April 10, 2024 Gardening for a Lifetime

April 10, 2024 Gardening for a Lifetime Marilyn Joyner
Description: The speaker will discuss the importance of warmup exercises before gardening, ergonomic tools, how to design your garden and how using proper body mechanics while gardening will help you continue gardening for life. The talk included examples of different types of raised beds and vertical gardening systems.”

12:00 PM at the Cheney Mansion, 220 N. Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.

All are welcome to this free event.

Social time and a brief business report will precede the one hour presentation. The presentation will begin at 1:00 PM. Free parking is allowed on the street for this event (You can ignore the no parking signs).

Park District of Oak Park Covid guidance will be followed.
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March 13,2024 Birds in the Garden

March 13, 2024 Birds in the Garden Pam Karlson
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12:00 PM at the Cheney Mansion, 220 N. Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.

All are welcome to this free event.

Social time and a brief business report will precede the one hour presentation. The presentation will begin at 1:00 PM. Free parking is allowed on the street for this event (You can ignore the no parking signs).

Park District of Oak Park Covid guidance will be followed.
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February 14, 2024 What is a Flower Show

February 14, 2024 What is a Flower Show? Diane Greenawalt et al
Description: Experienced flower show judges will explain flower shows, rules, procedures.

12:00 PM at the Cheney Mansion, 220 N. Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois.

All are welcome to this free event.

Social time and a brief business report will precede the one hour presentation. The presentation will begin at 1:00 PM. Free parking is allowed on the street for this event.

January 10, 2024 Literary Gardens with Cindy Crosby

Literary Gardens by Cindy Crosby

January 10, 2024 Literary Gardens (Zoom) Cindy Crosby
“Join master gardener and natural history writer, Cindy Crosby for a fun look at gardens in literature and poetry. From Agatha Christie’s mystery series to Brother Cadfael’s medieval herb garden, to Michael Pollan’s garden in Second Nature, to the Secret Garden” beloved of children’s literature, there are so many gardens that helped shape the books we love to read. Discover how gardens and garden imagery figure in the works of Mary Oliver, Henry Mitchell, Barbara Kingsolver, Lewis Carrol…and many more! See your garden with new eyes and come away with a list of books you can’t wait to explore!”

1:00 PM Zoom Event. This event is for member’s only. The Zoom connection details will be sent to those members that accept the Evite.