Advancing Home Gardening • Community Beautification • Horticultural Education in Geneva, Illinois
The Geneva Garden Club was recently presented with several awards from Garden Clubs of Illinois. We are honored to receive these awards and look forward to continuing our efforts throughout the Geneva and Fox Valley area. With our gratitude and thanks.
May 13, 2025 General Meeting
Our last meeting before our summer break took place Tuesday, May 13 with a wrap up of a wonderful season full of interesting presenters and presentations. We thank all who participated in our meetings and look forward to a program full of interesting topics for our 2025/2026 season which begins in September.
Thank you to all who joined us for our 2025 Spring Fling Luncheon. And a special thanks to the businesses who supported us by sponsoring this event.
2025 Scholarship Awardees
We congratulate Audrey Matthews and Alaine Molander – this year’s Geneva Garden Club Scholarship recipients. A job well done and best wishes for continued success in your studies.
April Presentation
In April our club enjoyed a presentation by Kim Hartmann, a landscape designer & horticulture educator. She spoke about Japanese gardens, the ebb and flow that is part of them and the water features, stones and pathways that are integral to them. We are lucky to have our very own Japanese Garden at the Fabyan Forest Preserve and during the late spring, summer and early fall months, a group of volunteers work each Friday (weather permitting) to keep the garden beautiful.
And not too far from Geneva we have one of the nation’s best Japanese gardens. A visit to Anderson Japanese Garden in Rockford is always in order to see the beauty inherent in it.
Geneva Garden Club Park
Our City offers us a lovely park adjacent to the Fox River and just off North River Lane. Geneva Garden Club Park offers seating and a beautiful view while those who visit enjoy the flowers and plants that abound at the park. Volunteers from our Club work with the Geneva Park District and the City of Geneva to maintain and beautify this park on an ongoing basis. Be sure to stop by each season to see the flora and fauna, have a cup of coffee or simply enjoy some quiet time.
Kane County Jail Garden
The Geneva Garden Club has worked with Sheriff Ron Hain for the Kane County Jail Garden Program. This unique program has provided opportunities for select detainees to learn about planting, maintaining, and harvesting vegetables and flowers. In order to participate the detainees have to earn and maintain the privilege through excellent behavior while in custody. It has been a huge success and a highlight for the GGC members who have volunteered for the program.
Sheriff’s Office Honors GGC
During the Harvest Luncheon, Sheriff Hain and his Diversion Team honored the GGC by dedicating the garden courtyard to the Geneva Garden Club.
“This courtyard garden is dedicated to the members of the Geneva Garden Club, with great appreciation for their tireless work planting, tending, and nurturing, not only the seeds sown in this garden, but also the hearts of the women detainees who have joined them there, together helping to feed the community.”
Beautification Efforts
The Geneva Garden Club proudly maintains the knuckle located downtown at the corner of 3rd & State Street in front of State Street Jewelers as part of our efforts to beautify the city of Geneva.
Our History
The Geneva Garden Club, a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, was founded in the fall of 1928 and is a member of the Garden Clubs of Illinois as well as the National Garden Clubs. This year the Geneva Garden Club celebrated its 96th birthday. This is quite an accomplishment, and throughout its existence its goals have remained the same: beautification of the community, preservation of our natural environment, and the promotion of horticultural education. The club and its members have undertaken many projects over the years to further these goals.
