September 20, 2011 – Annual Meeting and Member Flower Show
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August 16, 2011 – Craig Bergmann Gatehouse Garden
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July 20, 2011 – Milwaukee Gardens
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June 21, 2011 – Hinsdale Gardens
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May 17, 2011 – Rockford Gardens
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May 6, 2011 – GCI District IX Spring Outing – The Grove in Glenview
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April 26, 2011 – Annual Spring Luncheon at Birchwood Club
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March 18, 2011 – CGI District IX Annual Meeting & Luncheon
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March 8, 2011 – GCI District IX Annual Meeting & Luncheon
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November 16, 2010 – Greg Pierceall Lecture
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September 21, 2010 – Member Flower Show and Annual Meeting
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July 19, 2010 – Garden Clubs of Illinois Summer Meeting at Kemper Lakes
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April 20, 2010 – Annual Spring Luncheon at Birchwood Club
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March 16, 2010 – Meeting at Studio Beads
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March 9, 2010 – CGI District IX Annual Meeting & Luncheon
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February 16, 2010 – Presentation on Springfield Gardens
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September 15, 2009 – Member Flower Show and Annual Meeting
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July 21, 2009 – Member’s Garden Walk and Party
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July 13, 2009 – GCI Summer Meeting in Springfield
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June 16, 2009 – Rick Bayless Kitchen Garden
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 – Annual Spring Luncheon
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| Joan Loeb, Margie Barron, Lora Hart, Joanna Brofman, Marilyn Winter |
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| Floral arrangements by Angelo Florist and Design Studio |
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 – CGI District IX Luncheon
Adele Kleine, Joan Lindmeier, Renee Kahn, Betty Soren, Lee Frank, Ida Sondheimer and Sadira Tash |
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 – Give Your Garden a Face Lift
Janice Becker |
Harriet Burnstein and Shelly Burman |
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Inga Leib, Toby Moses and Betsy Lazerow |
Jan Holzheimer, Kathy Robin, Diane Smith (presenter) and Carole Fishman |
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 – Presentation by Craig Bergmann
Sign at Chicago Botanic Garden |
Renown landscape designer Craig Bergmann |
“Integration of Garden Features and Ornamentation” presentation
Renee Klein and Betty Soren received plaques in appreciation of their many years of service on the board |
President Lee Frank gives a plaque to Pat Grober |
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 – Member Flower Show and Annual Meeting
Hostess Sandra Lund (on left) with Jan Holzheimer,
Ida Sondheimer and Gloria Schall
Darlene Schuff’s “green” arrangement |
Renee Kahn’s hot colored arrangement |
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Renee Klein’s stemless vase arrangement |
Adele Kleine, Flower Show Coordinator, |
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Ida Sondheimer’s Asian arrangment
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Madeleine Plonsker’s USA arrangement |
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Harriet Klein, Suzy Tash, Janice Becker, |
Dr. Al Slepyan in his backyard with |
Monday, August 4, 2008 – Garden Clubs of Illinois Summer Meeting
Janice Becker, Gerry Bellanca, Suzy Tash, Lee Frank
Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, Illinois
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Trip to Wauconda
Maureen Berger’s cottage garden on Bangs Lake |
Leaving the Berger’s garden |
Shoreline beach at garden’s edge
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Bus Trip to Woodstock, Illinois
Gerry Bellanca |
Rich Eyre, owner of Foxwillow Pines Nursery, with Barbara Volin and Jan Holzheimer |
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Suzy Tash |
Lee Frank with Rich’s mother |
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Annual Spring Luncheon at the Birchwood Club
Luncheon Co-Chairs |
Harriet Burnstein presented gift to Renee Kahn |
