Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park Workday

Mallinckrodt Park 1960 Elmwood Ave, Wilmette, IL, United States

Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park will meet outside the Mallinckrodt Community Center. We will weed some native plant beds in Mallinckrodt Park. Bring water to drink and gardening gloves. Dress for the weather. Trowels and tools provided by the Wilmette Park District.

Gillson Park Beach Clean Up

Gillson Park Lake Ave. and Michigan Ave., Wilmette, IL, United States

Join us for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach. Look for our table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking.  Feel free to come early or stay beyond 11am, but please check in at our table. View the short video we filmed about plastic pollution and our beach clean up efforts. […]

Event Series Join the Friends – Lend A Hand

Join the Friends – Lend A Hand

Green Bay Trail Green Bay Trail at Mary Street, Glencoe, IL, United States

Join the Friends on the Trail at the Mary St. entrance to the Green Bay Trail. We will share the work plan there. Enjoy the trail’s blooms,  butterflies and birds  while collecting seeds and removing invasive plants.  Wear closed toe shoes.  Bring work gloves and pruners if you have some.  We will not cancel for […]

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Join the Friends of the GBT – Lend a Hand

Green Bay Trail Green Bay Trail at Mary Street, Glencoe, IL, United States

Meet at 9 AM. We will share the work plan there. Enjoy the trail’s blooms, butterflies while collecting seeds and removing invasive plants.  Wear closed toe shoes.  Bring work gloves and pruners if you have some.  We will not cancel for sprinkles but will do so for heavy rain or other weather conditions.  Bike to […]

Fall Seed Spreading and Tree Walks Day

Gillson Park Lake Ave. and Michigan Ave., Wilmette, IL, United States

Where: Gillson Park Bird Habitat Northwest corner of the park above the beach parking lot Join Go Green Wilmette as we enjoy autumn in Gillson Park. For the last habitat workday of the season in the Park’s Bird Habitat, we will celebrate the space by gathering seeds from several species of native plants growing there. […]

Gillson Park Beach Clean Up

Gillson Park Lake Ave. and Michigan Ave., Wilmette, IL, United States

Join us for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach. Look for our table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking.  Feel free to come early or stay beyond 11am, but please check in at our table. View the short video we filmed about plastic pollution and our beach clean up efforts. […]

Harms Woods East Workday

Harms Woods – South Harms Road, Morton Grove, IL, United States

If you’d like to enjoy a beautiful day outdoors and help restore health to our local woodlands, please join us for a restoration work day at Harms Woods East! We’ll meet in the Harms Woods  South parking lot (Groves 1 & 2), which is the first parking lot north of Golf Road (the one shaped […]

CANCELLED: Gillson Beach Clean Up

Gillson Park Lake Ave. and Michigan Ave., Wilmette, IL, United States

CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER Join us for another beach cleanup!  Look for the Go Green Wilmette table at the south end of the park near the diagonal beachfront parking. Please bring your own bucket or container. Family-friendly – kids are encouraged to participate.

Harms Woods East Workday

Harms Woods – South Harms Road, Morton Grove, IL, United States

If you’d like to enjoy a beautiful day outdoors and help restore health to our local woodlands, please join us for a restoration work day at Harms Woods East! We’ll meet in the Harms Woods  South parking lot (Groves 1 & 2), which is the first parking lot north of Golf Road (the one shaped […]

Harms Woods East Workday

Harms Woods – South Harms Road, Morton Grove, IL, United States

If you’re looking for ways to get outdoors in the winter months, what better way to do it than cutting brush and peeling off layers while you warm up in the woods?  To enjoy a beautiful day outdoors and help restore health to our local woodlands, please join us for a restoration work day at […]