The West Chicago Garden Club

The West Chicago Garden Club has returned to monthly, in person, meetings. Our February 24th meeting will feature speaker Denise Sandoval, an award-winning landscape designer and owner of Good Natured Landscaping. She has over 20 years of experience with native plants. We open the doors at 6:45, have a short business meeting at 7:00 and the speaker begins by 7:15pm. Our location is at St. Andrew Lutheran Church at the corner of Prince Crossing Rd and Geneva Rd, West Chicago.

In her program, “Gardening with Native Plants Through the Seasons,” Sandoval will take us through the seasons as we discover plants that are great for wildlife, grow well, and are beautiful in the garden, including small-medium landscapes. She will also share design tips for these plants.

The West Chicago Garden Club is open to anyone who enjoys gardening, from beginners to masters. Our members come from throughout the Western suburbs. Visitors are welcome to come to our meetings. At this time, masks are required at our meetings.

Our next meeting will be January 27, 2022 at St Andrew Lutheran Church (NE Corner of Prince Crossing & Geneva Road.) at 7:00 PM.  Guest are welcome to come and learn about our club.

Heather Prince has been a part of the green industry for more than 20 years, including experience at The Morton Arboretum, Chicago Botanic Garden, The Growing Place, The Pizzo Group, Wannemaker’s Home & Garden, and the American Horticultural Society. She is a professional garden writer and trained horticulturist specializing in
trees, shrubs and natives with a passion for connecting people with plants.

In her program, “Shady Characters: Nifty Plants for Shady Sites,” Heather Prince will explore the colors and textures of shade loving plants as we look at varieties and species for dry shade, moist shade, part shade, and dense shade.

We are planning to hold the January meeting in person as usual this month.  Masks will be required for this meeting and we will not be serving refreshments before the meeting in order to encourage everyone to keep their masks on.

Our October meeting is MEMBERS ONLY, No Guests!

Our October meeting on the 28th will be our ever fun “BULB BINGO” event!  As always our bulb bingo expert, Pauline, has ordered bulbs for our games and everyone that participates will go home with at least two prizes!   If you’re anything like me, you will be surprised when in the spring all of a sudden something new is popping out of the ground and I think to myself….”what is that?” and then I remember….”oh, it’s those beautiful bulbs that I won last year at my wonderful West Chicago Garden Club!

See you on the 28th, please come on time as we will have Mike from the park district speak first and Dan will have a short presentation and promptly start our bingo games.  Bring your own refreshments (coffee, soda or water and anything else that you want to snack on)