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September 2022
Members Share Garden Tips
This is a time for members and visitors to share lessons learned during their gardening season. We have lots of gardening talent among us and many amusing stories to share. It’s time for you to shine! Look back at successes, surprises, and lessons learned. Tell us about your failures and accomplishments as you to continue your labor of love for gardening. Have you made a new friend in the garden this year? Please come and share a spontaneous short story…
Find out more »October 2022
Beauty on a Budget
Who amongst us has not bought a bunch of flowers from the local store, and upon getting it home, wondered just how to arrange them? With just a little effort, the arrangement could be quite lovely—and with a little more thought, it could grace your dining room table! How about bouquet, a corsage, or a boutonniere? It will amaze you at what you can make with just one bunch of roses! This will be a hands-on, fun packed evening! You…
Find out more »November 2022
November Christmas Craft
Please join us in creating angels for West Suburban Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Tuesday, November 15th beginning promptly at 6:15 PM at Cornerstone Faith Community Church. Sometimes angels sing to you in the wind . . . Sometimes they call to you from your dreams . . . They walk beside you and whisper in your ear. We wish West Suburban residents joy, inspiration, and the knowledge that they are truly cared about— today and every day! Angel wings…
Find out more »December 2022
Member Christmas Party, WEDNESDAY 12/14
It’s time for holiday cheer as Bloomingdale Garden Club celebrates with our Annual Christmas Party on Wednesday, December 14th, 2021. Once again it will be held at Jameson’s Charhouse in Bloomingdale. This event is for club members and their families only. Cocktails at 6 PM Dinner at 6:30 PM $40 Per Person (Payable by check to Bloomingdale Garden Club). Please bring a wrapped White Elephant Gift to participate in the party fun!
Find out more »January 2023
Annual Business Meeting
The New Year begins with our Annual Business Meeting. Agenda items include election of officers, review of 2022 activities, upcoming events for 2023 (including our popular Annual Flower & Plant Sale in May), and decisions on where to direct our charitable donations.
Find out more »February 2023
Sharpening Garden Tools
We will discuss the myth that gardening tools come from the store sharp. Our presenter, Ken Benson, will use various sharpening stones and show how to sharpen pruners, shovels and all other garden tools. Bring in a tool to be critiqued, sharpened and/or polished.
Find out more »March 2023
Top Tool Tips
Our presenter is Beth Botts. Are you using the right tools the right way? Which tools are worth buying and which aren’t? Take a quick trip through the tool shed and get tips to make gardening easier.
Find out more »April 2023
Plant Sale Prep Meeting
Join us as we prepare for our Annual Flower & Plant Sale this year being held on May 12 and 13. This is our major fund-raiser for the year that we support our local charities with and we need all hands on deck to have a fun and successful event. Come and learn about the schedule, pre-sale orders, food and equipment, and working the sale. Most of all—LET'S HAVE FUN! We need you to contribute ideas to make this a…
Find out more »May 2023
ANNUAL FLOWER & PLANT SALE
The sale will feature professionally grown annuals in flats, hanging baskets, accessory plants, caladiums, cannas, grasses, tropicals, Tuts, Proven Winners and many other specialty annuals in 4 1/2" & 6" pots. We also plan to have vegetables & herbs on the days of sale. There will be raffles and gently-used garden items for sale. Master Gardeners will be available to answer all your gardening questions. This is the club's primary fundraiser with proceeds supporting area charities and garden club programs. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted ($2 service fee added for credit card…
Find out more »Activism Through Gardening
Jeannie Iseman and her husband both share a passion for gardening and community building. They have spent many years using their backyard as an informal community garden for friends and neighbors. Jeannie was fascinated by the vision and mission of The GardenWorks Project and became a board member in late 2016. She is now The GardenWorks Project executive director. At this presentation, Jeanie will explain the mission and vision of the Gardenworks Project, the history of the organization, and how…
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