| 2012 Calendar of Meetings and Events
January – Presentation about Monarch Butterflies |
| 2011 Calendar of Meetings and Events
January – Presentation about Bees February – Lecture about Cook County Boot Camp Garden March – Trip to Chicago Flower and Garden Show April – Annual spring luncheon and flower arrangement demonstration at the Birchwood Club May – Bus trip to Anderson Gardens in Rockford and a visit to private gardens June – Bus trip to visit private gardens in Oakbrook July – Bus trip to visit a private garden and the Lynden Sculpture Garden in Milwaukee August – Visit to Craig Bergmann Gate House Garden and dessert at a NSGC member’s garden in Lake Forest September – NSGC Member Flower Show and Annual Meeting October – Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum November – Ed Lyon presentation December – Annual Holiday Flower Arrangements Service Project |
| 2010 Calendar of Meetings and Events
January – Presentation about Backyard Birds and Bird Feeding February – Lecture about Springfield Gardens March – Studio Beads handicraft workshop April – Annual Spring Luncheon and Floral Design Presentation May – Visit to Pagoda Red Chinese Scholar’s Garden June – North Shore Garden Club Biennial Garden Walk July – Visit to Two Private Lake Forest Gardens August – Prairie Crossing Bus Trip September – Member Flower Show and Annual Meeting October – Cantigny Bus Trip November – Lecture by landscape designer Greg Pierceall December – Yoga and Meditation workshop |
| 2009 Calendar of Meetings and Events
January – Presentation about perennials February – Presentation by landscape architect March – Bus trip to Chicago Flower and Garden Show April – Annual Spring Luncheon and flower arrangement demonstration at the Birchwood Club May – Millennium Park Bus Trip June – Rick Bayless City Herb Garden Bus Trip July – Highland Park Private Gardens Tour August – Merit Prize Awards Luncheon and Chicago Botanic Garden Intern Presentations August – Ball Horticultural Company Bus Trip September – Member Flower Show and Annual Meeting October – Morton Arboretum and Willowbrook Wildlife Center Bus Trip November – Humorist and Master Gardener Mike Nowak December – Annual Holiday Flower Arrangements Service Project |
| 2008 Calendar of Meetings and Events
February – Slide lecture garden tour of France |
| 2007 Calendar of Meetings and Events
February – Slide lecture by Adele Kleine March – Pasquesi Garden Center in Lake Bluff – New and Award-Winning Plants April – Annual spring luncheon and flower arrangement demonstration at the Birchwood Club May – Bus Trip to the Illinois Institute of Technology & Garfield Park Conservatory “Niki in the Garden” June – Garden of Guillermo Castenllanos, Mito Landscape plus a private garden in Evanston July – Bus Trip to Racine – Wingspread, Frank Lloyd Wright designed home plus Racine Art Museum August – Merit Prize Award Luncheon and Chicago Botanic Garden Intern Presentations August – Elawa Farm in Lake Forest September – Member Flower Show and Annual Meeting at Ryerson Woods October – Sunday Brunch at Bertucci’s November – Slide lecture about world gardens |