Special Projects

Mineral Springs Restoration

The Algonquin Garden Club has been working with the city of Algonquin since 2015 to help restore Historic Mineral Springs in Angel Towne Park which is an important piece of the city’s history. In 2021-2022 we continued with this project by working with the Algonquin Historic Commission to obtain the funds needed to complete the restoration. With the club’s 501(c)3 status and the help of the Algonquin Historic Commission, in 2023 we applied for and were recipients of an $8,000 grant from the Schwemm Family Foundation and $10,000 from the DAR, for this restoration project. Along with these grants, other funds AGC raised, and the Village funds the project is scheduled to be completed in 2024.

The concrete restoration is now complete, the bench has been patched, the stairs have been repaired, the new stone cap has been installed, and a floor drain is in place beneath it. After the village puts in new lighting and paving behind the site, then the Algonquin Garden Club will install a new garden at the site.

See more from the Village of Algonquin newsletter winter 2023 and the Northwest Herald newspaper article on October 29, 2023.

Special Projects
2024-2025
o Mini Forest Alliance –
o Pet Cemetery –

2023
o AGC partnered with the Algonquin Area Public Library in 2023 to help with their community gardens.
After the community picked up seedlings from the library, took them home, planted and then returned the plants to the library, we
provided guidance and help in transplanting into the library gardens and maintaining. Herbs and vegetables yielded from the gardens
were to be distributed to the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry and the D300 Food Pantry.

• The Algonquin Garden Club won first place in the 2024 holiday tree decorating.

• The Algonquin Garden Club won first place in the 2023 holiday tree decorating.