Ladd Arboretum Archives - Page 3 of 3 - North Shore Channel Habitat Project

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...

9 years ago

Planting by canoe with Friends of the Chicago River

Working from the water

Friends of the Chicago River were out today planting water willow and lizard’s tail along a stretch of the North Shore Channel as it passes through the Ladd Arboretum. Water willow (Justicia americana) and lizard’s tail (Saurus cernuus) a...

9 years ago

Golden alexander in bloom in the Ladd Arboretum

Golden moment in the arboretum

Golden alexander is now in bloom in the Ladd Arboretum, and we’ve been fortunate to receive even more of these plants from neighbors thinning out their own native gardens. Golden alexander (Zizia aurea) grows in full to partial sun, including o...

9 years ago

Getting to know the site

Heidi Natura of Living Habitats, architectural consultant for the North Shore Channel Habitat Project, took a closer look at soil along the channel banks today, with Matt Basile, forestry supervisor for the city. The channel is an artificial waterway...

9 years ago

Ladd Arboretum & Twiggs Park project area

Ecological character and planning principles

The North Shore Channel banks are important to birds and wildlife, yet the vegetation and soils are degraded, with little or no original habitat. Our challenge will be to create an aesthetically pleasing yet low-maintenance habitat using native plant...

9 years ago

Landscape architect takes notes on work site

Laying the groundwork

The City’s North Shore Channel Habitat Project moved forward this week with team visits to several work sites. Living Habitats, a Chicago-based landscape architecture firm, is providing overall design direction—starting by taking stock of cur...

9 years ago

Windmill comes down

The Ladd Arboretum’s windmill came down this week. The windmill was installed in 1980, but had fallen into disrepair. The Evanston Environmental Association’s Harold Benjamin was quoted in the Chicago Tribune that summer: “We’...

10 years ago

Celebrating May Day in the Ladd Arboretum

Dozens of community members came to the Ladd Arboretum on May 1st to help plant saplings of native trees and shrubs—a gift from the National Wildlife Federation's Trees for Wildlife program. ...

10 years ago

Clearing invasives in the Ladd Arboretum

Evanston TreeKeepers worked with the City of Evanston’s forestry crew to clear dead and invasive trees from a section of the North Shore Channel’s northwest bank in the Ladd Arboretum yesterday. We were opening up areas for a May planting...

10 years ago

Celebrating OAKtober

TreeKeepers joined members of the Ladd Arboretum Committee yesterday to prepare for next month's planting of a grove of oak trees near the intersection of McCormick Boulevard and Green Bay Road. ...

11 years ago