Event Series Trail Restoration Day

Trail Restoration Day

Green Bay Trail & Mary St. 278 Mary Street, Winnetka, IL, United States

Meet Trail Day stewards at the Mary St, entrance to the Green Bay Trail, south of  Glencoe’s Harbor Ave. The day’s agenda will be discussed at that time. Work will vary by season and may include installing fencing around new shrubs, planting native plants, removing invasive plants, collecting native plant seeds and seasonal trail maintenance. […]

Event Series Trail Seed Cleaning

Trail Restoration Day / Seed Cleaning

Takiff Center 999 Green Bay Rd, Glencoe, IL, United States

Shake Rattle and Roll with the Friends Saturday, 9:00 to 11:00 AM Location: Takiff Center for the October 14th event. Due to inclement weather forecasted for Oct. 14, Trail Restoration Day has merged with Seed Cleaning Day.  We will meet at the Takiff Center from 9-11 am.  Join the Friends to sort, clean and separate […]

All About Invasive Buckthorn – Virtual

Virtual

Buckthorn is a highly invasive shrub that forms dense thickets and crowds out native plants . Learn how to identify buckthorn, find out why it threatens wildlife habitat and native species, and learn how to control it in your own landscape. Alternative  replacement shrubs will be discussed. Presented by Matt Evans, Managing Ecologist of Woodlands […]

Event Series Trail Restoration Day

Trail Restoration Day

Green Bay Trail & Mary St. 278 Mary Street, Winnetka, IL, United States

Meet Trail Day stewards at the Mary St, entrance to the Green Bay Trail, south of  Glencoe’s Harbor Ave. The day’s agenda will be discussed at that time. Work will vary by season and may include installing fencing around new shrubs, planting native plants, removing invasive plants, collecting native plant seeds and seasonal trail maintenance. […]

Event Series Trail Seed Cleaning

Trail Seed Cleaning

Shake Rattle and Roll with the Friends Saturday, 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM Takiff Center Join the Friends to sort, clean and separate seeds gathered from the trail’s native plants. The sorting process includes shaking, rattling and the occasional use of golf balls in containers to release seeds from dried seed heads. Cleaned seeds will […]

Put the Trail to Bed

Green Bay Trail & Mary St. 278 Mary Street, Winnetka, IL, United States

Meet Trail Day stewards at the Mary St, entrance to the Green Bay Trail, south of  Glencoe’s Harbor Ave. The day’s agenda will be discussed at that time. Work will vary by season and may include installing fencing around new shrubs, planting native plants, removing invasive plants, collecting native plant seeds and seasonal trail maintenance. […]

Event Series Trail Seed Cleaning

Trail Seed Cleaning – NEW DATE/TIME/LOCATION

Takiff Center 999 Green Bay Rd, Glencoe, IL, United States

Shake Rattle and Roll with the Friends DATE CHANGED FROM 11/11 to 11/18 TIME CHANGED TO 9-11 AM AT THE TAKIFF CENTER Join the Friends to sort, clean and separate seeds gathered from the trail’s native plants. The sorting process includes shaking, rattling and the occasional use of golf balls in containers to release seeds […]

8th Annual Winter Solstice Parade of Lights

Shelton Park Shelton Park, Glencoe, IL, United States

Decorate yourself, family, dogs, strollers or wagons with lights and things that glow. No candles or open flames, please! Meet at Glencoe’s Shelton Park playground for a festive musical presentation. Stroll the Green Bay trail to sing songs and celebrate the arrival of longer days. Festivities will end at the Shelton Park fire pit to […]

An EPIC YEAR for CICADAS (ZOOM)

Virtual

Approximately a trillion red-eyed flying cicadas will hatch in the U.S. this spring as two adjacent broods emerge from the ground. This double hit of cicadas has not happened since 1803 and Illinois will witness the action. Program is presented by cicada expert Dr. Gene Kritsky, professor emeritus of biology at Mount  ST. Joseph University […]

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