The West Chicago Garden Club

Monthly Meeting: “Biomimicry”
2022-09-22 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | St Andrew Lutheran Church, 155 N Prince Crossing Rd, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
“Biomimicry” presented by Kim White

Monthly Meeting: Bulb Bingo (Members only)
2022-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 | St Andrew Lutheran Church, 155 N Prince Crossing Rd, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
Our annual Members only Bulb Bingo event. Learn about different bulbs as we play bingo to win them.

Monthly Meeting: Annual Elections (Members Only)
2022-11-17 19:00 - 21:00 | St Andrew Lutheran Church, 155 N Prince Crossing Rd, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
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.

Monthly Meeting: Landscaping with Native Plants
2023-01-26 19:00 - 20:30 | St Andrew Lutheran Church, 155 N Prince Crossing Rd, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
Our January speaker will be Eileen Davis, Environmental Educator, Lake County Forest Preserves. Her program will be “Landscaping with Native Plants”. No matter what style of garden is your favorite you can create it or enhance it using native plants. Discover the benefits of designing native habitats such as butterfly gardens and rain gardens. Native plant selection and identification, habitat requirements, and maintenance will be discussed.
Meeting Time:
6:45PM Arrive & Mingle
7:00PM Business Meeting
7:15PM Program

Monthly Meeting: Vegetable Gardening
2023-02-23 19:00 - 20:30 | St Andrew Lutheran Church, 155 N Prince Crossing Rd, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
Our speaker will be Bill Kargas. Some members may remember his presentation on Composting a few years ago. He is a very engaging speaker.
Meeting Time:
6:45PM Arrive & Mingle
7:00PM Business Meeting
7:15PM Program

Monthly Meeting: Tree Pests & Diseases
2023-03-23 19:00 - 20:30 | St Andrew Lutheran Church, 155 N Prince Crossing Rd, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
“Tree Pests and Diseases of the Urban Forest” by David Kusnierz from SavATree

Spring Adopt-a-Highway
2023-04-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Park District on Hawthorne, 830 W. Hawthorn Lane, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
It is time for our Spring Adopt A Highway roadside pickup. We will be meeting on Saturday, April 15th at 8:45am in the parking lot of the Park District garage at 830 W Hawthorne Lane. We will start our cleanup at 9:00am Expect to spend about 2 hours walking on relatively flat sidewalk & grass.
For more detail, see your March Newsletter

Members: Potting Party
2023-04-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-22 09:00 - 12:00, 2023-04-30 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Park District on Hawthorne, 830 W. Hawthorn Lane, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
Member event for potting up plants for our May 20th Plant Sale. See newsletter for more information.

Monthly Meeting: Success with Woodies
2023-04-27 19:00 - 20:30 | St Andrew Lutheran Church, 155 N Prince Crossing Rd, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
“Success with Woodies” by Glenn Grosch

Members Only Plant Sale
2023-05-18 17:00 - 20:00 | IL
Watch your email for details!

Plant Sale at BloomingFest
2023-05-20 09:00 - 14:00 | Downtown West Chicago, Main Street & Galena Street, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
Come early for the best selection! The rope drops at 9:00AM and the sale runs until we are out of plants or around 2:00pm.

Monthly Meeting: Envisioning Garden Designs
2023-05-25 19:00 - 21:00 | St Andrew Lutheran Church, 155 N Prince Crossing Rd, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
Speaker Liz Omura

Local Field Trip: Wasco Nursery
2023-06-05 17:30 - 19:30 | IL
Members are invited to join us at Wasco Nursery for a tour and a talk on some recommended natives, nativars, and annuals to help you create or enhance your pollinator/butterfly garden bed. Check your email for details.

Twilight Tuesday
2023-06-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-13 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-06-27 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-07-11 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-07-18 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-01 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-15 18:30 - 20:30 | IL
A chance for members to visit one of our member’s gardens. Check your email for details.

Monthly Meeting: Kruse Garden & Flower arrangment
2023-06-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Kruse Museum & Garden, 527 Main Street, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
Come visit the beautiful Kruse Museum Garden. Tour the gardens and check out the amazing job our volunteers have done here. We will also have a flower arranging workshop for those who are interested.

Local Field Trip: Warrenville Garden
2023-07-08 10:00 - 15:00 | IL
John Richter’s Garden – see your newsletter for details

Field Trip: Northwind Perennial Farm
2023-07-15 | IL
Save the Date! More details will be available for members soon.

Monthly Meeting: President's Picnic (Members only)
2023-07-27 18:00 - 20:30 | IL
Come on out for our annual member’s only President’s Picnic! Check your email or newsletter for details.

Twilight Tuesday at the Kruse Garden
2023-08-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Kruse Museum & Garden, 527 Main Street, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
Usually, Twilight Tuesdays are a “Members Only” event where we visit a member’s garden. This week, we are opening up our Twilight Tuesday to everyone and hosting it at the Kruse Museum Garden. This garden is planted and maintained by our wonderful club volunteers. This will be an “open house” at the garden where you can come enjoy the beautiful space and enjoy a snack or two.

Kruse Garden Mulching
2023-08-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Kruse Museum & Garden, 527 Main Street, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
The Kruse garden will be receiving a large pile of mulch and our fantastic gardeners need some help getting it spread around. We have organized 2 different times for this project and, hopefully, one will work with your schedule. You’ll also earn garden bucks for our silent auction in November!
If you haven’t been able to join the regular Kruse garden crew on Wednesdays now is your chance to help either
FRIDAY, August 18th 6-8PM
or
SATURDAY, August 19th 9AM-12PM.
Come for 30 minutes or 3 hours! If able, bring your gloves, shovel, bucket, or wheelbarrow. ANY time you can help is greatly appreciated.

Kruse Garden Mulching!
2023-08-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Kruse Museum & Garden, 527 Main Street, West Chicago, IL, 60185, United States
