Northtown Garden Society
Chicago, Illinois
Monarch Butterfly
West Ridge Nature Preserve
Chicago River Restoration
Lunch at Kulla Garden
Garden Walk
Proven Winners
Plant Sale
Openlands Excursion
Saving Seeds
2021
January - Recycling, via Zoom, Michael Orr, Recycling Director, Cambridge, MA
February - Treekeepers: via Zoom, Al DeRue, Program manager
March - Loyola Dunes Beach Restoration, via Zoom, Ann Whelan, Dunes habitat Steward
April - Season's of Change on Henry's Farm, via Zoom, Film and Discussion, Ines Sommer, Producer
May - Chicagoland Invasives, via Zoom, Sue Groshong
- Member Plant Exchange
- Memorial for nancy Seyfried
June - Growing Irises, via Zoom, Diane Ahshakov
- Tour of Loyola Dunes Project
July - Visit to Elmhurst Garden Faire
August - Houseplants and Tropicals, Joshua Kaiser, City Grange
- Summer Picnic at Warren Park
September - Afternoon Social In Chris Harvey's Garden
- Fall Plant Exchange
October - Conifers 101, via Zoom, Bob Hemes,Jr., groundskeeper, Lange Estate, Ohio
November - The Season's on Henry's Farm, via Zoom, Tara Brockman, Author
December - Holiday Get-together via Zoom
2022
January - Routes and Routes Program via Zoom, Jacob Campbell, PhD, Environmental Anthropologist with the Keller Science Action Center at the Chicago Field Museum
February - Gardens to Heal via Zoom, Margot Wang, Ikebanist
March - Bat Ecology via Zoom, Dr. Joy O'Keefe, Assistant Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist at University of Illinois, Urbana
April - Ikebana Spring, Margot Wang of the Ohara School of Ikebana
- Chicago Park District Volunteer Celebration
May - Plant Sale
- Dedicationof the Friendship Garden at Warren Park
- Ikebana Slide Show by Ginny Davis
June - Hydrangeas, Anne McIntee, Chicago Landscaper
July - Garden Party at Eva's
- Garden Walk at gardens south of Pratt in West Ridge
August - A Visit to West Ridge Nature Park
September - Greenhouses, Golf and Gardens: the Story of Warren Park and West Ridge, Dona Vitale, member of the Board of Directors and Outreach Chair for Rogers Park West Ridge Historical Society
October - The Wild Mile, Phil Nicodemus, Urban River Project
- A Tour of Emily Oaks Park in Skokie
November - Chicago Park District Plantings, Bogdan Bogdan, CPD Horticulturist
December - Holiday Party
2017
February - Pie Patch Farm Presentation by Brianna Heath
March - Organic gardening by Jeanne Nolan
April - Natural Dyes and Weaving by Pamela Feldman
May - Raising City Chickens by Wen Yi Stark; Collecting and Growing from Seeds by John Swenson; Annual Plant Sale
June- Low Maintenance Gardening by Ann McIntee; A Visit to Pie Patch Farm
July - Sketching in Eva's Garden with NGS member, Nancy Wieting
August - West Ridge Nature Center Presentation by Gary Morrisey; Visit to the Back of the Yards Neighborhood: Lunch at Roland Kulla's Studio and The Plant
September - NGS 35th Birthday Party
October - Openlands Presentation and Plant/Seed Exchange
November - Native Plants for Shade Gardens by Charlotte Adelman and Monica Buckley
December - Annual Holiday Party
2019
January - Volunteer Recognition Dinner
February - The Gardens of Bethany & Veggie Talk with NGS Members, Dorothy Bird and Ruth Melulis
March - Plant Considerations for the Landscape with Kim Kaulas
April - More Butterflies with Doug Taron
May - Growing Orchids with George Titterson; Annual Plant sale
June- Medical Cannabis with Abigail Watkins and Arthur lee
July - Butterfly Observation at Ginsberg markham prairie with Tony Marisko; Garden Conservancy Open Days Visits to Gardens of the North Shore
August - NGS Picnic in the Park; A Visit to the Prospect heights Slough
September - Svabord Global Seed Vault; Music of Nature with Eva Mannaberg and the rebecca Boelzmer String Quartet; Tour of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum with Doug Taron
October - The Great Lakes Piping Plover Story with Matt Iglesias
November - Putting Your garden to Bed with Ann McIntee
December - Annual Holiday Party
2020
January - Volunteer Dinner
February - Daffodils: The Stars of the Spring garden with Sue groshong
March to August - No activities or programs due to Covid-19
September - Fall Picnic
October - Member Plant Exchange
November - Birds of Illinois via Zoom with Matt Igleski
December - Urban Wildlife via Zoom with Liza Lehrer
2018
February - gardening panel featuring NGS members Gorden Stromberg, Ruth Melulis and Ginny Davis
March - Travels in the Pantanel with Patricia Weiner
April - Prospect Heights Slough Restoration
May - Proven Winners with Sandra Wentworth and Spring Plant Sale
June- A Visit to the Prospect Heights Slough
July - West Ridge Garden Walk and Visit to The Openlands Lake Shore Preserve
August - Visit to the Back of the Yards Neighborhood: Lunch at Roland Kulla's Studio and The Plant
September - Saving Seeds with Julie Peterson
October - Chicago River restoration with Lauren Umek
November - The Monarch and its Migration with Doug Taron
December - Annual Holiday Party
Past Programs and Activities
Throughout the year we plan educational programs, field trips and social events as well as host fund-raising events such as our Plant Sale and Garden Walk. Our fund-raising supports our Community Service projects.