Adele Kleine, Barbara Volin, Renee Kahn,
Ida Sondheimer and Evie Karzen
Flower arrangement demonstration by
Linda Haight and Alex Sandoval from ArtQuest Ltd., Highwood
The beautiful and vibrant centerpieces
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 – Garden Clubs of Illinois District IX Annual Meeting
Back row: Chick Hayman, Harriet Klein, Janice Becker, Pat Grober, Lee Frank, Suzy Tash
Front row: Ida Sondheimer, Renee Kahn, Joan Lindmeier, Harriet Burnstein
Sunday, March 8, 2008 – Lake Bluff Home and Garden Show
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| Chick Hayman and Lee Frank | Chick Hayman, Betsy Lazerow, Betsy Karp and Janice Becker |
Chick’s beautiful table display
Monday, March 3, 2008 – Philadelphia Flower Show
Lisa Goldman and Harriet Klein |
Lisa, Harriet and Lee Frank |
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Meeting
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| Jim Bellanca narrates slides from their trip through Gardens in France | Gerry Bellanca and Harriet Klein |
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Meeting
Adele Kleine narrates her slides of world gardens
Sunday, October 15, 2007 Annual Fall Brunch
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| Seasonal centerpiece created by Renne Kahn | Past presidents Pat Grober, Barbara Volin and Adele Kleine were honored with a rose by current president Lee Frank. |
Friday, October 12, 2007 Illinois Orchid Society Show
Ida Sondheimer’s arrangement |
Adele Kleine’s arrangement |
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 NSGC Annual Flower Show
Pat Grober’s peppers and dahlias |
Harriet Burnstein’s succulent container pot |
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Fran Silverman’s arrangement |
Renee Kahn’s doll and garden display |
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Suzy Tash’s black-eyed susans |
Gloria Schall’s Rosh Hashanah hydrangea |
Gerry Bellanca’s roses
Sunday, August 26, 2007 District IX Flower Show
Lee Frank and Chick Hayman serve as
hostesses at Masterpieces
Joan Lindmeier’s orchids won two 1st place blue ribbons and one 2nd place red ribbon
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Elawa Farm
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Dede Borland telling us about Elawa Farm in Lake Forest
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Bus Trip to Racine, WI
Harriet Klein and Darlene Schuff at Wingspread, the Frank Lloyd Wright designed home for the Johnson family |
Ida Sondheimer and Jan Holzheimer in front of one of the many fireplaces |
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Jane Mordini on spiral stairs leading to crow’s nest |
Inga Lieb in the rose garden |
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Janice Becker, Donna Bass and Betsy Lazerow in the perennial garden |
Lee Frank in the garden |
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Adrienne Frankel at the Racine Art Museum |
Muriel and Maurice Fulton at RAM |
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Evanston Mini Garden Walk
Lee Frank and Donna Bass beside the beautiful tri-color beech tree in the garden of Guillermo Castenllanos, Principal and Designer Mito Landscape Inc. |
Pat and Sam Grober in their spectacular garden |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Bus Trip
Seated in front left to right: Adele Kleine and Margie Barron |
Illinois Institute of Technology McCormick Tribune Campus Center designed by Rem Koolhaas |
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President Lee Frank in front of a sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle at the Garfield Park Conservatory |
Margot Witcoff, Betty Soren and Betsy Lazerow at the Conservatory |
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Luncheon at the Birchwood Club
John Looby III, Master Gardener and Owner of Lake Forest Flowers with his daughter Eileen and his sister Maggie
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Left to right in foreground: Lynn Dorfman, Suzan Tash, Toby Moses, Lois Melvoin |
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Harriet Klein selling raffle tickets |
Gloria Schall with a floral arrangement that she won at the raffle |
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Meeting
Suzan Tash and Jan Holzheimer at Pasquesi Home and Garden |
Adele Klein, Pat Grober and Isabel Chan Shee at Lovell’s |
March 13, 2007 District IX Luncheon
Seated left to right: Evelyn Karzen, Jan Holzheimer, Renee Kahn, Joan Lindmeier and Ida Sondheimer Standing left to right: Suzan Tash, Lee Frank, Betty Soren and Adele Kleine |
Arrangement Renee Kahn made for raffle. (Our club was one of many who provided the raffle prizes.) |