| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Official Name: | Green Garden Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Will |
| Leader Title: | Supervisor |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1884 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.67 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 36.67 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0 |
| Area Urban Sq Mi: | 2.0 |
| Area Metro Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Subdivisions keep on being built. |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 109.4 |
| Population Metro: | o |
| Population Urban: | 23 |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 75 |
| Elevation Ft: | 75 |
| Website: | https://www.toi.org/township/will-county-green-garden-township |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Est: | 3991 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-197-31394 |
Green Garden Township is located in Will County, Illinois, between the villages of Manhattan and Monee and straight south of Frankfort. The center of the township is the intersection of Manhattan-Monee and Center roads. From the center, the township extends three miles (5 km) in each direction; north, west, south, and east, for a total of 36sqmi.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[2] Its major roads are U.S. Route 45, Center Road, Manhattan-Monee Road, and Harlem Avenue.
Green Garden was treeless rolling prairie land when the township was organized in 1853, with a few streams and sloughs.
After the initial "Yankee settlement" by people from New England and New York State, most of the post-1851 settlers in Green Garden were German.[3]
As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,010 and it contained 1,362 housing units.
Green Garden is a part of Peotone Community School District 207 - U.
Green Garden Township was organized in 1853. Prior to that, it had been called Thornton, and "was included with Manhattan under the name of Carey."
Sparsely inhabited Green Garden was one of the last places in Will County to be occupied by settlers, due to its lack of timber.
On May 26, 1917, Green Garden Township was hit by a devastating cyclone. The cyclone, which appeared to have multiple tornadoes, was visible from neighboring Peotone, and left a two to three mile wide path of destruction and crop damage as it moved from west to east through Will County.
The Green Garden town hall was reduced to kindling, while the schoolhouse across the road from it remained intact. In Green Garden and Monee townships, at least 50 horses and 100 cattle were killed, and 67 structures had to be rebuilt.[4]