Spring Creek Stewards Sunday Workday

Meeting Location: Penny Road Pond Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed in local natural areas. Enjoy nature, relax, learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques, and help your local forest preserve. No previous experience is necessary. Each volunteer day will have a knowledgeable leader who will explain the steps in […]

Beaubien Woods Seed Collecting Workday

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Meeting Location: On the northern end, across from Carver Military Academy Track and Field area   Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed in local natural areas. Enjoy nature, relax, learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques, and help your local forest preserve. Come for one session […]

Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards Workday

Come volunteer to collect and process native seed in the Poplar Creek region! You will be given the opportunity to explore nature, learn seed identification, collection, and processing techniques, and meet others in the community. No previous experience is necessary. We are following social distancing guidelines and ask you to bring your own mask and […]

Bunker Hill North Flatwoods Volunteer Workday

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Meeting Location: 6639 West Harts Road, Niles, IL 60714 (Follow the yellow “volunteer” signs to the exact spot) Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed in local natural areas. Enjoy nature, relax, learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques, and help your local forest preserve. No previous experience […]

Whistler Woods Seed Collecting Workday

12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.Meeting Location: End of parking lot Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed in local natural areas. Enjoy nature, relax, learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques, and help your local forest preserve. Come for one session or all! No previous experience is necessary. Each volunteer day […]

Watersmeet Woods Volunteer Workday

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Meeting Location: Corner of Avon Ave and Winnetka Rd in Northfield, IL (100 Avon Ave, Northfield, IL 60093) Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed in local natural areas. Enjoy nature, relax, learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques, and help your local forest preserve. No previous […]

Kickapoo Woods Seed Collecting Workday

9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Meeting Location: Main parking lot by the picnic grove Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed in local natural areas. Enjoy nature, relax, learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques, and help your local forest preserve. Come for one session or all! No previous experience is necessary. […]

Whistler Woods Seed Collecting Workday

12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.Meeting Location: End of parking lot Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed in local natural areas. Enjoy nature, relax, learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques, and help your local forest preserve. Come for one session or all! No previous experience is necessary. Each volunteer day […]

Blue Star Woods Volunteer Workday

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Meeting Location: North end of the parking lot off of Lake Ave. Look for yellow “Volunteer’ signs Help us restore health to this oak woodland and savanna. Much of Blue Star Woods was cut down and became part of Camp Skokie Valley, a CCC and then POW camp, in the 1930's. […]

Bunker Hill North Flatwoods Volunteer Workday

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Meeting Location: 6639 West Harts Road, Niles, IL 60714 (Follow the yellow “volunteer” signs to the exact spot) Help us cut down the invasive shrubs and trees that are crowding out the native wildflowers, grasses, and young oaks in this unique woodland. A combination of poorly draining soils, seasonally wet conditions, and […]

Watersmeet Woods Volunteer Workday

Meeting Location: Corner of Avon Ave and Winnetka Rd in Northfield, IL (100 Avon Ave, Northfield, IL 60093) Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed in local natural areas. Enjoy nature, relax, learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques, and help your local forest preserve. No previous experience is necessary. Each […]

Kickapoo Woods Workday

Meeting Location: Thornton Township Municipal Building (144th St. & Halsted) Come volunteer to collect and distribute ripe seed as we enjoy nature, relax, and help your local forest preserve. You'll learn basic plant identification skills and responsible seed collecting techniques. No previous experience is necessary. Each volunteer day will have a knowledgeable leader who will […]