Join the exceptionally cool David Ducci for one of our last workdays at Westwood before the summer hits. A local boy scouts troop will be joining us so we could use more sawyers this day to keep all of those extra hands busy! Directions: From Woodstock, take South Street southwest out of town and over 14. After you […]
Come check out a new(ish) TLC site! Slough Creek Wetland is approximately 83 acres of wetland, sedge meadow and wet prairie located in the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge corridore and adjacent to Slough Creek Fen Nature Reserve. This site was donated to us in 2020 and it's time to begin the radical restoration transformation! There's also a […]
These workdays are hosted by our extraordinary steward, Margee Pieper, who has been a vital part of the successes at this site. Under her thoughtful leadership, the history and beauty of Irish oaks is finally revealed for everyone to enjoy. By this time we'll be well on our way to clearing brush over on the "island" so this will likely […]
Join TLC on a wildflower identification walk. We’ll take you through a high-quality woodland, help you learn a little about each wildflower, and provide identification tips. Registration is required. Dress for muddy springtime trails! Date: Saturday, May 6, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Location: Spring Hollow Nature Preserve, Woodstock (address will be emailed to registered participants) Fee: […]
Join TLC on a wildflower identification walk. We’ll take you through a high-quality woodland, help you learn a little about each wildflower, and provide identification tips. Registration is required. Dress for muddy springtime trails!
Join Larry for another restoration adventure at Crowley Oak Woods! Restoration has been occurring on this 80 acre tract since the winter of 2020 and we're making excellent progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We conducted our first prescribed burn here this spring and the ground layer has responded in a really […]
Come on out to join Pete for a Wolf Oak reunion and a worthy cause! Like last year, we'll be teaming up with students from Woodstock High School to hand pull garlic mustard that is popping up amongst the spring ephemerals that are blooming. This is an aggressive biennial plant which means it completes its life cycle […]
Join Larry for another restoration adventure at Crowley Oak Woods! Restoration has been occurring on this 80 acre tract since the winter of 2020 and we're making excellent progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We conducted our first prescribed burn here this spring and the ground layer has responded in a really […]
Pick up your pre-ordered items, and we’ll also have extras for sale onsite! Onsite sales are first come, first served. Knowledgeable staff will be on hand to answer your plant questions.
Come on out for this TLC restoration workday at our gorgeous Yonder Prairie! This workday is hosted by two cool stewards, Carol Giammattei and Melissa Grycan. Thanks to their selfless devotion to the site, Yonder is looking more and more like the natural landscape it once was. Don't miss this opportunity to see Yonder in its wonderful wintry state! You’ll meet up in the parking lot […]
Pick up your pre-ordered items, and we’ll also have extras for sale onsite! Onsite sales are first come, first served. Knowledgeable staff will be on hand to answer your plant questions.
Join TLC for a simple nature walk in May or June. It’s a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy some exercise and company on beautiful trails. Capacity is limited to 15 people per walk, so register early!
For this workday we’ll continue working on the southeast section of woods. There's still a lot of buckthorn, bittersweet, and honeysuckle in this area along with a new foe called porcelain berry. It's a vining invasive and has a destructive tendency to climb and slowly choke any vegetation it comes into contact with so it's important to stop it's […]
Join Larry for another restoration adventure at Crowley Oak Woods! Restoration has been occurring on this 80 acre tract since the winter of 2020 and we're making excellent progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We conducted our first prescribed burn here this spring and the ground layer has responded in a really […]
Join TLC for a simple nature walk in May or June. It’s a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy some exercise and company on beautiful trails. Capacity is limited to 15 people per walk, so register early!
Join Kim and 2 of this year's interns for some brush clearing at Finch Farm off of rt 120 in Woodstock! We'll be opening up the savanna and taking down lots of black cherry along with some honeysuckle/buckthorn. Directions: From Woodstock, head east on 120 for 2.4 miles. A house will be on your left (north), […]
We are very happy to announce that Bruce Killips is now an official TLC Steward and will be hosting bi-weekly workdays on Mondays at Thompson Road Farm! TLC partnered with Bull Valley to purchase and protect this property as a natural area. It's made up of mostly wet sedge meadow and woodland habitats that are […]
Join Larry for another restoration adventure at Crowley Oak Woods! Restoration has been occurring on this 80 acre tract since the winter of 2020 and we're making excellent progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We conducted our first prescribed burn here this spring and the ground layer has responded in a really […]
Learn how to attract monarchs and other butterflies, birds and bees to your yard. Sarah Michehl with TLC will share info on gardening with native plants that will provide beauty and everything a pollinator could need. Date: Wednesday, May 31, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Location: Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W Paddock St., Crystal Lake Fee: Free, […]
If you’ve ever wondered, “What kind of tree is that?” this is the class for you! Join Megan Oropeza, TLC’s restoration ecologist, to learn how to identify common native trees and shrubs. Class will be outside, so please dress for the weather.
This site may be small but it has a little bit of everything. Small woodland to the south, a large section of wetland in the middle and a patch of mesic prairie to the north. This is also our one and only property located in Lake County! We'd like to spend this day cleaning out the brush […]
Join TLC for a simple nature walk in May or June. It’s a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy some exercise and company on beautiful trails. Capacity is limited to 15 people per walk, so register early!
These workdays are hosted by our extraordinary steward, Margee Pieper, who has been a vital part of the successes at this site. Under her thoughtful leadership, the history and beauty of Irish oaks is finally revealed for everyone to enjoy. By this time we'll be well on our way to clearing brush over on the "island" so this will likely […]