Evanston's Highland Garden Club

04/09/2026

A GREENHOUSE you say- I want.....

A Wilmette home for sale has an old high school greenhouse attached at the back, solar panels that provide half the home's energy, and lavish gardens.

04/06/2026

One of the plants that will be featured at the Backyard Botanicals sale on May 30th is BISTORT. Early bloomer that is a great accent to a lilac bush. It spreads but not aggressively. Big new: Bunnies are busy eating other plants and leave this one alone.

Come join us.......
The Highland Garden Club of Evanston will be holding their annual Backyard Botanicals sale on Saturday, May 30, 2026, from 9 am until 3 pm (rain or shine), in Ackerman Park, 2430 Central Street, Evanston, southeast corner of Central Street & McDaniel Avenue. Ackerman Park is conveniently located west of the Central Street shopping district. A variety of perennials, including native plants that work in residential gardens for bees and butterflies, will be available from gardens of our members and friends. Experienced gardeners will be there to answer your questions. All proceeds support community projects such as a beautiful community garden at the northwest corner of Central and Stewart. Cash, checks and Zelle. Join us!

02/08/2026

*******************Fundraiser ALERT*****************

Get ready for garden season while helping to raise funds for Highland Garden Club!

We’re pleased to announce another year with our fundraising partner - North Shore Plant Club. The North Shore Plant Club’s mission is to make gardening more accessible to the community.

Joining the Plant Club is free and gives you access to great prices on plants, a huge selection, convenience of shopping from home, design expertise from other members, and personalized gardening advice.

When you join North Shore Plant Club and purchase a plant using our affiliate link, 5% of the proceeds will go to Highland Garden Club, helping us award grants and support our projects.

To join, visit
https://northshoreplantclub.com/fundraiser/highlandgardenclub/

You, friends, family and neighbors will have access to 18 different delivery dates from April through September and support the fundraiser. There are Plant Club pick up locations in Buffalo Grove, East and West areas of Glenview, Deerfield, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Mundelein, Naperville, 2 in Skokie/Evanston, Wilmette and Winnetka.

When you sign up through our special link, you will also receive the Plant Club email newsletter featuring plants for that week, gardening ideas, tips, tricks and techniques.

The pre-order for Spring Annuals is going on now until Tuesday, February 17 at 7:00 pm. Please sign up now to be on the email list to learn more!

North Shore Plant Club

01/18/2026

2026- Starts off with a promise:

At our January 7th meeting of the Highland Garden Club we will be Winter Sowing seeds again this year. For thousands of years cultures across the globe have honored the promise of the Winter Solstice - that the death of winter will be followed by the life-sustaining rebirth of the earth’s plants. Winter sowing celebrates the solstice by sowing seeds around December 21st when sustained low temperatures naturally provide the prepared jugs you will leave outdoors the needed cold stratification period, and pose no risk of early germination.

We will have a pretty broad variety of native seeds our members to choose from again this year, including some harvested from ‘Nancy’s Garden’, however, feel free to bring a seed packet of your own if you want. Natives thrive with this seed sowing practice, but many people winter sow their vegetable starts and annual flowers. Pretty much any seed that isn’t a tropical can be winter sown - it will lay dormant until the outside temperatures are right for it to germinate.

We’re very excited to share this simple, cost-effective, and fun method of seed starting with you again this year. No need for indoor lights, no seed trays, no need to cold stratify seeds in your refrigerator - Mother Nature does it all outside, and come late spring you’ll have lots of baby plants to move into your gardens, share with friends, or donate to our Backyard Botanicals plant sale! Our customers are always looking for more natives and we hope to be able to provide more every year.

12/05/2025

December 2025 Meeting was our 3rd (?) annual members holiday floral design session. We made a few gifts for past members that were not able to attend and also for ourselves to take home as centerpieces for our holiday tables. All the creations were so creative and different!

12/02/2025

It's that time again this Wednesday December 3rd 2025 we will do our annual designer holiday arrangements. This is from last year as a reminder of what is to come. Braving the elements to get to join as a group and practice our artistic skills.

10/10/2025

Skokie library is hosting...

10/09/2025

More volunteer options.... Natives are a win for all.

06/30/2025

The secret Little Garden is called Nancy's Garden in honor of Nancy who is no longer on this Heavenly Earth. She dedicated herself to this space that we oversee. We freshened up the center urn in anticipation of a very busy 4th of July parade the annual Evanston 4th of July parade! Please stop by and have a seat and enjoy this wonderful secret garden across from Foodstuffs on Central Street in Evanston..

05/26/2025

Sneak peek... Highland Garden Club Backyard Botanical sale THIS Saturday, May 31st from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. in Ackerman Park in Evanston! Cash and checks only please. Rain or shine . ONE DAY ONLY!

Many native plants will be available, but there will be many other friendly plans from local members gardens.

The top right picture is Bistort, it's an early spring blooming perennial that pairs nicely with azaleas and lilacs.

Bistort tolerates deer, rabbit, moist soils and route! It does spread but not aggressively. It supports birds and butterflies. Light: Part Shade