Park Ridge Garden Club
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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
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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 6:30PM. 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 there's time for socializing until the program starts as noted below. Programs generally last 1 hour. Meetings typically adjourn at 9:00pm.
You are welcome to bring your own beverage to the meetings.
Date: October 8, 2026
Program: Bison Tales and Tallgrass Trails
Speaker: Cindy Crosby
This is a fun program featuring the largest and most charismatic of Illinois’ mammals - the American Buffalo! Learn how bison play a role in Illinois’ original garden, the tallgrass prairie. Hear about bison in literature, music and art and see beautiful photography of the native plants they are associated with, many suitable for the home garden. Discover where you can see bison and prairie plants in “The Prairie State.”
Cindy Crosby is the author, compiler or contributor to more than 20 books. Her most recent book is Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural and Personal History. Cindy earned her master’s degree in natural resources from University of Wisconsin. She is a Master Gardener and a long-time volunteer at Nachusa Grasslands, a Nature Conservancy site with bison in Franklin Grove, Illinois. She coordinates dragonfly monitoring at Nachusa and at the Schulenberg Prairie at the Morton Arboretum. When she isn’t working in her garden she speaks and teaches on natural history topics in the Chicago region. Cindy blogs each week at “Tuesdays in the Tallgrass”.
Program: Bison Tales and Tallgrass Trails
Speaker: Cindy Crosby
This is a fun program featuring the largest and most charismatic of Illinois’ mammals - the American Buffalo! Learn how bison play a role in Illinois’ original garden, the tallgrass prairie. Hear about bison in literature, music and art and see beautiful photography of the native plants they are associated with, many suitable for the home garden. Discover where you can see bison and prairie plants in “The Prairie State.”
Cindy Crosby is the author, compiler or contributor to more than 20 books. Her most recent book is Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural and Personal History. Cindy earned her master’s degree in natural resources from University of Wisconsin. She is a Master Gardener and a long-time volunteer at Nachusa Grasslands, a Nature Conservancy site with bison in Franklin Grove, Illinois. She coordinates dragonfly monitoring at Nachusa and at the Schulenberg Prairie at the Morton Arboretum. When she isn’t working in her garden she speaks and teaches on natural history topics in the Chicago region. Cindy blogs each week at “Tuesdays in the Tallgrass”.
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Annual Membership Drive
It's that time of year again. Membership dues are $35 for an individual and $45 for a couple. The Garden Club processes renewals for all members at the same time during the spring, regardless of when you initially joined the club. The deadline for paying dues is Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
If you want to join the club as a new member, please go to the
ABOUT page for more information and the ability to join today.
ABOUT page for more information and the ability to join today.
There are two ways to renew your membership:
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1. Mail your check to:
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Park Ridge Garden Club
P.O. Box 127 Park Ridge, IL 60068 |
2. Pay online here. You don't need a PayPal account, just select CHECKOUT. A receipt will be emailed to you. Select the type of Membership from the drop-down box below.
Please review your information in the current Yearbook. Has your email address changed? Did you want to change the phone number listed? Provide any changes when you renew! Thanks in advance for your help.
Residential Beautification Awards Contest
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The City of Park Ridge and the Park Ridge Garden Club are co-sponsoring the 35th Annual Beautification Awards Contest for residents in the City of Park Ridge. The contest recognizes residents of free-standing, single-family homes who have made their homes and landscaping the most attractive in our City.
The 2026 winners have been announced!
For full details, please go to the Beautification Awards page, or click here.
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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 127
Park Ridge, IL 60068
P.O. Box 127
Park Ridge, IL 60068