2025 Garden Year Is Underway (and so are we)!
The Brookfield Garden Club (BGC) is well on its way into a new garden season, and we couldn't be any happier. BGC started meeting again in January.
We started the year off with a bang and already started growing seeds. Garden club member, Sandy C., led a hands-on demonstration on winter sowing. As of March 29th, some members already reported seeing seedlings pop up in their containers. Yeah!
At our March 29 meeting we had an informative discussion on the Who's Who of Owls presented by the Stillman Nature Center. We were amazed at the beautiful Birds of Prey that came along with our speakers, such as the Barn Owl and the Barred Owl.
Local business Sister Squared made some amazing floral arrangements with up-cycled containers at our April 26th meeting.
On May 17 many members participated in Brookfield's Project Nice event at the village hall.
June was full of preparation for the annual plant sale at the Brookfield Farmer's Market- our big fundraiser for the year. The June 7th event was very successful, with hardly any plants left at the end of the day!
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June was full of preparation for the annual plant sale at the Brookfield Farmer's Market- our big fundraiser for the year. The June 7th event was very successful, with hardly any plants left at the end of the day!
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Kathleen Garness, science affiliate with the Field Museum and Morton Arboretum, gave a presentation on native orchids in Illinois at the club's June 28th meeting. There are almost 50 of them in just our state!
"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul." ~Alfred Austin
