PHILANTHROPY AND THE NORTH SHORE GARDEN CLUB
The North Shore Garden Club is proud of its commitment to further horticultural education, conservation, and landscape design through gift scholarships and other such means. Funds raised from our biennial garden walks have gone to scholarships and charity over the years.
2012 Philanthropic Projects include:
- College of Lake County – Scholarships for students studying horticulture
- Chicago Botanic Garden Green Youth Farm – Support of a student stipend at the North Chicago site
- Highland Park Community Nursery School & Day Care Center – Support of an outdoor classroom
- Garfield Park Conservatory – To assist in repairs to the green houses after last summer’s hail storm
- Holy Family Food Pantry – Support for the children’s vegetable garden in Waukegan
- Carlson Community Services – Support for the Three Brothers Garden that provides vegetables for the Irving Park Community Food Pantry on the northwest side of Chicago
- Penny Pines – National Garden Clubs project that replants areas damaged by fire or by other natural catastrophes with trees indigenous to the area; we designated club funds to go to forests in Illinois
- Lincoln Memorial Garden – Garden Clubs of Illinois project in Springfield
Other philanthropic projects over the years include:
- Merit Prizes for worthy interns majoring in the field of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden
- Scholarships to the Masters Degree in Landscape Design at Illinois Institute of Technology
- Funding of scientific encyclopedias and dictionaries to the library at the Chicago Botanic Garden
- Donations to the Garden Conservancy to preserve exceptional American gardens for public education and enjoyment
- Support for the rebuilding of the New Orleans Botanical Garden after damage by Hurricane Katrina
- Community kiosk in Jens Jensen Memorial Park in Highland Park, Illinois
- Gardenview Horticultural Park in Cleveland, Ohio
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COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY HORTICULTURE SCHOLARSHIPS
The North Shore Garden Club scholarship program provides financial aid to College of Lake County students for their continued study of horticulture. The club’s philanthropy committee selects recipients based upon written applications submitted by the students. The funds come from the proceeds of our biennial Garden Walk.
CLC Scholarship 2011
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CLC Scholarship 2010
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GREEN YOUTH FARM
North Chicago Green Youth Farm is a youth development program of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The farm, located in Lake County’s Greenbelt Forest Preserve, offers high school students in the underserved communities of North Chicago and Waukegan a paid stipend and the opportunity to learn all aspects of organic farming – from planting seeds, to managing a hive of bees, to cooking with the food they grow and selling it at farm stands and markets. In addition, the students learn how to work together as a team and grow their support system to include their supervisors, program coordinators, legislators, and their fellow participants. The North Shore Garden Club is proud to be one of the sponsors of this worthwhile program.
Green Youth Farm 2011
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Green Youth Farm 2010
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Green Youth Farm 2009
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Green Youth Farm 2008
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MERIT PRIZE AWARDS
The North Shore Garden Club grants Merit Prize Awards to Chicago Botanic Garden interns chosen by the club’s scholarship committee, based upon written applications submitted by the interns. The funds come from the profits of our Garden Walk. At an annual awards luncheon, winning interns talk about their backgrounds and past work experiences, and about their career goals. Often they show slides, illustrating their internship work at the Garden.
Merit Prize Awards 2009
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Merit Prize Awards 2008
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HOLIDAY FLOWERS
During the winter holiday season North Shore Garden Club members make and deliver floral arrangements for residents of local nursing homes.
Holiday Flowers 2011 – CJE Robineau Residence
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Holiday Flowers 2009
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Holiday Flowers 2008
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JENS JENSEN PARK IN HIGHLAND PARK
Jens Jensen Park, originally named “Station Park”, was designed in 1924 by internationally acclaimed landscape architect Jens Jensen. The Rosenwald Memorial, a boulder monument located in the reflecting pool, was given by the North Shore Garden Club in 1930 in memory of Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, the club’s first president. The park with its pool was restored in keeping with Jensen’s original design and rededicated in 2007. A new kiosk, located at the downtown Ravinia train station, was built in 2006 as part of the restoration. It replaced the kiosk that was installed in 1996 across the street in Jens Jensen Park to commemorate the North Shore Garden Club’s 80th anniversary.
Restoration and Rededication of Jens Jensen Park
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