Potpourri Garden Club

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Organized:  April, 1978
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday

This year our club will be celebrating 46 years of gardening together! The Potpourri Club enjoys a ‘potpourri’ of experiences.

The Potpourri Garden Club is comprised of diverse, fun members  who enjoy learning about and preserving nature. Our programs are varied and include opportunities to explore gardens and natural settings as well as garden centers, making garden art and meeting others who also enjoy playing in the dirt! Some members also volunteer at the Rock River Food Pantry, assisting clients to pick fresh vegetables from the Pantry Garden.

In past years, our schedule included a brunch at a members home followed by garden trivia, a trip to Hampshire Farms where perennial plants are grown for Home Depot, a floral design event, plant exchange, a visit to Tinker Swiss Cottage, McEachran Homestead Winery and Hoo Haven.

We love learning about new garden trends, making our own garden art such as hypertufa garden planters, bird houses and painting garden stones. We also take on important causes such as saving the Monarch’s by encouraging the planting of milk weed plants. Preserving bee habitats is another mission. Without bees we wouldn’t be able to satisfy the appetite brought on by so much gardening! All these things inspire us to keep trying new things in our gardens.

Linda Baker
President of Potpourri Garden Club
(815) 228-8997

President: Linda Baker, assisted by Maryann Miller

Vice President: Open

Treasurer: Susan Schmitz

Secretary: Karla Hardman

Guests are always welcome at our meetings and activities which end in some form of food and fellowship. One guest remarked at a meeting that “Everyone talks to everyone!” Interested gardeners may attend 3 activities as a guest. We usually meet the second Tuesday of the month at 10am unless there is an extra-special event being planned.

We have fundraisers such as our plant exchange throughout the year with proceeds donated to a garden-related nonprofit organization in Rockford.

Guests are always welcome at our meetings and activities which end in some form of food and fellowship. One guest remarked at a meeting that “Everybody talks to everyone!” Interested gardeners may attend 3 activities as a guest.

Potpourri's Motto: 

Gardens, like friendships, are comprised of collections, both varied and beautiful.

Potpourri $500 Community Donations:
Rock House Kids

In addition, hundreds of socks, hats, gloves, and mittens were donated to Miss Carly’s.