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Des Plaines Garden Club 2023
''Advancement of Gardening, the Promotion of Civic Beautification, and
the Conservation of Natural Resources''
CHECK OUT OUR GARDENING BLOG / TIPS page
''Advancement of Gardening, the Promotion of Civic Beautification, and
the Conservation of Natural Resources''
Check out this great video
THANKS TO ALL
for your support and your hard work to make the Des Plaines Garden Club Fundraiser such a BIG success.
01/14
4th of July Parade in Des Plaines, IL
Thanks to all for joining our zoom meetings at the start of the year, we even had some of our out-of-state members join us.
It was a great SUCCESS! We had 162 people in attendance.
Our Basket Raffle had 60 baskets for our attendees to place their raffle tickets in for a chance to win.
Our Bake sale table was filled with hundreds of home-made goodies.
Our Silent auction had items from an Artisan hand-made rocking horse, to a beautiful
pearl necklace.
Thanks to our community partners who made donations and all the club members who made donations and our club members who worked so hard for the success of our event.
OUR SPECIAL GUEST WERE:
• Andrew Goczkowski. Mayor of Des Plaines. (Jan Goczkowski's Son)
• Illinois State Senator Laura Murphy
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OUR SPECIAL GARDEN CLUB GUEST WERE:
• Carol Yee. director Central Region of National Garden Clubs
• Marilyn Krueger. President Garden clubs of Illinois (GCI)
• Carol Ohrn. 1st Vice President of GCI
• Laurel Deboer former GCI President, current President of the Flower Show judges council.
• Susan Slapke former GCI Convention and Scholarship Chairman.
• Barbara Gilblair District IX of GCI director.
• Maija Zaimins Vice-Director Dist IX
• Anita Bierbaum former GCI President, current Website and Finance Chair. Central region Associate Treasurer, Dist IX website Chair, National sponsors committee, and Des Plaines Garden club photographer.
We are very fortunate to Have the friendship and shared leadership from this very talented group.
HISTORY DISPLAY OF OUR 90 YEARS AT THE DES PLAINES HISTORY CENTER - 2021
Click on the triangle, below (on the left) to see a slide show of our Des Plaines Garden Club's history.
Our club was organized June 4, 1931 by ladies who were members of the Garden Department of Des Plaines. In 1932 there were 21 members. In the same year we became affiliated with the Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc.
SEE OUR FULL HISTORY UNDER "ABOUT US"
1935 = Des Plaines Garden Club members at their 5th annual flower Show
1950 = Ladies from our Des Plaines Garden Club planting the city parkway.
1950 = Des Plaines Garden Club members plant trees on the Railroad parkway in downtown Des Plaines.
Des Plaines IL Garden Club
PO Box 1461, Des Plaines, IL 60017
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Our Des Plaines IL Garden Club was honored to participate in the 2023 Des Plaines American Legion/city MEMORIAL DAY remembrance services at Lake Park where we presented a Memorial Day wreath.