The Arbor Advocates are a citizen advisory group dedicated to helping the Community Park District in its mission to protect, preserve, and improve our tree population in La Grange Park. For more information, or to find out how you can help us help trees, email arboradvocates@communityparkdistrict.org.
2025 Meeting Schedule: Monday March 10th, 2025 (6:00-6:30PM)
Monday June 9th, 2025 (6:00-6:30PM)
Monday September 8th, 2025 (6:00-6:30PM)
Monday December 8th, 2025 (5:30-6:00PM)
Tree Management Plan Action Items
Spring
of 2025:
·
2 new
trees were planted at Hanesworth Park
·
At our
Arbor Day Celebration 2 native trees were planted at 1150 Meadowcrest Rd
·
Our 4
new trees were possible due to a grant by the Chicago Regional Tree Initiative
·
Great
Lakes Urban Forestry was contracted to update the park district’s Tree
Management Plan with input from the CPD staff and the district’s community
partners
·
Superintendent
of Parks Sara Earhart was invited to teach at the CRTI Urban Forestry Basic
Training in Cicero, IL
·
Winkler
Tree pruned 2 large trees near the Memorial Park Amphitheatre flagpole to allow
clearance for our flags
Winter
of 2024/2025:
·
CPD was
awarded a CRTI grant to plant 4 trees in Spring 2025
·
Homer
Tree was contracted to prune all trees in Stone Monroe and Beach Oak Parks.
·
CPD
Staff pruned all trees planted in 2024 for structure and health
·
Staff
attended the Urban and Community Forestry Forum “Confirm before Diagnosis Jump
through Hoops, Not to Conclusions” which covered tree pest and disease
identification topics
·
Superintendent
of Parks Sara Earhart presented at the 2025 IPRA Soaring to New Heights
Conference on the subject of “Best Practices in Tree Planting”
Fall of
2024:
Spring
of 2024:
Winter
of 2023/2024:
Fall of
2023:
An urban forest management plan is an action plan; it gives public works agencies detailed information, recommendations, and resources needed to effectively and proactively manage public trees.
The Community Park District of La Grange Park was awarded a $8,265 grant to complete tree inventories and develop a management plan for its urban forest.
The funds were provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Urban and Community Forestry Core Grant Program and administered by The Morton Arboretum and the Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI).
The Community Park District of La Grange Park Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the plan at the April 11, 2022 board meeting.