Do you have a sweet tooth? If you answered yes then this is the perfect event for you! The Ellwood House is holding an Ice Cream Social on Sunday, August 7th and all are welcome. The DeKalb Municipal Band will be preforming at 2:30pm so come out and enjoy some good music and ice cream! Bring a blanket or a chair and find a good seat on the lawn.
During the Ice Cream Social, the DeKalb Area Garden Club (DAGC) will sponsor a free Garden Show in the air conditioned Visitor Center, featuring garden photos, host leaf variety and flower specimen displays and information about lasagna gardening (a unique technique for growing vegetables). Coloring pictures for children and samples of herbal tea will be available. Club members will be on hand to answer your gardening questions.
Colorful posies made from members’ garden flowers will be sold, as well as raffle tickets for a large gardening basket and a water bucket fountain. Proceeds will benefit the DAGC Endowment Fund for horticulture scholarships at Kishwaukee College.
The Ellwood House Ice Cream Social goes from 2pm – 4pm Sunday. Beverages are $1, Cake, Pie and Cookies will be sold for $2 and Ice Cream will also be $2. The mansion will be open for tours from 2:00 – 4:00pm. For more information please visit www.ellwoodhous
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