Bike the Blooms
During the Second World War, Victory Gardens played an important role in supporting the war effort (for more information, see the Summer 2007 Newsletter). Highwood residents were expert gardeners before and remain expert gardeners since.
This July and August the Historical Society is taking the time to memorialize some of the best front yard gardens in Highwood. We've been around town on foot, in cars and yes... on bicycles taking pictures of the gardens and talking to some of the gardeners. To make storage and display of the digital images easier, we created a Flickr account. We have also created a GoogleMap that outlines the participating gardens.
For added fun, we picked the best garden of the participating homes. The contest runs from July 1 to August 1. Photographs and stories of this year's contest will also be displayed at the Highwood Art Fair.
We welcome stories and photos of your Highwood Garden
Mail to:
Highwood Historical Society
P.O. Box 132
Highwood, IL 60040
Call: (847)433-2984
Email: HighwoodHistory@aol.com
or: gardens@HighwoodHistoricalSociety.com