Hosted By: The Lombard Garden Club Date: October 27, 2023Time: 1:00 pm Location: Lombard Community Building, 433 E. St. Charles Road, Lombard Speaker, Dr. Trent Ford, has been the Illinois State Climatologist since 2019. Dr. Ford will address some of the impacts we are seeing now and how climate change will affect our landscapes, agriculture, […]
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Volunteer or Donate to Help Eagle Scout Restore Small Pond in Lyman Woods
Shreemann Patel is an Eagle Scout from Troop #10 Hinsdale, based out of the Union Church of Hinsdale. He has embarked on a mission to make a positive impact on our local environment. As part of his journey towards achieving the coveted Distinguished Conservation Service Award, Shreemann is taking on two additional conservation projects, in […]
Forest Preserve District Of DuPage County Report June 2023
Click here for a list of items discussed at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County meeting in June of 2023 compiled by Connie Schmidt and edited by Wendy Vernon. Here are links to meeting notes from previous meetings: May 2023 Forest Preserve Report April 2023 Forest Preserve Report March 2023 Forest Preserve Report January/February […]
World Renowned Native Plant Garden Designer, Grower, Author, and Speaker, Roy Diblik, Shares Insights About His Influential Mentors: Ray Shulenberg, Piet Oudolf, Tom Vanderpoel, Cassian Schmidt, and Gerould Wilhelm.
Roy Diblik has been growing native plants for 40 years and is renowned worldwide as a perennial plant expert with an impressive landscape design portfolio. His portfolio includes high-profile projects in Chicago, such as Millennium Park, The Migratory Bird Garden at the Shedd Aquarium, and The Louis Sullivan Arch at Chicago’s Art Institute. In addition […]
My Love Affair with Chicago Nature in Pictures, Poetry, and Prose
Wild Ones Greater DuPage Chapter member Mike MacDonald and creator of Chicago Nature Now! has an exciting big screen immersive exhibition going on right now at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum until the end of August. On June 24th, at 2:00 pm he will be performing My Love Affair with Chicago Nature in Pictures, Poetry, […]