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Families Celebrate Spring at Chalet’s Garden Faire Chalet’s Garden Faire, May 1-2, 2010, features several lectures and how-to demos on an array of gardening and garden design topics. |
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Families Celebrate Spring at Chalet’s Garden Faire Young boy waters his spring plant that he just potted up at the Chalet Garden Faire to take home. |
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Families Celebrate Spring at Chalet’s Garden Faire
Bring the kids for face painting and other activities at the Chalet Garden Faire, May 1-2, 2010. |
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Families Celebrate Spring at Chalet’s Garden Faire
Learn how to cook with fresh produce from your garden with chef Dave Esau at the Chalet Garden Faire, May 1-2, 2010. |
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Families Celebrate Spring at Chalet’s Garden Faire
Pick up a unique bird house for Mom’s garden this Mother’s Day at the Chalet Garden Faire, May 1-2, 2010. |
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Families Celebrate Spring at Chalet’s Garden Faire
Pick up spring annuals and perennials for 20 percent off at the Chalet Garden Faire, May 1-2, 2010. |
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Families Celebrate Spring at Chalet’s Garden Faire
Pick up spring annuals and perennials for 20 percent off at the Chalet Garden Faire, May 1-2, 2010. |
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Families Celebrate Spring at Chalet’s Garden Faire
Pick up spring annuals and perennials for 20 percent off at the Chalet Garden Faire, May 1-2, 2010. |
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10 Reasons Why Houseplants Make You a Healthier Person Research confirms the real emotional and physical benefits of having plants in the home or workplace. Tony Fulmer, horticulrturalist and retail manager at Chalet, Wilmette, Ill., gives 10 reasons why houseplants can make you and your family healthier in 2010. 10 Secrets to Thriving, Beautiful Houseplants |
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10 Reasons Why Houseplants Make You a Healthier Person Research confirms the real emotional and physical benefits of having plants in the home or workplace. Tony Fulmer, horticulrturalist and retail manager at Chalet, Wilmette, Ill., gives 10 reasons why houseplants can make you and your family healthier in 2010. 10 Secrets to Thriving, Beautiful Houseplants |
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10 Reasons Why Houseplants Make You a Healthier Person Research confirms the real emotional and physical benefits of having plants in the home or workplace. Tony Fulmer, horticulrturalist and retail manager at Chalet, Wilmette, Ill., gives 10 reasons why houseplants can make you and your family healthier in 2010. 10 Secrets to Thriving, Beautiful Houseplants |
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10 Reasons Why Houseplants Make You a Healthier Person Research confirms the real emotional and physical benefits of having plants in the home or workplace. Tony Fulmer, horticulrturalist and retail manager at Chalet, Wilmette, Ill., gives 10 reasons why houseplants can make you and your family healthier in 2010. 10 Secrets to Thriving, Beautiful Houseplants |
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Chalet Receives PLANET Awards Robert Milani (center), Chalet senior landscape architect, accepts the PLANET (Professional Landcare Network) Judges Award from Dave Snodgrass (left), PLANET president-elect, and Bill Hildebolt, current PLANET president. Chalet’s Landscape Division received the top award for residential design/construction at PLANET’s Awards Reception on Friday, Oct. 30 at the Green Industry Conference in Louisville, Ky. Photo credit: Philippe Nobile Photography |
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Mike Weber joins Chalet’s Garden Shop as Manager Mike Weber has over 20 years retail experience, most recently as visual merchandising manager for the Container Store in Chicago, Ill. Prior to that, he was store manager for Bed Bath & Beyond and Hobby Lobby, and a district manager for Frank’s Nursery and Crafts - all in the Chicago area. Throughout high school and college, he worked for a nursery and took horticultural management and floral design classes. |
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Gloria Reese joins Chalet’s Garden Shop as Asst. Manager Gloria Reese has been serving Chalet customers in the nursery’s annuals section for the past two seasons. She has 25 years experience as an external sales representative of specialty products, a retail consultant and a manager for Marshall Fields. As a member of Fields’ management team for more than 9 years, she was instrumental in starting the Woodfield store’s Christmas Shop and the West Dundee store’s Gourmet Food Shop. |
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Chalet Receives PLANET Awards - Lake Forest Residence Chalet’s Landscape Division has received a Grand and a Merit Environmental Improvement Award from PLANET (Professional Landcare Network) for its residential landscape design/construction of homes in Lake Forest, Ill., and Wilmette, Ill. Chalet’s Grand award winner in Lake Forest is a formal, structured and manicured landscape reflecting the beauty, elegance and permanence of a period Italianesque villa. Beyond the front entryway, garden visitors are greeted by a three-tiered, limestone fountain surrounded by a large semicircular pergola with hand-carved limestone columns and a sunken garden. |
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Chalet Receives PLANET Awards - Lake Forest Residence Chalet’s Landscape Division has received a Grand and a Merit Environmental Improvement Award from PLANET (Professional Landcare Network) for its residential landscape design/construction of homes in Lake Forest, Ill., and Wilmette, Ill. Chalet’s Grand award winner in Lake Forest is a formal, structured and manicured landscape reflecting the beauty, elegance and permanence of a period Italianesque villa. Beyond the front entryway, garden visitors are greeted by a three-tiered, limestone fountain surrounded by a large semicircular pergola with hand-carved limestone columns and a sunken garden. |
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Chalet Receives PLANET Awards - Wilmette Residence Chalet’s Landscape Division has received a Grand and a Merit Environmental Improvement Award from PLANET (Professional Landcare Network) for its residential landscape design/construction of homes in Lake Forest, Ill., and Wilmette, Ill. Chalet’s Merit Award winner is a stately English Tudor in Wilmette, complemented by a formal, manicured and symmetrical garden. Dense yew and green Velvet boxwood hedges line the front foundation and are meticulously trimmed while ‘Tina’ crabapples flank the front entry, left natural to contrast with the structured landscape. As visitors travel down a bluestone walk from the brick driveway to the pool area, a diverse and colorful array of Daphne, rhododendron, viburnum and astilbe catch the eye. |
