Women Who Dig It: Garden Clubs

“As the garden grows, so grows the gardener” —Unknown It’s time to change your perception of the garden club and the type of woman who belongs to one. “We are not a white-gloved tea and crumpets club,” asserts Nancy Challenger, member of the Winnetka Garden Club since 2006. “We are a working club and definitely […]

by Kristina Tober

Janet Poor Turns Passion for Plants into Mission

Until she was 40, Janet Meakin Poor played a lot of tennis and always had a project going with her children’s schools, the Junior League or her beloved Garden Club of America Winnetka Chapter. At 40, however, Poor switched gears and decided to pursue her passion for plants in earnest. She cobbled together a landscape […]

by MIBS