wilcox Yard Tour
You will find lots of Royal Catchfly sprinkled throughout the prairie (these are the beautiful red flowers)
Blazing Star (these are the purple flowers in the front right) and Culvers Root (these are the white flowers in the back right)
Here you can see Bee Balm (these are the pink flowers in the middle to left front)
You can see the tall yellow Compass Plants towards the back
You can see the white Rattlesnake Master in the front right
Another picture of the beautiful prairie
Wild Ones Members in the Prairie
Wilcox Brothers, Dave and Dan
Large Compost Pile
2021 Spring Flower Walk At Pat Armstrong’s
Welcome Table in Driveway
View of prairie roof
Closeup of prairie roof
Beautiful Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Prairie near creek
Pretty native plants along side of house
Another pretty view of spring native plants along side of house
View of trees, wildflowers, and prairie roof
Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum)
Celandine Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) and Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginiana)
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
Largeflower Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
May Apple (Podophyllum peltatum) and Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginiana)
Prairie Trillium (Trillium recurvatum)
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginiana) and May Apple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginiana) and Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Wood Betony (Pedicularis canadensis)
Sue, Joe, Edmund, Pat, and Kathy
Becky, Sue, and Roger
2020 LeCroy Garden Tour
Bee houses
Beth Florence and friend
Check-in table
Diane and Jim Lecroy
Dolores Soustek and Marion Martin
Elderberry and Culver's Root
Entry to pond and monarch butterfly nursery
Entry to pond and monarch butterfly nursery
Front prairie
Front Rain Garden
Front Rain Garden
Hummingbird moth
Jeff and Bonnie Gahris. Jeff Gahris is running for DuPage County Forest Preserve Commisioner for District 4.
Monarch butterfly nursery
Nancy Olson and family
Observing the LeCroy's front rain garden
Observing the LeCroy's trees and shrubs
Pagoda dogwood and paw paw trees
Pat Armstrong
Pat Clancy
Pat Clancy and Jeanette Goodlow
Pat Clancy looking for plant tag
Pat Srmstrong's business
Pipevine - host for Pipevine Swallowtail
Pond
Pond
Pond
Potted plants, antiques, and monarch butterfly nursery
Potted plants, antiques, and monarch butterfly nursery
Prairie
Prairie
Prairie
Prairie and bee houses
Rain barrel
Rain delay
Redbud and front prairie
Rich and Liz Whitney
Side rain garden
Larger side rain garden
Signage
Social distancing
Steve guiding visitors through prairie
Sue Lecroy and Iggy
Sue Lecroy and Wendy Vernon
Tiki bar
Back view of tiki hut
Turtle Crossing
Vegetable garden and compost bin
Wendy and Roger Vernon
Previous Years
Lecroy Yard - Cage for Rearing Monarch Butterflies
Lecroy Yard - Pond and Garden
LeCroy Yard - Water Feature
LeCroy Yard - Water Garden
LeCroy Yard Tour
Wilcox Yard
Wilcox Yard
Wilcox Yard
Wilcox Yard
Wilcox Yard
Virginia Umberger's Yard
Ray and Martha Bright Yard
Naperville North Memorial Native Prairie
Lori and Mike Fahle, Stewards of the NNHS Prairie