ABOUT US

Since 1958, the Whitefish Bay Garden Club has been protecting natural spaces for wildlife and people, beautifying civic grounds, and stimulating an interest in horticulture and home gardens. In 1968 the Club reached outside of our community to found Riveredge Nature Center in Saukville, a growing and thriving space for learning and experiences grounded in our natural world. Recently we have established several projects in our village: weeding Klode Park, becoming a Bird City, supporting Bay Day, establishing the Cahill Butterfly Garden and the Lydell Community Center garden, remembering our neighbors facing hardships through our Forget-Me-Not program, and hosting the first Garden Walk in the Bay. We are committed to continuing our mission into the next decade: growing a greener village …one garden at a time.

*DATE Change* for APRIL Open Meeting:  

 The PUBLIC is invited to our open meeting on Wednesday, APRIL 13th at 7:00 pm.  This is a change from the previously published date.
 Susan Firer Poetry Reading in honor of Poetry Month
Attend via zoom link: April Poetry Reading
Email us with questions or for assistance: wfbgardenclub@gmail.com
For 35 years, Susan taught creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has been a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and a Milwaukee Poet Laureate. She is the author of six books of poetry, including Milwaukee Does Strange Things To People. Her most recent book, The Transit of Venus, was named an “Outstanding Work of Poetry" by the Wisconsin Library Association in 2017. Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Ms. (Magazine), and The New Yorker.



Silver Spring Park Project

Thanks to Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) for its $15,000 grant, the Fund for Lake Michigan for its $40,000 grant, Sweet Water (Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc.) for its $7,500 grant , and to the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation for its grant of $250 awarded to the Club for improvements to be made to Silver Spring Park. Enhancements include: maintaining clean water, reducing soil erosion, removing invasive plants and replacing them with native plants and constructing rain gardens and bioswales on the upper bluff. This will be a lengthy project with two phases. We hope you pop over to check out completion of phase one. A special thank you to the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation for its donation towards our native plants.

Silver Spring park is located at the end of Lake Drive and Silver Spring.
You can park on Lake Drive and it is on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan.
Come see the magnificent view and enjoy us with your family, friends and pets during all seasons. 
Stay tuned for our edible garden in 2022/2023!

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