Go Green Illinois Schools Spring Field Trip

Indian Trail School 2075 St. Johns, Highland Park, IL, United States

Tour and hear about Indian Trail School’s new Garden Learning Center including a greenhouse and organic garden. Join us as we tour and learn about the Indian Trail School’s new Garden Learning Center including a greenhouse and organic garden designed to connect the classroom to horticulture focusing on core academic areas as well as other important […]

Summer Vegetable Gardening

Lake Bluff Library 123 E. Scranton, Lake Bluff, IL, United States

Join Marissa Hopkins for a workshop on how to grow delicious –healthy- summer vegetables at home. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant? Learn what to grow when, where and how -- in pots or the ground. Get tips to ensure your success ad recipes to enjoy your harvest!

Gillson Park Bird Habitat Clean up

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

We’ll meet just north of the wildflower garden at Washington and Michigan Aves.  We’ll be moving some plants from areas that are dense to areas that are a little more bare.

May Bee Fest

Eggleston Park Food Forest 2100 Hartrey Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

Edible Evanston and Natural Habitat Evanston are joining together to celebrate blooming plants, which feed pollinators and the pollinators who, in turn, allow the plants to feed us. Join them for a two-hour festival that includes tours, talks, music, and food. Plants and pots will be available for a suggested donation. A volunteer workday event […]

Canal Shores Bird-Watching Walk

Canal Shores 1030 Central St., Evanston, IL, United States

Please join us on Sunday, April 28, at 7:30 a.m., for a bird-watching walk on Canal Shores Community Golf Course.  We will meet on Maple Ave. in Wilmette, just West of the Canal, by the 10th hole tee.  There is free parking on the South of the street and you can park there for up […]

Bird Walks

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

Every Sunday in May @ 8 AM- May 5, 12, 19, 26 Gillson Park and other lakefront parks are important stopover sites for migrant birds as they rest and eat on their long journey north every spring. Join Go Green Wilmette and the Park District to look for warblers and other colorful visitors at Gillson Park! Bring […]

Little Garden Club Wildflower Walks

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

The Little Garden Club of Wilmette will be hosting Gillson Wildflower Walks on two Sundays in May (May 5 & 19).Walks begin at Wallace Bowl at Michigan & Washington Aves.

Elmwood Dunes Clean up

Elmwood Dunes

Elmwood Dunes: Sunday, May 19 from 10:00 to noon.  We’ll remove aggressive weeds from the hilltop garden.

Go Green Reads: The Invention of Nature 

The Book Stall IL, United States

Join members of local Go Green groups at the Winnetka Book Stall for a discussion of “The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World.”   The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created […]