Category Archives: Green Zone

Lake County Master Gardeners Offer "The Art of Growing Food" Webinar
Region residents are invited to a special gardening webinar on growing food. The Lake County Master Gardeners says the free webinar called "The Art of Growing Food" is presented by kitchen garden desi...
Laura Waluszko Mar 05, 2025

Nonprofits Can Sign Up for 'Reuse Fair' at NWI Earth Day Celebration
The Recycling and Waste Reduction District of Porter County is inviting organizations and non-profits to the Northwest Indiana Earth Day Reuse Fair. It's meant to keep items out of landfills by encour...
Laura Waluszko Mar 04, 2025

Plastic Reduction Alliance of NWI Hosts Symposium on Reducing Waste
In Valparaiso, local leaders, educators, and environmental advocates will gather to discuss strategies for reducing plastic waste at a symposium Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 5:30 pm to pm at Val...
Laura Waluszko Feb 17, 2025

Helping Trees and Plants Survive a Heat Wave
Here are some tips provided by The Morton Arboretum's Plant Clinic to help trees and garden plants survive waves of heat in the 90s and above. 1. Make sure plants have enough water. Water is necessary...
Laura Waluszko Aug 27, 2024

Shirley Heinze Land Trust Spring Benefit Fundraiser, 'Branching into New Waters'
Shirley Heinze Land Trust announces its 2024 Spring Benefit Fundraiser, 'Branching into New Waters'. "Did you know that if you took just the named waterways in the northern six counties of Nort...
Laura Waluszko Mar 14, 2024

Protecting Pollinators in Late Winter and Early Spring
With more and more sunlight and warmer temperatures Region residents may get the urge to start cleaning up yards and gardens, but experts urge everyone to please wait. Save the Dunes says it is extrem...
Laura Waluszko Feb 23, 2024

Shirley Heinze Land Trust Acquires First Parcel of Land Along Deep River
In Lake County, Shirley Heinze Land Trust says it has acquired its first parcel of land along Deep River, 23 acres in New Chicago purchased from the American Legion. The nonprofit said funding came fr...
Laura Waluszko Dec 27, 2023

Winter Solstice Hike at Indiana Dunes National Park
In Porter County, a Winter Solstice hike is planned for the late afternoon hours of Thursday December 21, 2023. Region residents are invited to join a ranger on the Indiana Dunes National Park's Dune ...
Laura Waluszko Dec 21, 2023

Monarch Highway Bridge Art Going Up In Iowa
The first of these bridges is set to open this week on County Road F-22 (126th Avenue) over I-35 near Elkhart in Central Iowa. The other six will be built over the next six or seven years.
Laura Waluszko Dec 20, 2023

Manatee Feeding Program to End In East Central Florida
In Florida, wildlife officials say an annual manatee feeding program will not take place in Brevard County this winter as they are noticing improvements in a specific lagoon. Teams have been giving ou...
Laura Waluszko Dec 12, 2023





