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The theme was: “So Many Books … So Little Thyme”. It was presented by GCI Districts IX and II on August 5 and 6, 2023, at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Some of our Club members / Pam Mazzini, and Anita Bierbaum served as hostesses, Clerks, and Show Photography
The show had four Divisions · Horticulture · Design · Educational Exhibits · Botanical Arts,
and the themes were based on books.
The 2023 Golden Clipper Award Winner was Our Des Plaines Garden Club member Lana Gernady who accumulated the most points and was awarded a rosette ribbon and a Fiskars Shears at the 2022 GCI Flower Show
NOTE: the NGC System of Awards and Scale of Points based on perfection (100 points). Only one first place blue ribbon (90+ points), one second place red ribbon (85+ points), one third place yellow ribbon (80+points) is awarded if merited in each Section.”
Club Competition
The Art of the Table: A Complete Guide to Table Setting,
“My First Tea Party” our members / Anita Bierbaum, Nancy Patterson and Denise Adams were the creative team, and our Des Plaines Garden Club received a first place ribbon and won this category.
There were many of our club members participated and entered the Flower Show.
Angela Miraglio, Lana Gernady, Sue Linton, Anita Bierbaum and Pam Mazzini entered the flower show with flower entries and arrangement designs to win ribbons…. Angela’s African Marigold was awarded first place.
Another big winner was Pam Mazzini, who won the Botanical and Artistic Crafts Blue rosette Ribbon for her Book arrangement design based on the title “ Where the Crawdads Sing”
Congratulations to all our Des Plaines Garden Club members who participated.
Mark your calendar now and SAVE THE DATE for our Des Plaines Garden Club’s
PLANT SALE! Saturday, May 20thAt the Frisbie Senior Center ~ 52 E. Northwest Hwy, in Des Plaines, IL
We will have thousands of plants for sale as well as a GARDEN FLEE MARKET.
Our PLANT SALE. Our members donate a variety of plants from their gardens.
Including: Perennials, Vegetable plants, Annual flowers, Hanging Baskets, House Plants and more.
Our club members, Susan Boyajian, Pam Mazzini, Pat Tell and Nancy Hensley Olson Magoon, helped some of the residents create a “VALENTINE HEART”.
It started with a wood heart which were decorated with dollies, ribbons, flowers and ornaments. When the hearts were done the residents enjoyed them on their wheelchairs and in their rooms for Valentine’s Day.
Thanks Team for sharing your day and your heart!
Our Des Plaines Garden Club’s Garden Therapy group went to the Oakton Pavillion in Des Plaines IL on January 31, 2023.
Our club members, Nancy Hensley Olson, Pat Tell, Pam Mazzini, Sue Linton, and Beth Magoon, helped some of the residents
create a hanging “VALENTINE HEART”
The hearts had cute net fabric on a wire frame which were decorated with flowers and ornaments.
When the hearts were done the residents enjoyed them in their rooms for Valentine’s Day.
It was a great success to share some LOVE!
Great Job Team!
Just wanted to catch up on 2022 and acknowledge our
Des Plaines Garden Club’s Garden Therapy group as they went to the Oakton Pavillion in Des Plaines IL on December 13th, 2022.
It was a great success and provided some holiday fun!
Another Great Job Team!
Our club members, Nancy Hensley Olson, Diana Edwards, Sue Linton, Beth Magoon, Karen Pacey, Pam Mazzini and Pat Tell helped some of the residents create a “CHRISTMAS JAR”
These had cute fabric lids and the jars were filled with pinecones, bells and holiday shinny ball ornaments.
When the jars were done the residents decorated the jars with holiday stickers ribbons and a bow.
Our Des Plaines Garden Club’s Garden Therapy group went to Generations Oakton Arms in Des Plaines IL December 7th, 2022.
Our club members, Pam Mazzini, Beth Magoon, Sue Linton,and Sharon Malen
helped some of the residents decorate a CHRISTMAS WREATH.
It was a holiday fun day and project.
Thanks Team.
Our December Garden Club meeting was held Thursday December 8th Holiday fun time!
We had a great Christmas lunch and our guest speaker was “Bill” from LUURS GARDEN SHOPPE, on forcing Spring bulbs for a little indoor happiness in the colder months.
(see our members only web page for his how to handouts.)
Thanks to all our helpers.
THANKS SO VERY MUCH TO ALL
for your support and your hard work to make the Des Plaines Garden Club Fundraiser
such a BIG success.
We were honored to participate in the 2022 Des Plaines IL 4th of July PARADE.
Our Des Plaines Garden Club celebrated our 91st year on July 4th, 2022. We handed out over 2,600 seed packets to support "Plant America one community at a time"
Des Plaines IL Garden Club
PO Box 1461, Des Plaines, IL 60017
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Our Des Planes Garden Club member
“ Angela Miraglio” presented
“Fall Clean – Up or NOT"
At our September 14th, 2023 meeting
- just click below!
Thanks Angela