Collecting your own flower seeds is a great way to preserve native flowers (and favorite old varieties of annuals) and to produce free flowers for your garden. Learn about identifying seeds at peak ripeness and how to dry and store them for years to come. Presented by Dolly Foster, a horticulturist who for 23 years […]

This event has been cancelled. Chainsaw?  If you are looking for an opportunity to use your electric chainsaw, join us to clean up the Trail slope through Winnetka. If you don’t have a chainsaw we will still need help dragging cut debris to the side of the Trail to be chipped and hauled away. Meet […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Cancelled due to rainy weather forecast

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. […]