Chalet Pop-Up Boutique at Open Lands event

Chalet, a North Shore lifestyle destination for landscape services and nature-inspired retail for 101 years, presents a pop-up boutique at Lake Forest Open Lands. The first retail event outside Chalet’s Wilmette, Ill. location is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Middlefork Farm Nature Preserve, 1401 Middlefork Drive, Lake Forest, Ill., and coincides with Lake Forest Open Lands’ community volunteer workday.

The collaboration is the first step in a newly formed strategic partnership between Chalet and Lake Forest Open Lands. The celebrated brands are part of the North Shore’s fabric, with the common goal of honoring nature and bringing it to people’s lives.

Chalet’s pop-up boutique offers the same curated collection as its Wilmette location. Shoppers will find a beautiful selection of fall products, including plants grown on the Chalet Farm, one-of-a-kind home décor items and fall garden care essentials. Bring the family, including pets, as the pop-up boutique will also feature healthy pet living assortments. Chalet is offering an exclusive discount to celebrate the first pop-up boutique. You can also meet Chalet’s landscape architects and horticulture experts, who will provide suggestions for planning and maintaining your garden, as well as specific guidelines for plants, shrubs and trees.

For more than 50 years, Lake Forest Open Lands has led conservation efforts and environmental education programming in Lake Forest, Lake Bluff and surrounding communities. Lake Forest Open Lands’ monthly workdays provide a hands-on opportunity for the public to learn land restoration best-practices from skilled ecologists.

Held rain or shine, volunteer workdays are free and open to the public. Volunteers will help clear brush and prepare the grounds for Open Lands’ Bagpipes & Bonfire public event on Sunday, Sept. 30. Refreshments will be served. Registration is required.

To register, send an email to events@lfola.org or call 847-234-3880, extension 17. For information about Chalet, call 847-256-0561 or visit www.ChaletNursery.com.