Gillson Habitat Work Day

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

The Park District has been working all season to maintain the wonderful Gillson Park Bird Habitat that we all helped create, working with the Living Habitats Landscape Designer who designed the garden to ensure that aggressive weeds are controlled and to assess the health and aesthetics of the gardens. The good news is that the […]

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.

Gillson Park Habitat Workday

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

I’d like to invite you and your family to join us for an upcoming workdays to improve the habitat within Gillson Park.  We’d love all of the hands we can get! We’ll be transplanting hundreds of plants from dense areas into places that need filling in.  This will be on Columbus Day, Monday October 14 […]

Wilmette Community Garage Sale

Mallinckrodt Center 1041A Ridge Rd., Wilmette, IL, United States

Join in the community garage sale!  One person’s trash is another person’s treasure!  A wonderful way to recycle and reuse! The sale will be in the parking lot of the Mallinckrodt Center.

Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park Workday

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

Habitat Helpers of Mallinckrodt Park will meet for the first time on Thursday, July 22 at 9 am. Meet outside the Mallinckrodt Community Center. We will weed some native plant beds in Mallinckrodt Park for about 90 minutes and plan our schedule of work days. Bring water to drink and gardening gloves. Dress for the […]