Scheduled Programs & Events

Upcoming Scheduled Events and Programs 2024

See our Program List where you can request a program or view the entire list of available programs.

Registration for PROGRAMS WITH COMMUNITY EDUCATION FOR both District 128 and 214 reopen seasonally and include programs through the end of the season. You do not have to live in the District to attend any of the offerings. Check the School district for the final word on in-person classes.

You can register for District 214 (Arlington Heights, Wheeling, Rolling Meadows and Elk Grove Village) using the link: Community Education District 214

Events

ONGOING EVENT - Farmer's Market in Lombard, IL 3 to 7 PM Beginning May 21, 2024 and continuing through October 15, 2024

Downtown Lombard at the corner of St. Charles and Park Ave.

 We will introduce our newest products here each month!  

Garden Gait - Lisle Women's Club - Sunday June 9, 9 AM to 4 PM

Arlington Hts Garden Walk, Arlington Hts Garden Club - Sunday June 23 - 9 am to 4 PM

Christmas in July Craft Event - Saturday July 27 - Spring Brook Nature Center, Itasca - 10 AM to 4 PM

Programs          (Click the blue links to register with the venue)  

PROGRAMS are emerging both in-person and online via Zoom.  Check regularly to see if any of the scheduled programs change from in-person to online and visa versa.

Dist 214 CommED (located in Arlington Hts, Rolling Meadows, Wheeling, and Mt. Prospect - You do not have to be a resident to register, just search under my name Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh to find classes.)

ZOOM Programs -

These are on several different dates with several different organizations, but you can sign up and join me from the comfort of your own home, no matter where you live!

May 2024

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - Canning Basics Dist 214 Community ED (Rolling Meadows High School) 7PM

Monday May 6, 2024 - Language of Flowers - LaGrange Garden Club, 12:45 PM

Tuesday May 14, 2024 - SPECIAL TEA EVENT, Mt Prospect Garden Club 11 AM

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - Unusual, Exotic and Medicinal Herbs  Dist 214 Community Ed (Rolling Meadows High School) 7 PM

May 16, 2024 - Making Herb Jelly - Dist 214 Community Ed (Rolling Meadows High School) 7 PM

May 20, 2024 - Native America Herbways - Suburban Garden Club, Indian Head Park 7 PM

May 23, 2024 - Edible Flowers - West Chicago Garden Club, 7:00 PM (St Andrews Lutheran Church)

June 2024

Saturday, June 1, 2024 - Native Tea Making Garden Walk - (SEE PAGE 46 - Glen Ellyn Park District 10 to 11:30 AM

Sunday June 2, 2024 - Creating Your Own Herbal Tea - Wauconda Public Library 1:30 PM

Thursday, June 12 - Herbal Cocktails and Mocktails - Morton Arboretum (Grand Garden!) 7 to 8:30 PM This special program will sample several real alcohol cocktails as well as a few mocktails on the ground of the Morton Arboretum.

Monday June 17, 2024 - Summer Mocktails, Villa Park Public Library, 6:30 PM

Tuesday June 18, 2024 - Blending Herbs - White Oak Library District, Lockport Branch, 6:30 PM

Wednesday June 19, 2024 - Green Cleaning with Herbs, Downers Grove Garden Club, 7 PM

Thursday June 20, 2024 - Summer Mocktails, Winfield Public Library, 7 PM

Monday June 24, 2024 - Making Gifts with herbs - Brookdale Senior Living, 2 PM

Monday, June 24, 2024 - Gifts with Herbs, Summer Edition - Harper College Community ED, 6:30 PM

Thursday, June 27, 2024 - Charcuterie for Beginners - Harper College Community ED, 6:30 PM

July 2024

July 11, 2024 - Flavor Bombs & Compound Butters, Lombard Historical Society 7 PM

July 15, 2024 - Fun with Herbs/ Herbology 101, Villa Park Public Library, 7 PM

July 24, 2024 - Crafting Herbal Gifts, summer edition, Green Hills Library, Palos Hills, 6 PM

July 25, 2025 - Decorating with Herbs, Glenside Library, Glendale Hts, 7 PM

August 2024

Wednesday August 7, 2024 - Summer Mocktails, LaGrange Public Library, 7 PM

Wednesday August 14, 2024 - Summer Mocktails, Warrenville Public Library, 6:30 PM

Friday, August 16, 2024 - Blending Herbs, Elgin Garden Club, 9:30 AM

Wednesday August 21, 2024 - History of Board Games, Cary Area Library, 6:30 PM

Thursday August 22, 2024 - Summer Mocktails, Berwyn Public Library, 5:30 PM