❀Lincoln Garden Club❀

❀ WhAT IS GARDEN CLUB?

The Garden Club is dedicated to planting and maintaining the school garden, beautifying green areas on campus, building a community around gardening, and educating the children about all things garden. Garden Club is held during lunch-recess on Tuesdays; it is an inclusive club, and any student can drop in to help when they’d like.  We also host an after-school PTO Grownup Garden Meetup on first Fridays of the month from 3-5pm for any parent volunteers who are able to swing by and help out.

❀ plans for 2025-2026

The Garden Club has some fun plans for this school year, including:

- planting 400 tulip and daffodil bulbs this fall

- teaching the kids how to collect seeds from dried seed pods

- reading garden-related books curated by the Oak Park Public Library 

- creating a Kindness Rock Garden while our garden lies fallow over winter

- continuing to enhance our native plant landscaping

- having the kids help design and plant our garden next spring

❀ GetTING Involved

We always welcome help in the garden!

A few ways to get involved:

- stop by Garden Club on first Fridays after school to see what we’re working on

- donate seeds or plants (edibles or natives)

- watering the garden over the summer (we circulate a sign-up sheet to take turns)

- weeding

- let us know if you have any special ideas for our school garden!

If you or your student are interested in getting involved or volunteering with the Garden Club, please contact info@ptolincoln.org or get in touch with Katharine Klette (3rd grade teacher), Natalie Meil (parent volunteer), or Lauren Johnson (parent volunteer).  Check out our Garden Club Planning Site for more details and volunteer contact information.