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Illinois Dunesland Garden Club is for gardeners in Northeastern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin. We are a well established garden club;we have been meeting since 1937.  Our club has gardeners, new and old; we are always looking for new and interested gardeners--you don't have to be a master gardener to be included! 

This is a special year as we complete our 75th anniversary celebration featuring a float in the Zion Jubilee Days Parade which honored this garden club by  adopting the theme "75 years and still growing".

We meet monthly at the Zion Benton Library (unless otherwise noted), except in the summer when we have tours, activities and classes. We like to share our knowledge and learn new ideas and techniques through meetings and programs. We have over eighty members and are growing each year.

Interested in seeing what other gardeners do? Want to learn to make concrete garden art? Arrange flowers?  Try organic gardening?  We are planning these things and more.  Meeting dates and programs are listed below.  Guests are welcome.  Feel free to join us.  Please call or email for more information--you can contact us through the "contact" link at the top of the page.

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Dates Programs Sept 11, 2012 11:30 AM Held at Shiloh Center Light Luncheon*      ($10 fee) New and Underused Trees and Shrubs--Barb Larsen Oct 9, 2012 1 PM Held at Zion Library Preparing Your Garden For Winter* --April Meyers Nov 13, 2012 1 PM Held at Zion Library Fall Centerpiece Design Workshop* --Gale Dulian Dec 11, 2012 12 noon Held at Shepherd's Crook 351 N Green Bay Rd, Zion Christmas Party Luncheon Make Your Own Centerpiece*   - Gale Dulian   Jan 8, 2013 1 PM Held at Zion Library Dunesland Garden Club Members Photo Contest   Feb 12, 2013 1 PM Held at Zion Library Gardening to Attract Birds--Marietta Nowak Mar 12, 2013 1 PM Held at Zion Library Tapping Maple Trees--Jennifer Berlinghof  (Lake County Forest  Preserve) April 9, 2013 1PM Held at Zion Library Lily Gardening--Beth Dermody (Certified Daylily Judge) May 14, 2013 11:30 AM Held at Shiloh Center Plant Auction Click here to see highlights of our 2012 auction           Salad and Desert Luncheon       A-L  Salad       M-Z Dessert    June 11, 2013 1 PM Held at Shiloh Center "Host a Table"         Spring Afternoon Tea Click here to see highlights of our 2012 High Tea   June 29, 2013    9AM-2:30PM (Registration until 12) Tour begins at Zion Library 2013 Garden Walk                            and Raffle                   Open to the Public                 **FREE** Click here to see our 2012 Garden Tour