Date/TimeDate(s) – Sat Nov 12, 202210:30 am – 12:00 pm LocationThe Growing Place2000 Montgomery Road, Aurora, Il 60542 (Approximately 1/2 mile north of Ogden Ave. on Montgomery Road. Enter thru front gate and park in retail parking lots.) The annual seed-swap will be held this year at The Growing Place in Aurora. This is a […]
Date/TimeDate – Saturday October 1, 20229:00 am – 11:00 am On Saturday, October 1, 2022, Jill Paulus and Donna Green will lead a trip to Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve to see a Renewed Pond, the Poverty Prairie and the overlook to the Des Plaines River. Meet at the parking lot on Lemont Road just south […]
Date/TimeThursday, September 15, 2022 7:00 pm Slide Presentation: Called “the most beautiful country imaginable” by French explorer Pierre Liette, and “gardens of the desert” by poet William Cullen Bryant, the Illinois prairie is all but gone and the word prairie has lost its meaning. We are still “the prairie state,” but today, it is Silicon […]
Date/TimeSaturday August 27, 2022 11:00 am Because of the rain last week, Edmund and Kathy Olson have decided to host another tour of their beautiful woodland yard and stream-side erosion restoration project this Saturday, August 27th. The tour will begin at 11 a.m., and the Olson’s will have snacks for those who want to stay […]
Date/TimeSaturday September 10, 2022 8:30 am – 11:30 am Long-time member of Wild Ones, Jan Smith, has created a native landscape in a public park which has been described as a native plant museum. The Carol Stream Park District has honored Jan by giving the park her name. In June our group helped with planting […]
