Mark your calendar for the Member Garden Visit on Saturday, August 6, from 10 am to 2. The address and other details will be sent to members via e-mail. Hope you can join us!
Monday, July 18, 2022
Members-only Garden Visit
Mark your calendar for the Member Garden Visit on Saturday, August 6, from 10 am to 2. The address and other details will be sent to members via e-mail. Hope you can join us!
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Plant Sale 2022!
Our Plant Sale gives gardeners a great opportunity to buy organic vegetables, herbs, and natives at the sale from 9 am-1 pm Saturday, May 7.
NEW THIS YEAR: Annuals! Get flowers from seedlings and have a beautiful cutting garden! View all plants ordered for the sale here.
The sale is at the Hummer Park pavilion. Enter the parking lot off of Sheldon Ave.
Proceeds from this sale allow our club to hire speakers for our monthly meetings, make donations to area organizations and clubs that share our mission, and pay for field trips.
Friday, February 11, 2022
Help Plan 2022 at Our February Meeting PLEASE NOTE LOCATION
The Downers Grove Organic Gardeners will meet on Wednesday February 16 at the Downers Grove Park District's Lincoln Center 935 Maple Avenue, meeting room 503 at 7 PM.
We will discuss our upcoming May plant sale and solicit ideas for speaker topics and field trips for 2022. Later, as a special treat, member Katie Herold will hold a short chair yoga session where she will demonstrate some yoga poses good to do after gardening. Please share this message with your gardening friends and encourage them to attend this meeting with you.
A reminder—It’s time to renew your membership. Membership is $20 for individuals and $30 for families. There will be forms at the meeting. NOTE: Meeting location this month is at the park district Lincoln Center, 935 Maple Ave. Please be prepared to wear masks in the building.Friday, November 5, 2021
November Meeting PLEASE NOTE LOCATION
Our November will be held at 7 PM Wednesday, November 17 at DG Lincoln Center, room 503, 935 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove. Masks should be worn as required by the DG Park District.
Our speaker will be Lauren of Lauren's Beans 'n' Things. You may have seen her at the DG farmers market. Lauren is a young farmer in the Shorewood area. She is not certified organic but tries to use those practices as much as possible. She also coordinated with some farmers in her area to bring some of their produce to the farmers market.Lauren will talk about how she got to this point in her life as well as what and how she farms. She may bring some seeds to share at the meeting.
No need to RSVP. We hope to see you the meeting.
Thursday, September 9, 2021
September Harvest Fest
Saturday, June 26, 2021
View the Dark Skies Presentation
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Plant Sale
The Downers Grove Organic Gardeners Plant Sale is returning to Hummer Park this year on Saturday, May 8.
To comply with pandemic restrictions, we will be limiting the number of people who can be in the pavilion at any one time. The sale is open to the public from 11 AM-1 PM. Please note that you may wait for your chance to shop and that MASKS ARE REQUIRED!
DGOG members can shop from 9-11 AM. If you are a member and have not signed up for a time and still want to, please e-mail us at the address on the right side. Thanks and we hope to see you there! Click here for a list of plants ordered.