Beautiful weather graced the 7th Annual Garden Walk, a fundraiser for the Historical Society of Forest Park. On Saturday, over 225 people attended the event, which showcased eight gardens with the help of dozens of volunteers ensuring everything ran smoothly.
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The day began with ticket pick-up at the Park District of Forest Park’s Roos Recreation Center. Inside, the Historical Society presented a pop-up museum highlighting Forest Park's rich history. Outside, the park district’s grounds supervisor displayed a sample Victory Garden next to Building 4, reflecting this year's theme.
Participating homeowners graciously opened their gardens, each space a testament to their hard work and creativity. Garden Walk booklets provided the history of each garden and the concept of Victory Gardens.


On Friday evening, hosts, volunteers, members, and sponsors gathered for a kickoff party at Michelle Melin-Rogovin's garden, the 2022 Best in Show winner. Saturday's after-party was held at McGaffer’s Saloon, where Joe Lepkowski was awarded Best in Show with a beauitul award made by Lin Beribak at the Forest Park Art Alliance. All gardens were given a special award by the Forest Park Garden Club that highlighted what made them special. 

Izzo at the Park District of Forest Park, Goode, Backman, Lipkins,  Pittman-Johannsen, Wagner, Beribak, and ​Lepkowski

​Thank you to Kristen Lyons, Garden Walk Chair, and HSFP Board President Mark Boroughf. They dedicated months to this walk, finding gardens and sponsors, setting up our pop-up museum, scheduling volunteers, and managing everything in Forest Park before and after the event. Special thanks to Kristen for coordinating with the Park District for this wonderful starting point and their collaboration. Shout out to our entire Historical Society board who work so hard on this and all our events!

Thank you to Linda Beribak at the Art Alliance not only was she a garden host this year but she also created this beautiful award for Best in Show!

Running the Garden Walk requires 25 volunteers, we couldn't do this without you!

Not only Is the Garden Walk a ton of fun it is also our biggest fundraiser of the year! Huge thank you our sponsors who bought booklet ads, many of which come back year after year.

April Baker Homes
Ferrara Candy Company
Smokey Joel's
Everett Wealth Solutions
Lauren Burjan @Properties
McGaffer's Saloon
O'Sullivan's Public House
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And a thank you to our community partners 
Park District of Forest Park
Garage Galleries
Oak Park Garden Walk
Forest Park Garden Club

And a thank you to our raffle donors
Kristen Lyons
Michelle-Melin Rogovin
Kiwanis of Forest Park
McGaffer's Saloon