The West Chicago Garden Club

This is a workshop making a hypertufa and you can get blades sharpened.

Our monthly meeting will be a chance to tour a few of our Members Gardens.  More details will be in the newsletter.

Annual social event for Members

Monthly club meeting at St. Andrew Lutheran Church.  Our speaker's talk is titled "Glorious Dahlias"

Play Bingo, Win bulbs for your garden!

Speaker Bill Kargas will help us learn how to prepare our gardens for winter.

Our final meeting of the year to thank all our members.  Silent Auction currency is only Garden Dollars which are earned by coming to meetings, volunteering, etc.

Dr. Megan Dunning—The Trees Near My Home The trees close to your home affect your life in so many ways – and you are also important to those trees. Join Megan Dunning, Manager of Adult Learning Programs at The Morton Arboretum, to explore our relationship with nearby nature. She’ll introduce you to a few of […]

Organic Gardening with Glenn Grosch.

Amazing Birds by Bob and Kathy Andrini

What's New from Ball by Jim Nau

All American Selections by Diane Blazek

Smaller Trees for Smaller Yards by Sharon Yiesla

Members will visit the Kruse Garden between 6pm-8pm.  Volunteers will be there to answer questions.

Native Plants - speaker to be announced later

Butterflies & Other Interesting Creatures - speaker to be announced later

Annual Member's Pot Luck Dinner & Silent Auction

Join us at St Andrew Lutheran Church (NE Corner of Prince Crossing & Geneva Road) at 7:00PM on Thursday, September 23rd. All-America Selections (AAS) is a 90 year-old non-profit, but don't think of this as grandma's organization! AAS is stronger and more encompassing than ever before. With almost 1000 varieties that have been declared as […]

Join us at St Andrew Lutheran Church (NE Corner of Prince Crossing & Geneva Road) at 7:00PM on Thursday, October 28th One of the most fun meetings of the year returns!  Play bingo to win bulbs.

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.

“Favorite Native Plants through the Seasons” with Denise Sandoval

“Foraging for Wild Edibles “ presented by Speaker: David Brooks, from the Schaumburg Nature Center

Our monthly meeting will be "A Well Rounded Garden “ presented by Landon Gibbs from Cantigny. Refreshments: 6:45pm Business Meeting: 7:00pm Program: 7:15pm

Our "Annual" Plant Sale is back at West Chicago BloomingFest!  From 9am to 2pm. Come early for best selection.

For our May meeting we will be visiting the Wildflower Sanctuary in downtown Batavia. The Wildflower Sanctuary was created and continues to be maintained by The Plain Dirt Gardeners in Batavia.  Sarah Kimber and Terri Hoehne of the Plain Dirt Gardeners will be our guides.  We will meet them at the Peg Bond Center (bandshell) […]

Our June meeting will take place in a member's garden.  If you are interested in joining us, contact us at WestChicagoGardenClub@gmail.com.  

Come on out for our annual member's only President's Picnic!

“Be an Herbal Gourmet” presented by Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh  

We will be accepting 4" and gallon pots at the barn and organizing/cleaning up our supplies for next year's plant sale.

“Biomimicry” presented by Kim White

Our annual Members only Bulb Bingo event.  Learn about different bulbs as we play bingo to win them.

Annual Elections, 'Garden Dollars' Silent Auction, Raffle, Potluck Dinner (Note this is the 3rd Thursday) - Members Only This is our final meeting for 2022. We will return in January 2023.