Northtown Garden Society

Community Outreach

Our Community Outreach Program for 2019 granted scholarships to 2 children to attend Warren Park Day camp. 

In October, the Green Room at the Warren Park Field House received a major makeover:

• New metal shelves and a supply storage cabinet were purchased by the Chicago Park District for the Green Room with thanks to DianaLynn Shilz, the park manager. These replaced old wooden shelves and plastic tubs.
• The room was scrubbed and curtains were washed
• The plants were repotted in new soil and clean pots
• The tables were painted and surfaces were tiled
• A child gate was donated by NGS member, Jan Spitzer, and placed at the entrance to keep the little ones from wandering in

We wish to thank Eva Mannaberg, Nancy Wieting, Lucy Radycky, Judy Ishii and Ginny Davis for their work.

We are also providing funds for the school gardening programs at Waters and Kilmer schools. The Kilmer School Project is sponsored by Big Green Chicago, an organization building learning gardens in Chicago Public Schools and creating the single largest school garden network in a US city.

Photo on right shows Marla from Big Green working with the Kilmer kids with planters in the background.

In January, we hosted a dinner to honor our many volunteers who help with all of our community service and programming activities. We couldn't do it without them. Eva Mannaberg was presented with a plant for her excellent leadership throughout the year.