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Chalet Receives PLANET Awards - Wilmette Residence Chalet’s Landscape Division has received a Grand and a Merit Environmental Improvement Award from PLANET (Professional Landcare Network) for its residential landscape design/construction of homes in Lake Forest, Ill., and Wilmette, Ill. Chalet’s Merit Award winner is a stately English Tudor in Wilmette, complemented by a formal, manicured and symmetrical garden. Dense yew and green Velvet boxwood hedges line the front foundation and are meticulously trimmed while ‘Tina’ crabapples flank the front entry, left natural to contrast with the structured landscape. As visitors travel down a bluestone walk from the brick driveway to the pool area, a diverse and colorful array of Daphne, rhododendron, viburnum and astilbe catch the eye. |
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Chalet Receives PLANET Awards - Wilmette Residence Chalet’s Landscape Division has received a Grand and a Merit Environmental Improvement Award from PLANET (Professional Landcare Network) for its residential landscape design/construction of homes in Lake Forest, Ill., and Wilmette, Ill. Chalet’s Merit Award winner is a stately English Tudor in Wilmette, complemented by a formal, manicured and symmetrical garden. Dense yew and green Velvet boxwood hedges line the front foundation and are meticulously trimmed while ‘Tina’ crabapples flank the front entry, left natural to contrast with the structured landscape. As visitors travel down a bluestone walk from the brick driveway to the pool area, a diverse and colorful array of Daphne, rhododendron, viburnum and astilbe catch the eye. |
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Creating Big Impact in Small Garden Spaces Beautiful gardens are achievable no matter the size. Indeed, smart design of intimate spaces often provides an experience unattainable on a larger scale. Three elements – structure, balance and detail – are vital when designing for small gardens. |
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Creating Big Impact in Small Garden Spaces Beautiful gardens are achievable no matter the size. Indeed, smart design of intimate spaces often provides an experience unattainable on a larger scale. Three elements – structure, balance and detail – are vital when designing for small gardens. |
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“Most Fashion Forward” Winners in 2008 Kathleen Kaiser, Evanston, Ill., and Little Audrey were winners of the “Most Fashion Forward” award at Chalet’s 2008 Howl-o-Ween Parade. The 2009 parade will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Chalet parking lot at 3132 Lake Ave., Wilmette. Visit www.chaletnursery.com for registration information. |
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Invincibelle Spirit Be one of only 25 people in the Midwest this year to own INVINCIBELLETM ‘Spirit’ - the Midwest’s first and only pink ‘Annabelle’-type hydrangea. Twenty-five of these plants, wwhich are not available to the public until 2010, will be raffled at the Chalet Garden Faire, May 2-3, in Wilmette, Ill. The plant has all the winning characteristics of the white variety, including being easy to grow, reliable, heat tolerant and hardy, but with masses of lacy pink mop heads that re-bloom from summer to fall. Raffle tickets are $5 each, with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. |
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Woman Shopping Bring your family to Chalet’s free annual Garden Faire in celebration of Mother’s Day and the spring season on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3. Get your gardening tools sharpened and garden soil tested, learn about trees and shrubs, and peruse the aisles for gift arrangements and themed gift baskets for Mother’s Day and other spring occasions. Take advantage of 20 percent discounts on gardening products, planters, plants and much more. |
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Arrangements Verdi Berry Orchids Beautiful orchid arrangements by Chalet’s floral designer Gayle Smith are available during “Romance in the Keys,” Chalet’s Valentine’s Day Celebration on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 6-7 and 13-14. Make it a girls’ day out or bring your beau for shopping and educational events with a Florida Keys theme. |
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Orchids in Chalet Glasshouse Chalet Glasshouse Manager William Garratt shows off a wide array of orchids for sale during “Romance in the Keys,” Chalet’s Valentine’s Day Celebration on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 6-7 and 13-14. Enjoy 20 percent off orchids (excluding arrangements) on Feb. 14, while supplies last. Create a beautiful Valentine’s Day gift for a loved one (or yourself) at fee-based Tropical Orchid Container Workshops or learn about the best types of orchids for the home during a free lecture by Hermann Pigors of Oak Hill Gardens, Dundee, Ill. |
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Container in metal basket close-up Chalet Horticulture Information Specialist Jennifer Brennan leads a fun Instant Gratification Spring Container Workshop on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28 at Chalet, 3121 Lake Ave., Wilmette. The “instant gratification” comes from spring annuals and forced bulbs that dress up the top of the lily pot. Get two seasons of enjoyment from the beautiful spring display of pansies, daffodils, hyacinths, Johnny jump-ups and ivy while lilies are rooting. Workshop times are 10 am to 11:30 am. The fee for each workshop is $54.99 plus tax. Registration and prepayment is required. To register, call 847-256-0561, ext. 230 or ext. 225. |
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Sunflower Display Children are invited to browse a wide selection of children’s gardening books and tools, and participate in other TV Tune Out Week activities at Chalet on March 3 and 4. The garden center is located at3132 Lake Ave. in Wilmette, Ill. For more information, visit www.chaletnursery.com. |
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Add sex appeal to home’s curb appeal Patio space with plenty of room for seating can help improve your house’s value in a tough residential resale market, says Kevin Marko of Chalet in Wilmette, Ill. (Photo courtesy Chalet) |
