Northtown Garden Society

Summer is Here! Enjoy Your gardens!

Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, All Programs and Activities are being Altered.

 

 

August Programs/Activities

 

Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 7:00 PM, Warren Park Gymnasium, 6601 N. Western - Our first indoor meeting!

 

Houseplants and Tropicals

 

Our guest speaker will be Joshua Kaiser, from City Grange Garden Center, 5500 N. Western, Chicago. Joshua will share his expertise with house plants and tropicals. 

 

Wear a mask and bring some water. There will be no refreshments. 

 

 

 

September Programs/Activities

 

Car Trunk Plant Exchange

 

Saturday, September 18th, 1:00 PM, Warren Park Parking Lot

 

Garden Society Plant People have found a wonderful way to 

meet and greet each other & share plants and plant knowledge 

while adhering to the Chicago Park District Covid guidelines for public events.

 

We transformed the Trunk or Treat idea into a Car Trunk Plant Exchange!

Bring outdoor and indoor plants & clean usable garden related items.

If you are bringing plants to exchange:

Drive to the eastern most corner of the Warren Park parking lot. 

Park in every other space.

Have your exchange items in your opened trunk. Or, have a picture for future pickup.

 

If you would like to participate, please register via e-mail to Eva Mannaberg and provide your name, address, phone number,  e-mail address and a brief massage.

 

The plant exchange is open to the public.

This is a free event, however, feel free to leave a donation for NGS with the members seated at the information table.   Hope to have you join us.

 

 

 

Note: There will be no regular September meetings.

 

Memorial Service for Nancy Seyfried

 

On Monday,  May 17th, we honored Nancy Seyfried. former NGS member and treasurer, who passed away in March of 2020.  Nancy was remembered for her meticulous bookkeeping, quiet manner, wry sense of humor and love of gardening. Nancy loved daffodils so a plaque designed by NGS member and  artist, Nancy Wieting, was placed in the Rose of Sharon Garden at Warren Park where daffodils were planted in her memory last year.

In addition to many NGS members in attendance, we were quite pleased to welcome Nancy's brother Bob and her sister-in-law, Barbara, and 2 of her co-workers from the Chicago Botanic Garden library to the service. Nancy volunteered  for many years at the garden's library.

 

Coming Events

NGS News

June, 2021

 

Mary Oellrich retired as NGS Treasurer and Sheila Mayol retired as the Rose of Sharon Garden manager. We would like to thank both of them for their service. It is greatly appreciated.

 

Sigrid Schmidt has assumed the role of Treasurer and Board member and Judy Ishii has taken over the management of the Rose of Sharon Garden in Warren Park. We thank them and wish them the best.

Rose of Sharon Garden Cleanup

 

In early August, Judy Ishii, the garden manager, and two NGS members, Johnnie Woods and Renee Lundy, weeded in the garden, moved some plants around, dead-headed the roses and edged it. The roses have been blooming beautifully this summer.