More details for monthly programs will be available on our Facebook page events. If you are not a member of our club please contact us thru the website contact tab or Facebook to see if program will be open to the public or If you would like to attend as a prospective member . All programs and meeting locations are subject to change.
Wednesday, July 10th we will meet at Veteran’s Acres parking lot on Walkup, at 9:00 a.m. We will carpool to the Japanese Tea Garden located in the Fabyen West Forest Preserve, 1925 S. Batavia Ave/Route 31 Geneva, Il. The Garden is approximately 200 yards from the parking lot. Bring sack lunch and drink. Our private tour starts at 11:00 a.m.
Lunch in the Bear Cage
(picnic area) located next to the Tea Garden, at 12:00, Business meeting to follow
Wednesday August 14 2024 at 11:30 we will meet at the Prairieview Education Center 2112 Behan Road Crystal Lake to make paper with prairie flowers.
Bring a sack lunch . Business meeting will follow program.
Wednesday September 11 2024
At The Community Foundation for McHenry County . Presentation will be on succulents by Heather Moister , horticulturist at Soil and Spade . .
Wednesday October 9 2024 we will meet at Countryside Garden Shop in Crystal Lake. Lunch will be at home. We will have a social hour from 12 noon to check out shops and greenhouses. Floral designer will demonstrate at 1:00 pm how to make floral arrangements. Arrangements will be raffled off.
Wednesday November 13 2024. Wreath making at The Community Foundation for McHenry County.
Wednesday December 11 2024. Annual members Christmas party
Wednesday January 8 2025. At The Community Foundations for McHenry County.
Food Shed of Woodstock.
Speaker : Peter Waldmann • General Manager. Peter Waldmann’s career started in the 1980’s, working for one of the first health food retail chains in the nation, Mrs. Gooch’s. Since that time, he has enjoyed over 30 years of professional experience in the Natural Foods industry. Peter worked for several well-known retailers including; Whole Foods Market, Wild Oats Markets, Green’s Natural Foods and most recently PCC Community Markets. During his tenures he held numerous positions, ranging from bagger to Chief Executive Officer. To date, he has opened over 20 retail grocery locations in 15 different states
Wednesday February 12 2025. The History of Tea using native and prairie plants presented by Sarah Taylor , Colonel Palmer House Supervisor and historian.
Program will be held at The Colonel Palmer House in Crystal Lake .
Wednesday March 12 2025 At The Community Foundation for McHenry County Program : Basic Computer Training
April 3 2025 District 1 Spring Meeting Hosted by the Countryside Garden Club. Location : The Crystal Lake Country Club. Open to District 1 garden club members only.
Speaker: Cindy Crosby. Cindy graduated from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2014 with her master’s degree in natural resources, with a focus on environmental interpretation. She is a Master Gardener and teaches in the Master Naturalist program. For more than a decade as a prairie steward and volunteer, Cindy helped manage and coordinate the work of other volunteers on the fourth oldest restored prairie in North America
Program: Illinois Wild and Wonderful Early Bloomers
Wednesday April 9 2025. At the Community Foundation for McHenry County. Election of officers and plant sale details.
Wednesday May 14 2025. At the Community Foundation for McHenry County.
Program : Identification of 4 common weeds in the triangle garden .
Using the iNaturalist APP to access guides created by the Countryside Garden Club. The guides are Common weeds in the triangle garden, Triangle Garden Natives and Monarch Nectar Sources and Julia Dole’s Legacy Garden
Saturday May 31 2025. Annual Plant Sale
Wednesday June 11 2025. Annual members picnic
Countryside Garden Club 