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Native plants, Wildlife

Black walnuts

It seems to be a mast year for the black walnut tree in this area, and the squirrels have been taking advantage of the abundance. Squirrels help to spread walnuts, and several can be spotted along the channel banks where we are working....

7 years ago

A 1903 pamphlet from the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association

Community, History

Who was Harbert?

What does Harbert Park have to do with the right to vote? It's named for suffragist and early Evanstonian Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (1843-1925)....

7 years ago

Community, Invasive clearing

Harbert Park clearing begins

Reviving natural areas in urban settings sometimes starts with chainlink fences and broken bottles. On Saturday, a group of volunteers came out to start the process in Harbert Park....

7 years ago

Judy Pollock ponders a buckthorn thicket

Invasive clearing, Planning

What goes and what stays?

The overlook deck at Harbert Park has been cleaned and repaired, and we’re ready to start preparing the site around it for planting this fall. What will we do when volunteers arrive tomorrow morning? In a setting like this, some things are obvi...

7 years ago

Great blue lobelia in bloom in the Civic Center Demonstration Garden

Native plants, Planning

Finding inspiration in the Civic Center Demonstration Garden

Home gardeners and landscapers looking for inspiration will find plenty in the garden that is now coming into its own in front of the Morton Civic Center. The garden demonstrates landscaping principles that take into account the timing of migratory b...

7 years ago

Peter Glaser, organizer of the Civic Center garden neighborhood crew

Caring for plants, Community

Neighbors adopt Civic Center garden

A group of neighbors has come together to care for the demonstration garden in front of the Morton Civic Center. The garden was planted in June as part of the City’s North Shore Channel Habitat Project. More than 50 varieties of native wildflow...

7 years ago

Looking over the channel from Twiggs Park

Community, Wildlife

National Night Out at Twiggs Park

With initial clearing finished around the Twiggs Park overlook, the channel has once again come into view. During National Night Out yesterday evening, neighbors joined bird conservation expert Judy Pollock to see if they could spot one of the great ...

7 years ago

Planting lizard's tail with Friends of the Chicago River

Community, Native plants, Planting

More habitat for water-dwellers

Friends of the Chicago River planted water willow and lizard's tail along the North Shore Channel banks in mid-July, to provide habitat for aquatic life and reduce impacts of flooding and erosion....

7 years ago

Community, Native plants, Planning

Getting ready to order trees and shrubs

Site stewards have begun sourcing trees and shrubs for fall planting in the Ladd Arboretum and Twiggs and Harbert Parks, working with bird conservation expert Judy Pollock and a master plant list for the channel-side sites developed by Living Habita...

7 years ago

Vince with Twiggs Park clearing volunteers

Community, Invasive clearing

Community work day in Twiggs Park

On Saturday, the City of Evanston’s North Shore Channel Habitat Project brought together city staff and community volunteers to begin work in Twiggs Park. Volunteers from of the YMCA Camp Echo Alumni network, Twiggs Park Neighbors for Peace Blo...

7 years ago