The Greene Barn

06/02/2023

Food truck tonight at Whalon Lake!

6/2/2023: Celebrate summer at the first of this year's Fun & Food Trucks events. The evening will offer something for the entire family, including music, outdoor lawn games, giveaways, entertainment, a bounce house and, of course, food.

06/08/2022

https://chng.it/R7DpBZhXg7

Oak Cottage & Greene Barn

06/07/2022

Visit TheGreeneBarn.org to learn more about Oak Cottage and the Greene Barn. Visit dupageforest.org to participate in their future.

06/06/2022

Beloved Oak Cottage is recommended for demolition.

Sturdy Greene Barn is recommended to have no interior public access.

Stantec Consulting presented its preliminary observations and draft recommendations to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Board of Commissioners on May 24, 2022.

Public comments are welcome in person June 11 12:30-2:30 at the parking lot on Greene Road south of 79th Street (rain date 6/12), and online through June 24. dupageforest.org

Stantec 5/24/22 Framework Plan presentation to board of commissioners video. Greene Valley Forest Preserve begins at 1:23 (one-hour and 23-minutes into the meeting)
https://dupageforest.granicus.com/player/clip/1200?view_id=1&meta_id=40350&redirect=true

Greene Valley Forest Preserve Framework Plan pdf (scroll down to Greene Valley)
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d1fd31733c8c49739730b73f72641a04?__hstc=121833108.2ea48ff195ce91cc0d121222f3efc53a.1654012246350.1654016046166.1654097894737.3&__hssc=121833108.1.1654097894737&__hsfp=2244120249&hsCtaTracking=924c6864-3994-48a6-9150-6e4e1b3a272a%7C04b7e572-e779-4a05-b31a-b0844c457623

Greene Valley Forest Preserve Framework Plan Public Comment (scroll down to Greene Valley) There is one comment box, so you could prepare your comments in Word then cut and paste them into the box.
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d1fd31733c8c49739730b73f72641a04

Thank you for your interest and action.

05/13/2022

There is a Native Plant sale today at Mayslake Peabody Estate at 1717 W. 31st St in Oak Brook from 10am-7pm, and tomorrow the 14th from 9am-2pm.

Both hummingbird feeders and wildflowers can help attract ruby-throated hummingbirds to your yard, but don't forget about including plants that host insects, another important food source for these tiny beauties.

05/09/2022

Our newest additions to the farm: Three day old Buff Orpington chicks! They are currently in our Visitor's Center, so make sure to stop in and see them.

Buff Orpingtons are a good egg laying breed and are also quite large. This makes Orpingtons an ideal dual-purpose chicken for an 1890s farmer, good for both eggs and meat.

We're selling eggs from our heritage breed chickens in our Visitors Center gift shop! A half-dozen eggs is $5.

04/26/2022

Mobility issues keeping you from kayaking or canoeing? Try the new ADA-accessible boat launch at Blackwell Forest Preserve.

04/25/2022

For those with bird feeders &/or bird baths at home.

04/22/2022

Please choose (at least) one of these challenges in honor of Earth Day:

1. Pick up 5+ pieces of litter this month on a nature walk
2. Plant a tree
3. Plant a native plant (like milkweed) in your garden (the DuPage forest preserve plant sale is in May)
4. Teach someone else about recycling (nix 6 for example)
5. Learn and practice the 7 principles of Leave No Trace

04/22/2022

Simple ways to attract hummingbirds to your yard.

03/10/2022

We encourage you to visit Kline Creek. They also have maple sugaring tours & more.

The first lambs of the year have arrived! Come visit the sheep shed to see them and the ewes. More lambs will continue to arrive over the next few weeks.
Kline Creek Farm is open Thursdays-Mondays from 9-5.

01/29/2022

Tubing season! ❄️⛄️ Bundle up and enjoy!

Thank you, Mother Nature and Old Man Winter! ❄️❄️

The snow tubing hill at Blackwell will be OPEN Saturday, Jan. 29 and Sunday, Jan. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (last tubes rented at 3:30 p.m.). Tubes are $10 each for the day, and only District tubes are permitted. The hill is first come, first served.

Blackwell is in Warrenville. Its main entrance is on the north side of Butterfield Road 0.25 mile west of Winfield Road.

More details are available at dupageforest.org/things-to-do/get-outdoors/winter-in-preserves.