Evanston Environmental Association

Tickets on sale now! Please join us, rain or shine, for a walk through some of the most creative, beautiful, and personal gardens Evanston has to offer.

Proceeds from the Evanston Garden Walk sponsor scholarships for the Ecology Center summer camps.

evanstonenvironment.org/garden-walk

We are back with our summer "Yoga in the Park" classes. Over the next few Sundays, the class will be taught by a variety of teachers from Grateful Yoga . 30% of proceeds go to the Evanston Environmental Association’s accessible canoe launch project.

Class will be in the shade at Clark Square Park (Sheridan at Kedzie).

Please join us! Link to register is below or scan the QR code in the image.

Reserve your spot here:
www.gratefulyoga.com/classes/

We are back with our summer "Yoga in the Park" classes. Over the next few Sundays, the class will be taught by a variety of teachers from Grateful Yoga Grateful Yoga of Evanston. 30% of proceeds go to the Evanston Environmental Association’s accessible canoe launch project.

Class will be in the shade at Clark Square Park (Sheridan at Kedzie).

Please join us! Link to register is below or scan the QR code in the image.

Reserve your spot here: www.gratefulyoga.com/classes/

Shop the Red Osier Dogwood and other native plants at our plant sale evanstonenvironment.org/nativeplantsale

Red Osier Dogwoods draws Vireos, Orioles, and Waxwings to insects in the leaves and blooms, and the high-fat content of its blue-black fruits. A shorter dogwood, is also larval host to about 115 species of US caterpillar. This small tree even holds yearlong interest with ornamental fruits, reddish-purple leaves in fall and red twigs in winter.

Soil Type: Loam/Sand
Soil Conditions: Wet-Average
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: May-June
Height: 6-9'
Light: Sun/Part-Sun
Features: Rain Garden, Fall-Winter Interest, Birds, Pollinators, Larval Host.
Credits: Info & Photos courtesy of IllinoisWildflowers.Info.