Events & Activities - 2022

Recurring Monthly Meetings:

January - November, 2nd Thursday of the month 6:30 pm - 8 pm

Conference Info: Meeting ID: 829 1770 2982 
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See the blog for agendas & minutes.

2022 Vedgewater Workday Schedul

Vedgewater garden RSVP here
Saturdays:
4/23, 5/21, 10/15
10am - 12pm

Weekdays: 
6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15
5:30pm - sunset

Tasks include: planting, harvesting, watering, and caring for our EEC Commons and Grow To Give Food Pantry beds, trash pick up, stewarding our natural communal beds, cutting down, bagging up weeds and overgrowth, organizing communication station, cleaning tools and watering cans, connecting hoses, water troughs, rain barrels.

What to bring: Garden or construction gloves (we will have extras handy), Lopers, heavy duty snips, or other favorite garden tools (we'll have some, too), Water to drink, Wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty, layers are good.

Natural Areas Community Stewardship Workdays

Sign up for Osterman Beach Stewardship Mailing list here
Osterman Beach Dunes
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on the last Sunday of the month April-Oct
  • April 24
  • May 22
  • June 26
  • July 31
  • August 28
  • September 25
  • October 30

    Join friends and neighbors to help clean up and restore the natural area at Kathy Osterman (also known as Hollywood/Ardmore) Beach.  Please bring your own water bottle and dress for the weather with closed-toe shoes (we have Sand Burs!). All ages and experience levels are welcome! Enjoy a swim and an afternoon at the beach afterward. Meet on the south side of the beach house, off of Hollywood Ave. Contact Renee Patten at ostermanbeachnaturalarea@gmail.com with questions and to get on the volunteer mailing list.

West Ridge Nature Park
5801 N. Western Ave. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • February 19
  • March 19
  • April 16
  • May 21 – “It’s Your Park Day” 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  • June 18
  • July 16
  • August 20
  • September 17
  • October 15
  • November 19
  • December 17
Join the West Ridge Nature Park Advisory Council for volunteer activities, which may include invasive species removal, native seed collection and dispersal, and litter cleanup.  Gloves and tools will be provided. CTA Bus #49B. Space is limited; RSVP with Community Steward Tom Murphy at tjmurphy4@comcast.net.