2024-2025 Events
Please join us for an enjoyable social and informative activity. All are welcome from all communities.
SEP 11
12 PM
Members' Garden Party
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
12:00PM to 2:00PM
Location details sent via email. This is a members and invited guests only event.
The Garden Party Committee request that each club member bring finger foods, two dozen of either appetizer or dessert. Please respond to the email by September 3, 2024 with a RSVP and whether you plan to bring an appetizer or dessert. .
OCT 9
12 PM
October Club Meeting
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
12:00 PM Social Time & Refreshments
12;30 PM Business Meeting
1:00 PM Presentation William Karges Putting Your Garden to Bed
This presentation will outline how to prepare your garden for winter. With a focus on perennial gardens you’ll learn what to cut down, how and when to cut it and how to prevent this year’s problems from recurring in future years.
Cheney Mansion
220 N. Euclid Avenue,
Oak Park, IL
All are welcome to this free event. Membership is not required. Some free street parking is available.
NOV 13
12 PM
November Club Meeting
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
12:00 PM Social Time & Refreshments
12:30 PM Business Meeting
1:00 PM Presentation David Brooks. The Lazy Gardener’s Guide to Green Landscaping
David Brooks is a professional naturalist with the Spring Valley Nature Center in Schaumburg IL. David will present options available to reduce our environmental footprint, while reducing time, money and effort spent on landscape maintenance, pest control and plant replacement.
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Cheney Mansion
220 N. Euclid Avenue,
Oak Park, IL
All are welcome to this free event. Membership is not required. There is free street parking.
DEC 11
11 AM
December Holiday Bazaar
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
L12:00 PM Social Time & Refreshments
12:30 PM Business Meeting
1:00 PM Pr
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Cheney Mansion
220 N. Euclid Avenue,
Oak Park, IL
All are welcome to this free event. Membership is not required. There is free street parking.
JAN 8
1 PM
January Zoom Club Meeting
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Presentation by Nina Koziol
The Gardener as Artist – Think Outside the Phlox
Nina is a horticulturist, educator, and garden writer. She has taught horticulture, design and residential garden design history for the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Morton Arboretum since 1998, and has published two books, White Gardens and Grow a Cook’s Garden.
This program will look at public and private gardens from the quirky and magical to the elegant and innovative, and the creators of those garden spaces. Learn the plants and garden art used to create these works of art.
FEB 12
12 PM
February Club Meeting
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
12:00 PM Social Time & Refreshments (In the case of inclement weather, this meeting may be changed to Zoom.)
12:30 PM Business Meeting
1:00 PM Presentation by Barbara Collins Buckle UP, Climate Change is Here
Barb Collins has a Masters Degree in Horticulture from the University of IL, Champaign, and is the author of two books, Landscaping Herbs and Professional Interior Plantscaping.
NOAA declared 2023 as the climate’s warmest year on record. This presentation examines wild water extremes and what we can do to help our plants survive stronger storms and warmer temperatures.
MAR 12
12 PM
March Club Meeting
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
12:00 PM Social Time & Refreshments
12:30 PM Business Meeting
1:00 PM Presentation by Heather Prince. Shady Characters: Nifty Plants for Shady Sites
Heather Prince has been part of the green industry for more than 20 years in numerous facets from public to private gardens, and retail to wholesale nurseries. She is a professional garden writer and trained horticulturist specializing in trees, shrubs and natives with a passion for connecting people with plants.
This presentation explores the colors and textures of shade-loving plants, and looks at varieties and species for dry, moist, partial and dense shade.
Cheney Mansion
220 N. Euclid Avenue
Oak Park, IL
All are welcome to this free event. Membership is not required. There is free street parking.
APR 9
12 PM
April Club Meeting
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
12:00 PM Social Time & Refreshments
12:30 Business Meeting
1:00 PM Presentation by Ken Benson Gardening in Small Suburban Gardens, Balconies and Limited Spaces
Ken has a Masters degree in Horticulture from the University of IL, Champaign and is a landscape architect. He’s a former Board Member of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show and a founding Board Member of the MELA – Midwest Ecological Landscapers Assn.
Cultivation, pruning, exposure, media, watering and general maintenance will be explored.
Cheney Mansion
220 N. Euclid Avenue,
Oak Park, IL
All are welcome to this free event. Membership is not required. There is free street parking.
MAY 14, 2025
11 AM
Luncheon & Hat Parade
Wednesday, May14, 2025
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
11:00 AM Annual Luncheon & Raffle
12:30 PM Business Meeting
1:00 PM Presentation by Trina Koenen
Floral Designer, Krina Koenen, owner of the Flower Studio in Rolling Meadows IL, will demonstrate creative ideas for floral and botanical arrangements for summer entertaining.
Oak Park Country Club
A link for reservations will be added when available.
JUN (TBD)
10 AM - 4 PM
Oak Park River Forest Garden Walk
Sunday, June 2025
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Details and a link to tickets will be posted when available.
Cheney Mansion
Oak Park Conservatory
Please join us for an enjoyable social and informative activity. All are welcome from all communities.
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