Hello GreenNet Members! We hope to see you next week for the GN quarterly meeting. We are all set for meeting at Northerly Island. Items on the agenda include: Bird watching, One Seed Chicago polls, Community Greener of the Year nominations and potluck arrangements. Details below:

When: Wednesday, November, 5 from 3 - 5 p.m. Where: Northerly Island-Former Terminal Building

Driving directions:

Exit Lake Shore on 18th St
Follow 18th St through the museum campus (and through construction) -it becomes Solidarity Drive.
Take a right onto Lynn White Drive toward Charter One Pavilion.
Don't worry about the sign that says "No parking beyond this point"
Keep following the road until you see the former terminal building.
Park in the lot on the North side of the building.

Or, take the 12 Roosevelt Bus to the Planetarium, and walk south to the building.
A few members are looking to carpool from CCGT. Please contact Meredith if interested. <msessions@wrdenvironmental.com>

SAVE THE DATE: Community Potluck - November 8 at GPC Thank you

Nancy Kreith, GreenNet President
Extension Program Coordinator
University of Illinois Extension
3807 W. 111th Street
Chicago, IL. 60655
office: 773.233.0476
fax: 773.233.0910
cell: 708.567.6101
url: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/cook/

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse is getting a new fruit orchard! The
Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) has generously donated 24 fruit
trees from local orchards including pears, apples, plums, paw paws,
and cherries. They will be planted at the old site of the children's
garden, which will be relocated to the south gardens. We need your
help on October 18 to make this happen!

Here's what you can do:

On October 18, from 9-11 AM, attend our FREE training class, "Fruit
Tree Basics." The class will be led by Rico Montenegro, a certified
arborist with FTPF. It will cover such topics as planting, pruning,
organic troubleshooting, aftercare, and restoring unproductive trees.
Hands-on activities will include group exercises on fruit tree
planting.

After the class, installation of the fruit trees will begin. Some of
these trees weigh 1,600 pounds! We will need help digging holes,
planting, and mulching.

Want to help or learn more? Contact Kirsten Akre to RSVP or for more
information: 773-685-3359 or kirsten.akre@chicagoparkdistrict.com.

Come one, come all, rain or shine!

We would like to introduce the new Illinois Invasive Plant publications from the University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, and the River to River Cooperative Weed Management Area which debuted at the 150^th Anniversary of the Illinois Natural History Survey. There are five posters in the collection. The large poster is 17" by 38" highlighting the four major habitats of Illinois (grassland, woodland, wetland, agriculture) and the top four invasive plants in those habitats. In addition, there are four smaller (8.5" by 11") posters corresponding to the four habitats on the large poster. Each small poster showcases 8 to 12 plants with a photo and distribution in Illinois on the front and information on identification and why the plant is considered invasive on the back.

These publications are available for free. If you would like copies of the publications, please contact the Natural History Survey at (217) 244-2161 with the quantity of each publication that you would like to receive. Additionally, please feel free to pass this message along to others that may be interested in these posters.