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
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 it's 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.
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