MEMBERS ONLY HOLIDAY PARTY

Thursday, December 12 from 6:00-8:00 PM

Members, we’re looking forward to seeing you at our annual holiday celebration! We will be making evergreen centerpieces again this year ($15.00 each) and members will be supplying the food.

All members attending the party are asked to bring either a dessert (Names ending in A to L) or an appetizer (Names ending in M – Z).

If you are signed up to make a centerpiece, bring your garden gloves, pruners, scissors, and aprons. Containers, foam, greens, and embellishments will be provided. Feel free to bring your own embellishments to personalize your arrangement.

Thank you to those who have volunteered to help with the preparation and clean-up for the party.  We will be contacting you separately to go over the details.

We meet at Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg, IL

CALLING ALL BACKYARD BIRD WATCHERS!  Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology is collecting data from everyday bird watchers to track bird populations.  You can sign up at www.feederwatch.org and the project runs November through April.  The website itself is wonderful with all its resources!  Cornell also has a great free phone app called “Merlin” for identifying birds even by sound.  We have a great resource that will help you select the correct birdseed for your feathery friends: ATTRACTING BIRDS TO THE LANDSCAPE

We are the Hoffman Estates Garden Club (HEGC), working since 1957 to promote an interest in gardening and share our knowledge.  Click here to read the article, “The History of the Hoffman Estates Garden Club” posted in the  March/April 2022 issue of the Hoffman Estates Citizen newsletter.

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Monthly meetings take place the first Thursday of the month (as noted on our Events page) at

Spring Valley Nature Center, 1111 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg, IL