The West Chicago Garden Club

By Barbara Darrah

It’s February and little is happening at Kruse House. We live in the north and January and February are gray months. After the fun and excitement of the Christmas lights have dimmed, we are back to the dullness of a sleeping nature. It is only in the pleasure of watching the silhouettes of our magnificent oaks and hickories edge out against the orange and purple sunsets that I truly find the woods once again “lovely, dark and deep”.

Yet, I am writing this as millions of snowflakes are filling the skies and covering all the debris with a radiant coating of white. This is the best part of this season – waking up to a crystal fairyland of ice and snow. Once again, Kruse House and its garden are a quiet, pale oasis in the midst of the commercial bustle around them. I am proud that our garden club continues to help maintain this reminder of a gentler, kinder small town America.

Come and enjoy the serenity. The Kruse House Garden (527 Main Street, West Chicago) is open every day from dawn to dusk.

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