SAVE THE DATE! Rep. Robyn Gabel plans to introduce a bill to ban certain pesticides which make their way to pollute our waters. Registration details to come. Speakers on the program are: Rep. Robyn Gable; MRWD Commissioner Debra Shore; Great Lakes Alliance Pres. Joel Brammeier; and Beth Drucker of Go Green Wilmette.
From oaks to sugar maples to the American chestnut, trees have played a role in our nation’s history. Learn about them and celebrate the trees influential in your personal history and your garden in this presentation by naturalist and author Cindy Crosby. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Green Bay Trail, Glencoe Public Library and […]
From oaks to sugar maples to the American chestnut, trees have played a role in our nation’s history. Learn about them and celebrate the trees influential in your personal history and your garden in this presentation by naturalist and author Cindy Crosby. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Green Bay Trail, Glencoe Public Library and the […]
Learn why insects are on the decline worldwide, and why the Field Museum believes that urban and suburban areas like Wilmette have a vital role to play in saving them. Learn about the Museum’s Monarch community science efforts and how you can participate. Come hear Conservation Ecologist Erika Hasle from the Field Museum and Kate […]
Join us for a beach clean up at Gillson Beach from 9am – 11am. 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 […]
Join in for a bird walk on a Sunday morning in May. Learn how to identify both backyard birds and those stopping to rest and refuel as they migrate north. Get tips for how to attract more birds to your yard. Beginners and children welcome! Meet at the martin house by the Coast Guard Station […]
Join native plant landscape designer Monica Buckley as she takes us through the design and transformation of a Chicago-area yard from large lawn to native plant paradise. Monica will show us how elements of a space beyond just sun and shade will determine what plants to select. She will describe how native plants attract beautiful […]
7th Annual Native Plant Sale Socially Distanced In-Person Sale! May 8, 2021 from 9 am to 11 am Gillson Park Swim Beach parking lot Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted. For a list of plants we expect to offer, see this list. For additional resources, see this page.
Please bring adult bikes in repairable condition and gently-used kids bikes for donation to the Gillson Park Swim Beach on May 8th from 9am – 11am. (Then stop by the native plant sale!) Bikes will be collected, repaired and shared by Working Bikes with people in Chicagoland, Central America and Africa. Contact them for other drop off […]
Volunteers in the watershed from Wisconsin to Indiana will be working to clean up all parts of the Chicago Area Waterways System. Social distancing will be practices. This is a fun family event which makes a terrific difference for wildlife and water quality in the region.
