The West Chicago Garden Club

May 17, 2014 will be our 16 annual plant sale held in conjunction with the West Chicago Blooming Fest. Every year we feature perennials that come from our member’s gardens so they are totally acclimated to our unique northern Illinois climate conditions.

We will also offer a wide variety of ground covers, selected shrubs and some special trees such as the Pagoda Dogwood.

Many of our members start vegetable plants from seed every year and these are offered at really great prices at the Plant Sale.

Come to our sale to get great plants at reasonable prices and have a chance to discuss your gardening needs with our members.

The West Chicago Garden Club announces its 14th annual plant sale on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The sale is held in conjunction with the City of West Chicago Blooming Fest, an annual garden festival, in downtown West Chicago.  The only fundraiser sponsored by the club, the sale also provides a way for members to share their plants and their love of plants with the greater West Chicago community.  The offerings are a combination of annual flowers and vegetables, perennials, and woody plants, most of which come from members’ gardens.

The club works throughout the winter and early spring to collect pots and plants from members.  In addition to members digging their own plants in March, the Digging Squad visits members’ gardens to aid in getting plants out of the ground and to the potting site.  The club is grateful to the West Chicago Park District for the use of space and materials at Manville Oaks Park for storing pots, soil, and plants.  Over a period of 4 weeks in April, members also gather at this site for Potting Parties to lovingly pot up each plant, ensuring the plants are well established prior to the sale.  Over 2000 perennials are prepared and given a new start at Manville Oaks.

The sale draws new and repeat customers from well beyond the West Chicago area for the quality and variety of plants offered, which includes many varieties native to northern Illinois.  This year the club expects to have a good selection of purple coneflowers, in recognition of the newly names flower of the City of West Chicago.  During the sale, members will assist customers with plant advice.

The WCGC plant sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Prices may be discounted later in the afternoon in order to sell all merchandise, but most patrons come early for best selection.  The plant sale will be located at Galena St. in downtown West Chicago in the heart of the Blooming Fest activities.