Community Archives - Page 4 of 5 - North Shore Channel Habitat Project

Peter Glaser, organizer of the Civic Center garden neighborhood crew

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

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

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

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 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

Generosity

Neighbors near and far have been generous not only with their time, but also with their plants. Last week, the latest contributions came from Dennis Paige, who had worked to assemble more than 175 species of native woodland, mesic, and wet prairie pl...

7 years ago

Repurposing Norway maples

Volunteers started clearing invasive Norway maples in the Ladd Arboretum this week and, with the help of a city crew, put them to use as edging for a section of the gravel path. Norway maples are tough trees that were once widely planted along stree...

7 years ago