Regular monthly club meetings are held the third Wednesday of the month. Many meetings include either guest speakers, or member presentations or activities. Click on the Calendar page from the Menu for meeting details and location.
August 2023
The regular August meeting was held August 16th, 2023 at Countryside Nursery and Garden Center in Crystal Lake. Our program was the green house manager, Hayley Krull, sharing her gardening knowledge and showing flowers from the Cutting Garden. Club members then toured the Garden and were able to cut flowers and create their own arrangements.
October 2022
The regular October meeting was held October 20th, 2022 at the Lakeland Community Center in McHenry. Our program was a presentation given by the Stillman Nature Center. They brought owls from the Center to the meeting and members got a “closeup” view and learned all about them.
June 2022
The regular June 2022 meeting was held on June 16th, 2022 at the home of member Traudl Koeberlein. A craft was done by members with a 4th of July theme for the upcoming holiday. There were red, white and blue ribbons supplied to make patriotic banners to hang.
October 2021
The regular October meeting was held October 21st, 2021 at the Lakeland Community Center in McHenry. Members participated in a “Paint and Sip” craft activity. Canvas and paint supplies were provided to make a holiday decoration, as members enjoyed beverages and food from a Halloween decorated table.
August 2021
On August 19th, 2021 an outing to Hempstock Pharms in Woodstock was part of the regular monthly meeting. Owner Stacy McCaskill took the group to the hemp fields and explained how the plants were grown, from seed to harvest, and what products were made from them.
Owner Stacy McCaskill telling us about hemp farming, the hemp field and greenhouse and some hemp plants.
October 2020
On October 15th, 2020 the regular monthly meeting was help at Harms’ Farm Nursery in McHenry, Supplies were provided and Garden Club members decorated pumpkins for Halloween, while having food and beverages, making it a very enjoyable evening.
August 2019
On August 15th, 2019 the regular monthly meeting was held outside in the garden of member Edyta Greczek. Supplies were provided for members to enjoy a garden themed craft, painting and decorating clay pots.
February 2019
At the club’s February 2019 regular meeting, Renee Blitek from Renee’s Flowers in Ridgefield gave an interesting presentation on the Chain of flowers from garden and growers to florists. She also created a beautiful rose arrangement and corsage. Members Gina Dunkley and Marita Sension were the lucky winners of these creations.
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- Renee making arrangemets
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- Renee with member Gina Dunkley
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- Renee with member Marita Sension
On October 18th, 2018 club members Edyta Greczek and Laurel Meyer presented the program Witch’s Tea. We learned about wonderful healing teas and their history. Each member got to pick a tea cup and saucer for sampling various teas that were prepared and then take their cup home. There was a raffle to win one of the fall/Halloween table center pieces. The decorations and delicious food and desserts were done with a Halloween theme and members wore witch hats. An enjoyable and interesting time was had by all.
The guest speaker was Milena Buck. She presented a slide show with pictures of garden decorations and containers found at flea markets, antique ships and garage sales. We got some great ideas for our own gardens.
