October Garden Club Program
October 8, 2022 Antioch Village Center
Gourds! Marlene Maroff grew up in a family of gardeners in New Jersey. She served in the US Marine Corps, settled in Davenport, IA and became an active member in garden clubs. She is a master Flower Show Judge and a Rose & Rose Arrangement Judge. She has raised many types of gourds over the years and is currently President-Elect of the Federated Garden Clubs of Iowa, Inc. Today, Marlene will be sharing her love of gourds - growing, harvesting, drying, and decorating
September Garden Club Program
September 10, 2022 Antioch Village Center
Antioch Garden Club celebrated the beginning of our club year with a garden tour and potluck luncheon. Our gardens are looking beautiful thanks to the hard work of our members who dedicate many hours to our community gardens!
After our garden our and business meeting we enjoyed our annual potluck lunch and our members can cook and bake as well as we can garden! The food was delicious and beautifully presented!
June Garden Club Program
June 11, 2022 Antioch Senior Center
Antioch Garden Club kicked off the summer with our June meeting. First we thanked our outgoing officers who have kept our club going through the pandemic, then we inducted our new officers for the coming two years.
Thank you to outgoing officers Vice President Linda Fox and Secretary Jayna Legg.
Congratulations to our incoming officers President Holly MarkwartSwehla, Vice President Marianne Peters, Secretary Nancy Zitkus and our Treasurer Lana Svitak.
The Nancy Zitkus Scholarship was presented to this year's recipient, Riley Nebel.
We ended our meeting with a pot luck luncheon, and the food was fantastic!! Our next meeting will be on September 10th. We hope you will join us!
Outgoing officers Lana S, Jayna L and Linda F
April Garden Club Program
April 9, 2022 Antioch Senior Center
With the club's annual perennial plant sale coming up May 14, we enjoyed viewing club member Cindy Cartner's video presentation, "Transplanting 101," which is on YouTube. We listened to her tips afterwards for giving the perennials we divide and share a good start to ensure they will do well in buyers' gardens this spring. Then member Jane Buck, master gardener, drew on her years of experience serving on several invasive plant committees in different states to educate the club about the invasive plants found in Illinois. She explained what they are, how to identify them, where to find them, and why we should care. Many people unintentionally share invasive plants and shrubs, and some people and businesses even sell them. It was illuminating to discover what the most common ones are in our area and how to do our part to stop their spread. Invasive plants that were in many cases introduced over the years for what people thought were good reasons, now crowd out native plants and disrupt the ecosystem in the state. We again shared seeds with one another, and welcomed new members and guests. Next month's meeting will be our annual plant sale! See you there!
Dividing Perennials
Invasive Plants of Illinois
Invasive Plants of Illinois
Our fellow AGC member Cindy Cartner will give a presentation on dividing perennials. She is going to discuss the do’s and don’ts of dividing our prized plants, mean-while showing her video “Transplanting 101”.
Invasive Plants of Illinois
Invasive Plants of Illinois
Invasive Plants of Illinois
This program will be presented by our fellow AGC member Jane Buck, a master gardener and flower show judge. She will do a presentation of invasive plants of Illinois with a colorful PowerPoint.
March Garden Club Program
March. 12th, 2022 Antioch Senior Center
The program for the March 2022 was All About the Seeds, organized and presented by our program committee members Marianne P. and Jane B. A nice display of seed-starting materials, tools, and DIY information were presented, along with many flower and vegetable seeds for exchanging. Most of the seeds were brought in by members from their own gardens, also some from supporting vendors. Everyone attending the meeting was happy to bring a collection of seeds home. Seeds exchanges can really promote biodiversity in our gardens and offer an opportunity to try something new! Spring is in the air. Let's get ready to have our seeds started!
The Main table at the meeting
Happy New Year 2022
December Garden Club Program
December. 11th, 2021 United Methodist Church
The program for this December was All About the Holiday Plants, presented by florist Lori Dupont from Floral Acres in Antioch. She talked about the most popular holiday plants: poinsettias and holiday cactus, from the history of the plants to varieties and caring tips for them. Members learned a lot about these beautiful holiday plants.
Tis the holiday season, our meeting room was filled with holiday vibes. There were colorful raffle prices and delicious food to share after the program. We also played a gardening quiz between members and celebrated with Holly Markwart Swehla for her achievement of receiving a master gardener certificate. This would be the last in person meeting of this year for our club. We wish all our members and their families a very happy and healthy holiday season!
November Garden Club Program
November 13th, 2021 Antioch Senior Center
The program for the November was Incredible Bats. It was presented by Sharon Peterson, an elementary school teacher/librarian and has been trained by Bat Conservation International in the conservation of bats. Since 1996, Sharon and her husband Daniel have traveled to 10 states across the Midwest and Canada with their program. They have been promoting bat education through these presentations. Sharon and her assistant Kim White shared their experiences, taught us about the many benefits of this misunderstood and feared creature. It was very educational. All the people attended the program enjoyed learning and interreacting with this amazing animal and some other companion animals.
At the end of the meeting, the club membership chair Jackie H. conducted a ceremony, inducting two new members: Donna R. and Laura V. to join the club. Welcome our new members!
October Garden Club Program
October 9th, 2021 Tim Osmond Park
What a nice sunny autumn day. We had 14 existing members, 2 new members (who were willing to join the club and were inducted into the club right away on the site) and 1 guest attended the program. In addition, we welcomed GCI District IX director Barbara Gilblair and 1st vice director Carol Ohrn for visiting us and joining our meeting. We gathered together at the Osmond Park, a 78-acre park in Antioch which is being renovated by the Antioch township. There are several local organizations involved as well. Our club has been assisting in the areas of adding native trees in the wooded area and native flowers around the disc golf greens, plus an expended butterfly waystation in the park. After the business meeting, members and guests toured some areas of the park. It was great to have our meeting at an outdoor setting during the pandemic. Everyone who attended this program enjoyed camaraderie and site scene.