Learn about 'nature printing' at club workshop June 25
The Pottawatomie Garden Club, celebrating its 90th year, will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday, June 25, at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, 303 Cedar Ave. in downtown St. Charles.
The 2018 Pottawatomie Garden Club scholarship recipients will be introduced to club members followed by a workshop on "Nature Printing."
This workshop will allow each member to express their creativity by creating note cards and envelopes decorated with imprints of natural materials. Jo-Ann Stores will provide leaves, twigs, vines, blossoms, etc., as well as colored note paper, envelopes and paint supplies while demonstrating the process.
The cost of the workshop is $5, cash. Members are welcome to bring any of their own fresh plant materials. No flowers please.
On Saturday, July 14, the garden club will host its biennial garden walk, "The Pleasures of the Garden," from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will feature six gardens and a garden boutique. This is the garden club's largest fundraising effort. It supports student college scholarships and club activities. Cost is $15 in advance or $20 at the gate.
On Monday, July 23, club members will host a guided tram tour and guided walking tour of Morton Arboretum in Lisle from 10 a.m. to noon.
For more information about Pottawatomie Garden Club, go pottagardenclub.org.
The public is welcome to attend the club meetings.