Park Ridge Garden Club
Thanks for visiting! Our garden club is growing every year. We have many events taking place throughout the year including our annual Plant Sale, Garden Walk, and the Residential Beautification Awards Contest co-sponsored by the City of Park Ridge.
Our club has been in continuous existence for over 90 years and we are still "growing". The Park Ridge Garden Club was organized on April 5th, 1929 and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in 2013. Our Objectives:
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Meetings
Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month from September through June beginning at 7:00 p.m. at 100 S. Western in Park Ridge at the Centennial Activity Center. Enter using the door to the south of the main entrance.
NOTE: The December meeting is the first Thursday and starts at 6:00PM. This is a MEMBERS ONLY meeting. There is no meeting in January. |
For a full list of upcoming programs and detailed descriptions, please visit the EVENTS page. Guests are encouraged to attend meetings. Guests may attend two meetings free of charge. For membership information, please visit the ABOUT page.
Meetings start at 7:00pm. There is a club meeting after which refreshments are provided for members and guests, and there's time for socializing until the program starts as noted below. Programs generally last 1 hour. Meetings typically adjourn at 9:00pm.
Program:
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Speaker:
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Date:
September 12, 2024
Time:
7:00pm
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Speaker:
TBD
Date:
September 12, 2024
Time:
7:00pm
Current Events |
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29th Annual Garden Walk
For more information on this event, please visit our Garden Walk page.
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33rd Annual Residential Beautification Awards Contest
Winners will receive $100 from the Garden Club and a 1-year honorary membership to the PRGC along with a lawn sign from the City of Park Ridge. Winners previous to 2014 are eligible to win again.
Judging is done of the street view portion of the property by Landscape Design Consultants from the Garden Clubs of Illinois. The following standards for evaluating the landscape design will be used:
Photos are property of the Park Ridge Garden Club.
- Year-round overall appearance - visible address numbers, maintained paved areas, condition of buildings
- Design - color, layout, originality, beauty, special features
- Lawn condition - maintenance, quality of turf or ground covering used as substitute for turf
- Perennials, trees, shrubs - condition of plant material, proportion and scale of plant material to structures
- Flowers and other annual plantings - variety, color, condition
Photos are property of the Park Ridge Garden Club.
$1,000 Donation to the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
The Park Ridge Garden Club was pleased to make a donation to the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie which is located in Illinois. This was the first national prairie set aside in the United States. It includes a full array of species and natural processes typical of tallgrass prairies in the region, including the reintroduction of bison. For more information on this nature preserve, visit: https://fs.usda.gov/midewin
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$4,000 Donation to the Forestry Department
The Park Ridge Garden Club is funding a Legacy Project with the Forestry Department of the City of Park Ridge. The club donated $4,000 to supplement the city's Tree Canopy Program. The Garden Club is partnering with the city in selecting native trees to plant, where possible, in public areas.
The check was presented to Mayor Marty Maloney, Mayor, and Brandon Naser, City Forester, by Jack Barnette, Garden Club President at the August 21, 2023, City Council Meeting. |
Useful Links:
National Garden Clubs, Inc. www.gardenclub.org
Central Region National Garden Clubs www.ngccentralregion.org
The Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc. www.gardenclubsofillinois.org
District IX, Garden Clubs of Illinois www.districtix-gci.org
Chicago Botanic Garden www.chicagobotanic.org
National Garden Clubs, Inc. www.gardenclub.org
Central Region National Garden Clubs www.ngccentralregion.org
The Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc. www.gardenclubsofillinois.org
District IX, Garden Clubs of Illinois www.districtix-gci.org
Chicago Botanic Garden www.chicagobotanic.org
Park Ridge Garden Club
P.O. Box 637
Park Ridge, IL 60068
P.O. Box 637
Park Ridge, IL 60068