About the Garden Club
In addition to being a group of people who love to garden and talk about it, the club has been, and continues to be, an integral part of the community. It contributes time and funds to
the Elmhurst YMCA, Elmhurst Public Schools programs, the Park District, the Elmhurst College Arboretum, and is working toward the establishment of a children's garden at the new Elmhurst Memorial Hospital. Club meetings are held each month at the Wilder Mansion and all are welcome. To join the Elmhurst Garden Club, simply mail in the membership form. We look forward to seeing you.
Scholarships
The Garden Club sponsors the Garden Walk to fulfill its mission to stimulate, encourage, aid, and further horticultural education, conservation and landscape design. In addition to its community efforts, the Elmhurst Garden Club has established the Mildred Hartney College Scholarship Fund which dispurses scholarships to college students majoring in Horticulture, Enviromental Studies, Biology, Botany and other related sciences.Follow the link here for a Mildred Hartney College Scholarship Application
Join us for the many activities that the Garden Club offers:
Horticulture: Programs or field trips relating to horticulture are planned for the year, plus two member plant sales.
Designs and Exhibits: Meets to create special projects such as decorating the Public Library during the holiday season.
Garden Therapy: Meets every month to work with adults at a day care center to make arrangements or a plantings.
Herb Garden: Join us for spring planting day and in the summer to prepare the award-winning garden in Wilder Park for the Garden Walk and Faire.
Project:Award winning Butterfly Waystation created in Butterfield Park
Project: The Katrina Fund: provided assistance to the Waveland-Bay St. Louis Garden Club in Mississippi, to restore public gardens effected by Hurricane Katrina
The Elmhurst Garden Club
Established 1926 in Elmhurst Illinois
Since its beginning,
the Elmhurst Garden Club has been an
important part of the community.
A member of the Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc.
and National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Elmhurst Garden club Website