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October 2019
Tips for the Lazy Gardener
Discover useful ways to save time, energy, and money while gardening. This show and tell presentation by Cindy Tyley, demonstrates tips for both indoor and outdoor gardening throughout the year. Cindy owns Carriage House Garden Design in LaGrange and is a certified landscape designer who provides design and consultation focusing on practicality and low maintenance as well as beauty. She is a member of the Landscape Design Association and the Western Springs Garden Club.
Find out more »November 2019
Snowman Centerpiece Craft Event
Join our club as we make snowman centerpieces for Christmas dinner tables at West Suburban Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. You can also make a snowman centerpiece for yourself to take home and enjoy! (Just a small fee for take-home centerpieces.)
Find out more »December 2019
Bloomingdale Garden Club Christmas Party!
This is event is for our members and their families to be held at Jameson’s Charhouse in Bloomingdale. Cocktails begin at 6 PM (cash bar) with dinner at 6:30 PM. Cost is $32 per person. Contact Cheryl Svee for menu choice and payment. Please bring a wrapped white elephant gift (per person) so everyone can join in the fun!
Find out more »February 2020
City Bee Savers
Bill Whitney has kept honey bees for over 20 years. City Bee Savers is his small honey bee farm in West Chicago that is deeply concerned about the future of bees. Their vulnerability has prompted Bill to become a certified member of the Illinois Queen Rearing Initiative. This group is developing a superior honey bee suited for the rigors of Illinois. Bill will be speaking to us about how to plant for these pollinators. He also teaches classes about bee keeping…
Find out more »April 2020
Flower & Plant Sale Prep Meeting CANCELLED
The Plant Sale will be contingent on the availability of the Park District Maintenance Building in order to distribute plants. This will be mandated by the CDC and Governor. The purpose of our sale is to fund local charities and club programs. We will keep you posted.
Find out more »May 2020
Member Only Pick-up
Due to the present extraordinary circumstances and restrictions imposed because of COVID 19, the Bloomingdale Garden Club traditional Annual Flower & Plant Sale must be CANCELLED. However, anyone with a Pre-Sale Order will be able to pick up their plants on Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th at the Park District Maintenance Building, 259 Springfield Drive (North End of Springfield Park) in Bloomingdale. Appointment times for pick-up will be scheduled and RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IMPOSED WITH REGARD TO SOCIAL DISTANCING, NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALLOWED AT…
Find out more »June 2020
Laura Christensen presents The Lyme Disease Epidemic
Laura is an experienced landscape designer and public speaker. She has her bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, her master’s degree in City Planning from Northwestern University and is a 37-year member of The American Society of Landscape Architects. Laura has had her own landscape design business, Design With Nature, in Wheaton for ten years. Prior to taking time off to raise her three children Laura was the staff landscape architect and a city…
Find out more »July 2020
Tomato Harvest Show & Tell
Due to unforeseen circumstances, our speaker for our July presentation will not be able to attend. It will be another meeting of gathering together and sharing. Laurie Dring will present a show-and-tell on how she processes her tomato harvest. Laurie says, some of us love our tomatoes fresh but there's nothing more satisfying in knowing that your tomato sauce came from the garden. I will take you from harvesting to storing in a freezer bag for future use—no part of the tomato is wasted. Sorry…
Find out more »August 2020
Carol Cichorski presents Creativity in the Garden
Carol was already garden addicted when they moved to their small house on a half-acre lot 20 years ago. The house has grown and so has the garden. She was very much a novice gardener at that time. Much has changed since then. Carol is now past-president of the Elk Grove Garden Club, quite the gardener, speaks regularly at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show and writes a gardening blog. Carol’s husband Mike is a passionate gardener as well, and…
Find out more »September 2020
Heather Prince presents Native Plants for Small Gardens
Heather Prince is currently the nursery manager at Wannemaker’s Home and Garden in Downers Grove. She has been a part of the green industry for more than 19 years, including experience at The Morton Arboretum, Chicago Botanic Garden, The Growing Place and The Pizzo Group. She is a trained horticulturist specializing in trees and shrubs with a passion for connecting people with plants.
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