A beautiful day for buckthorn cutting
Sunshine raised spirits at the last buckthorn clearing of the season yesterday, as more than 40 volunteers pitched in to clear a large section of the Harbert Park woods....
Spring really is here: time to mark your calendar
With the arrival of spring last week, we're looking forward to a new season of growth....
A perfect day for buckthorn cutting
Sunshine and cool weather: a perfect day for cutting buckthorn. ...
Getting ready for spring
City crews have cut back the Civic Center garden, and Doug and Peter stopped by the other day to see how the plants had weathered the winter months....
Partnership with Quest4Earth takes flight
Bird conservationist Judy Pollock and nature photographer Fran Morel joined a group of animated fifth-graders on Saturday for an exploration of birds in our community. The group meets every other Saturday throughout the school year. The hands-on prog...
Phased out
We opened up a new front yesterday toward the south end of Harbert Park. There's a wooded area there that's frequented by migratory birds. ...
Plant lists for armchair gardeners
Lists of native plants in Evanston's Ladd Arboretum and Civic Center Habitat Garden, with notes on bird and pollinator value, are useful resources for home gardeners. ...
Under the snow
As snow fell earlier this week, we were finishing the final step in this season’s planting: scattering a mix of seeds in bare patches along the channel banks in the Ladd Arboretum and around the Twiggs Park overlook. It was too dark to take a p...
Living with a beaver
The Ladd Arboretum’s resident beaver has been active this month. Volunteers have been active, too, installing fences to try to protect some vulnerable trees. On Saturday, a group of Northwestern physics and astronomy students worked on a big co...
Settling in for the winter
Volunteers took a moment to enjoy the view from the Harbert Park overlook deck today and imagine what it will look like next summer when new shrubs have settled in and put on some new growth. With buckthorn cleared and leaves down, there is a clear v...