Northtown Garden Society
Chicago, Illinois
Hydrangea
Orchids in bloom, November 2020
Barn Quilt
Schools
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Judy ishii and Lucy Radycki
The Cleanup Crew
In 2019, two local schools, Kilmer and Waters, have received funding in order to further their school gardening projects. Kilmer will grow vegetables in raised beds and Waters will use the grant to continue its Sustainable Garden Project.
Titia Crespo and Pete Leki - Waters School , 2016
Green Room 2019
Potting tables
Late Spring 2017
Mosaic Marker created by Ginny Davis 2015
First Year Planting 2010
The Spring Cleanup Crew 2020 L to R: Judy Ishii, Ginny Davis, Marilyn Shipley, Natalie Peterson
Waters School Garden
Gardening
The Courtyard Garden at Bethany Retirement Home
Beginning in 2017, two NGS members, Dorothy Bird and Nancy Jane Lauren, have helped with the design and maintenance of the Courtyard Garden at the Bethany Retirement Home. With the addition of the gardens, which includes a vegetable garden for residents, the space has become a welcoming and happy place for all residents.
The Plaque made by Frank Glapa
The Dedication Picnic 2012
Waters School Gardens
Planting the Garden 2011
Supporting Local School Gardens
Rose of Sharon Garden 2019
Triangle Garden 2021
Scholarships
Supporting Park District Programs
Our Community Outreach Program for 2019 has granted scholarships to 2 children to attend Warren Park Day camp. In the past, we have provided funds for a day care graduation party and purchased swimming pools for summer campers.
The Rose of Sharon Garden was the dream of NGS member Sharon Walsh whose untimely death in 2011 prohibited her from enjoying her dream. It is named in her honor.
The garden is located on the south side of the sidewalk leading to the Warren Park Field House, 6601 N. Western Ave. It is planted with pink roses, Russian Sage, cranesbill "Rozanne", hostas and daffodils.
We have been maintaining the Triangle Garden on the east side of Indian Boundary Park, 2501 W. Lunt Ave., for many years. It was redesigned as a mostly shade garden in 2010 as the tree canopy spread.
The plantings are a mixture of shrubs and perennials with a patch of shade annuals to provide a bit of color. A nice selection of shade perennials including ferns, hostas, anemones, hydrangeas, coral bells, turtleheads, astilbe and ligularia can be found. In the spring, species tulips, daffodils, crocuses and other spring bulbs burst forth.
In 2019. the Green Room was given a complete makeover including new plant shelving and storage cabinet provided by the Chicago Park District with thanks to DianaLynn Schilz, the Warren Park manager. All plants were repotted, the floors and windows were cleaned and the tables and shelves were painted . A decorative painted barn quilt was donated by Judy Ishii. Many thanks go to the volunteers, Eva Mannaberg, Judy Ishii, Lucy Radycki, Ginny Davis, and Nancy Wieting.
Gardening
Gardening
Green Room
One of our missions is to provide services to our community. We do this by maintaining gardens in local parks, maintaining the Green Room at Warren Park, providing summer camp scholarships to children in need and providing financial support to local school gardening programs.