Plants are arranged for a garden club promotion photo in Barrington.
Daily Herald file, 1970
According to the National Garden Clubs website, the first garden club in America was founded in January 1891, by the Ladies Garden Club of Athens, Georgia.
Since then, local garden clubs have sprung up across the country including many in the Chicago suburbs. Local members gather to share their love for horticulture, the environment and improving the community.
The Garden Club of Illinois was founded in 1925 and currently has more than 7,500 members and 160 clubs. Area towns with clubs include Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Barrington, Lake Zurich, Mount Prospect, Grayslake, Naperville and Rolling Meadows.
As winter drags on, club members look forward to spring and upcoming flower and plant shows. The 89th Annual Garden Club of Illinois Convention will be held April 24-25 in Naperville and is open to the public.
For more information on the Garden Club of Illinois, visit gardenclubsofillinois.org.
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A group of garden club members look over an arrangement in Mount Prospect.
Daily Herald file, 1966
Customers look over items during a 1966 garden sale.
Daily Herald file, 1966
A couple young men look over a glass bowl arrangement during a plant show in Itasca.
Daily Herald file, 1966
Mount Prospect garden club members chat while looking over an arrangement of flowers.
Daily Herald file, 1966
Suburban garden clubs' entry "A Saffron Skyride" was part of a 1970 Chicago flower show.
Daily Herald file, 1970
Flower arrangements are made during a garden club gathering in Palatine.
Daily Herald file, 1970
Inverness Garden Club members get an arrangement demonstration during a gathering in Palatine.
Daily Herald file, 1970
Children look at flowers at a Countryside Garden Club gathering in Palatine.
Daily Herald file, 1970
A garden club members prepares for a garden walk in Palatine.
Daily Herald file, 1970
A little boy helps to prepare items for a 1970 Mother's Day plant sale.
Daily Herald file, 1970
Inverness Garden Club members attend an event in Palatine.
Daily Herald file, 1970
Plants are prepared for a Mother's Day sale.
Daily Herald file, 1970
Buffalo Grove garden club members work on a plant display.
Daily Herald file, 1970
A group of women work on a garden at an Arlington Heights museum.
Daily Herald file, 1970
Club members show off a new flower flag in Itasca.
Daily Herald file, 1970
A group of garden club members pitch in as they prepare to plant trees.
Daily Herald file, 1970