St. Clair County Garden Club - Belleville, IL

11/04/2025

Guess who won SECOND place for the Scare Crow contest at the District V meeting? WE DID! Congratulations to the St Clair County Garden club!

The Garden Clubs of Illinois - District V

10/26/2025

The St. Clair County Garden Club was proud to host the District V Presidents Council Meeting on October 22, 2025.

Members from the following groups were in attendance...

National Garden Clubs Inc.
The Garden Clubs of Illinois - District V
Collinsville Garden Club
Edwardsville Garden Club
Lakeview Garden Club
O'Fallon IL Garden Club
Silver Creek Garden Club
Thyme To Garden Club
Trenton Tumbleweeds Garden Club

Thank you to everyone who participated.

09/30/2025

Finalize your clean up to reduce your risk of disease and pests next spring.

09/23/2025

Are you gardening food? Now is a great time to sow spinach, carrots, lettuce, broccoli, kohlrabi, kale, beets, radishes, cabbage, and turnips for fall harvest.

09/16/2025

Root development is still active so go ahead and plant your perennials and shrubs by the end of the month to ensure they're established before the winter.

09/09/2025

Now is a great time to plant spring bulbs. Get plants such as hyacinths, tulips, and daffodils in the ground before it freezes. A good time for Illinois is late September - mid October.

09/02/2025

It's time to start composting. Layer grass clippings, leaves, soil, fertilizer, and moisture for rich compost.

08/26/2025

Now is the time to protect your perennials by...n

1. Divide and transplant any perennials that are crowding one another.

2. Keep watering your garden until the ground freezes during later months.

Got more tips that can help? Feel free to leave them in the comments...

08/19/2025

August means the end of summer is near which makes it a perfect time to plant fall crops. A few things you can do is...

1. Cool season vegetables such as spinach, kale, lettuce, radishes, turnips, and broccoli should be planted now.

2. Plant perennials and bulbs such as garlic, tulips, daffodils, peonies, or hostas for beautiful fall blooms.

If you find this helpful or have more to share, feel free to let us know in the comments.

08/12/2025

August is the perfect time to amend your garden's soil. You can do so by...

1. Add compost or aged manure which improve soils structure and nutrients for the following spring.

2. Test your soil and adjust pH or nutrients based on your findings.

3. Add a fresh layer of mulch to suppress weeds and insulate soil.

Got more tips? Let us know in the comments.

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08/07/2025

https://www.meetup.com/the-saint-louis-urban-farm-sustainable-development-group/events/308628991/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link&utm_version=v2

Our Fall Seedling Sale will have variety trial winners and old favorites! Fall seedlings are sold as 4-packs for $3.50 each. A planting guide for all of the plants being so

08/05/2025

August is finally here and this month is a great time to start work on cleaning up your garden. Here are a few tips to get your started. Feel free to add more in the comments.

1. Remove spent plants by pulling out dead or dying annuals, vegetables, and weeds.

2. Dispose of diseased plants. Don’t add them to your compost. Instead bag and throw them away.

3. Compost the rest. Healthy plant material can go into the compost bin.