Wild Ones Tour & Picnic at Greene Barn and Oak Cottage, Greene Valley Forest Preserve
Public Welcome Free Event Nature Walk/Hike
Join local historian and Wild Ones member Mary Lou Wehrli on World Gratitude Day for an exterior tour of the Greene Homestead: Oak Cottage and Barn. Hear tales remembered by the stately bur oaks and walnut trees. Step into the story of the Hobson Oak, a neighbor tree across Hobson Road that lives a second life. Feel the presence of Potawatomi, farmers, families, hikers and bikers. Imagine a future of open interior doors to Oak Cottage and the Barn and the East Branch of the DuPage River - a native landscape of education, social gathering, canoes & kayaks, creativity, solar energy, gentle breezes and hope. Add your 2¢ to the possibilities of adaptive re-use!
The event will take place rain or shine. Bring your own everything picnic. Enter off Greene Road and drive to the north end of the parking lot. It's a short walk to Oak Cottage and Barn and the Wild Ones reserved picnic shelter.
Click here for more information about Greene Valley Forest Preserve and click here for a map which shows the location of Oak Cottage.