2009 Calendar of Meetings and Events All meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month unless otherwise noted. January 27, 2009 – Give Your Garden a Face Lift Northbrook Public Library, Civic Room Presentation by Diane Smith, Landscape Designer, Perennial Professionals Inc A warm lunch will be served. February 18, 2009 – Enhance Your Garden with Structure (Please note that this is a Wednesday program) Smith & Hawkins, Highland Park Presentation by landscape architect Scott Freres, founder and principal of the Lakota Group.  Enjoy a 20% discount on all purchases in the store.  Lunch is on your own. March 9, 2009 – Chicago Flower and Garden Show (Please note that this is a Monday program) Bus Trip to Navy Pier to see the show April  21, 2009 – Spring Luncheon and Floral Design Presentation Birchwood Club Featuring Angelo Florist & Design Studio, Lake Forest May 19, 2009 – Millennium Park Bus Trip Architecture Foundation tour with a focus on the gardens and Chinese sculptures. Buffet lunch at the Standard Club June 18, 2009 – Rick Bayless City Herb Garden Bus Trip Visit to the Frontera Grill chef’s organic kitchen garden and lunch at a restaurant to be announced July 21, 2009 – Highland Park Private Gardens Tour Early evening tour of four private gardens and a cocktail party August 11, 2009 – Merit Prize Awards Luncheon Chicago Botanic Garden Intern Presentations August 18, 2009 – Ball Horticultural Company Bus Trip West Chicago September 15, 2009 – Annual Meeting and Member Flower Show At a member’s home in Lake Forest October November December

2008 Calendar of Meetings and Events February - Slide lecture garden tour of France March - Behind the Scenes Tour of the Chicago Botanic Garden Production Greenhouse April - Annual Spring Luncheon and flower arrangement demonstration at the Birchwood Club May - Bus Trip to Woodstock - Rich Eyre’s Foxwillow Pines Nursery plus Kimball & Bean Antiques June – Biennial North Shore Garden Club Garden Walk July – Private home and garden on the shores of Bangs Lake in Wauconda August - “Thank You” Garden Walk Volunteer Luncheon August - Merit Prize Award Luncheon and Chicago Botanic Garden Intern Presentations September - Member Flower Show and Annual Meeting at a private lakeside home October – Sunday Brunch at the Birchwood Club November - Presentation by renown landscape designer Craig Bergmann December - Flower Arrangements for Charity

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