The Lombard Garden Club provides habitats for our endangered pollinators. The
Lilacia
Park
Butterfly Garden and the Sheldon Peck Homestead Garden are full of
pollinator-friendly
plants. Both gardens have received prestigious local and National
awards.
We encourage our members to plant milkweed and native plants to promote
pollinator
breeding
and feeding in Illinois. We have worked with the Milkweed for Monarchs initiative. The
club
partners with the DuPage Monarch Project and is participating in the Monarch Joint
Venture.
Recycling conserves energy, reduces air and water pollution, reduces
greenhouse
gases, and
conserves our natural resources. The Lombard Garden Club is committed to
doing
our best to
keep pollutants out of our local environment.
The Conservation and Environment Committee helps our members to recycle
styrofoam,
batteries, junk mail, books, and used garden pots. We have partnered with
Scarce, a local
environmental organization to try to keep hard-to-recycle items out of
landfills
and our
groundwater. We’ve donated school supplies that are made available to
teachers,
and schools
by Scarce, as well.
As our recycling efforts continue each month, bag upon bag of waste is
dispersed
to various
recycling centers in our area, helping to keep the recyclables out of our
garbage and
landfill system. The entire Lombard Garden Club endorses and participates in
this endeavor.
Greenhouse gases produced by meat production and its transportation inspired the Lombard Garden Club to encourage our members to eat meatless meals one or more times per week. To promote healthy vegetarian eating, the Conservation and Environment Committee has created a cookbook. Eat the Rainbow: Garden-Fresh Recipes Cookbook is full of delicious recipes that use the bountiful harvests from our vegetable gardens and farmers’ markets.
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