Meet at 9AM. The day’s work plan will include removing invasive plants, deadheading native plants and collecting seeds to sow on the trail next year. Wear closed toe shoes. Bring work gloves and pruners if you have them. We will not cancel for sprinkles but will do so for heavy rain or other weather conditions. […]
Shake Rattle and Roll with the Friends. Saturdays, 2 - 4 PM. 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 be prepared for […]
Meet at 9AM. The day’s work plan will include removing invasive plants, deadheading native plants and collecting seeds to sow on the trail next year. Wear closed toe shoes. Bring work gloves and pruners if you have them. We will not cancel for sprinkles but will do so for heavy rain or other weather conditions. […]
Shake Rattle and Roll with the Friends. Saturdays, 2 - 4 PM. 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 be prepared for […]
Meet at 9AM. The day’s work plan will include removing invasive plants, deadheading native plants and collecting seeds to sow on the trail next year. Wear closed toe shoes. Bring work gloves and pruners if you have them. We will not cancel for sprinkles but will do so for heavy rain or other weather conditions. […]
Meet at 9AM. The day’s work plan will include removing invasive plants, deadheading native plants and collecting seeds to sow on the trail next year. Wear closed toe shoes. Bring work gloves and pruners if you have them. We will not cancel for sprinkles but will do so for heavy rain or other weather conditions. […]
Final Seed Cleaning Day - Shake Rattle and Roll with the FriendsSaturday, November 19, 9AM - Noon Join the Friends as they sort, clean, and separate seeds gathered from the trail. Cleaned seeds will be dispersed on the trail after the first snowfall. RSVP to tell us you are coming, and we will send the […]
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 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 enjoy […]
In honor of Martin Luther King Day School District #35 invites families and the community to learn more about local service organizations and opportunities to volunteer or contribute. The event will take place in the South School Cafeteria. Each organization will showcase their organization’s mission, services, and volunteer opportunities. The Friends of the Green Bay […]
Reliable supplies of water are threatened by scarcity, excess, wild fluctuations between these extremes, and pollution. In the Great Lakes region, some communities enjoy ample supplies and others do not, but they all face the "threat multiplier" of a rapidly changing climate. Kimberly Gray, chair of the civil and environmental engineering department at Northwestern University, […]
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We restore nature’s beauty to The Green Bay Trail.
