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Mark your calendar now and SAVE THE DATE for our Des Plaines Garden Club’s
PLANT SALE! Saturday, May 18th at the Frisbie Senior Center ~ 52 E. Northwest Hwy, in Des Plaines, IL
We will have thousands of plants for sale at our PLANT SALE.
as well as a GARDEN FLEE MARKET AND BAKE SALE
Our members donate a variety of plants from their gardens.
Including: Perennials, Vegetable plants, Annual flowers, Hanging Baskets, House Plants and more.
Our fundraiser events were the Basket Raffles. BIG BOARD, Silent Auction & and Bake Sales.
We had over 175 in attendance.
Our banquet tables were decorated with a beautiful fall arrangement.
Lunch was followed by a Floral demonstration program by Kim Hartmann, where she created beautiful flower arrangements ~ many of our attendees won one of the centerpieces.
On behalf of the Des Plaines Garden Club ~ we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all those who attended and all our sponsors for their generous donations and of course, all the work from our members to make this another awesome success!
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.
Our Des Plaines IL Garden Club was honored to participate in the Des Plaines
American Legion / city remembrance service at the Lake Park.
As long as we speak a name their service will never be forgotten .
All our residents who perished in service are listed on the wall. Say their name, least we never forget the price.
Our Des Plaines Garden Club presented a Memorial Day wreathe of fresh flowers during the remembrance services at The Lake Park in Des Plaines, IL
All the Des Plaines residents who perished in service are listed on the memorial walsl.
Join us to view the members gardens that will be on our Des Plaines Garden Club Garden Walk (more details to follow)
The Des Plaines Garden Club was honored to participle in the Park District Family Fun day!
The Des Plaines Kiwanis Club sponsored a race around the park to start the day. They were divided by school grade! A first grader had the best time of the day. The Park District provided, bounce houses, a safari speaker,
The DP Police and Fire Department were there interacting with the kids, and the Friends of the Park
were there with a putting contest, freebies and raising awareness of their presence .
Our Garden club planted flowers to take home with the kids and passed out milkweed seed.
Kuddo’s to Alice Grygiel , youth committee chair and Susan Linton for a great day! The kids had fun , and so did we 😍
Des Plaines IL Garden Club
PO Box 1461, Des Plaines, IL 60017
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Save the date for our annual PLANT SALE on
May 18th which will be held at the Frisbie Center ~ 52 E Northwest Hwy, Des Plaines, IL
STARTS AT 8:30AM