The West Chicago Garden Club will meet Meet on April 25 at St Andrew Lutheran Church located at the northeast corner of Prince Crossing & Geneva Road in West Chicago.
Topic: The Elegant Edible Garden
Meeting Time: 6:45PM
Arrive & Mingle 7:00PM, Business Meeting 7:15PM Program
The April speaker will be horticulturalist and garden writer, Nina Koziol. In her presentation, The Elegant Edible Garden, Nina will introduce garden club members to the portager (pow tuh jay.). The potager is an elegant, productive kitchen garden—large or small—that provides seasonal vegetables, berries, and flowers for cutting. Discover the elements that make attractive, functional layouts for your home, provide a wonderful harvest, and attract pollinators.
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Speaker Bio: Nina Koziol
”I’m a horticulturist and garden writer who tends plants on a deer-infested acre about 40 miles from Chicago. I wrote garden articles for the Chicago Tribune for 22 years as well as for Chicagoland Gardening, Old-House Journal, Organic Gardening and The American Gardener. I write for ILCA’s The Landscape Contractor, PlantersPlace.com, and for The Chicago Botanic Garden’s web site. I’ve been teaching horticulture, garden design and residential landscape design history at the Chicago Botanic Garden and The Morton Arboretum since 1997.
Why gardening? I was born in Paris, France, to a father who was a life-long, decorated military photographer. (Yes, I was an Army brat.) He met my mother in England during WWII. My grandparents had an incredible garden in Chelmsford, Essex, England, with a lovely greenhouse my grandfather built. I credit my love of all things gardening–plants, birds, insects and clouds–to my mum who encouraged me at age seven to do my science project on the parts of an Impatiens flower. After that, I was hooked.”
Books by Ms. Koziol:
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The topic of next month’s meeting (May 23) “Herbs” by Marcy Lautanen-Rale
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El West Chicago Garden Club se reunirá con Meeti el 25 de abril
Lugar de reunión: Iglesia Luterana de San Andrés, esquina NE de Prince Crossing y Geneva Road.
Temas: El elegante jardín comestible
Tiempo de reunión:
6:45 p.m.
Llegue y socialice a las 7:00 p.m.
Reunión de Negocios Programa 7:15PM
La oradora de abril será la horticultora y escritora sobre jardinería Nina Koziol. En su presentación, The Elegant Edible Garden, Nina presentará a los miembros del club de jardinería el portager (pow tuh jay.). El potager es un huerto elegante y productivo, grande o pequeño, que proporciona verduras, bayas y flores cortadas de temporada. Descubra los elementos que crean diseños atractivos y funcionales para su hogar, brindan una cosecha maravillosa y atraen a los polinizadores.
