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Melissa Custic of Chicago Region Trees Initiative discusses how to replace invasive shrubs in your yard with native species to make it healthier and more enjoyable. Registration required.
The public is invited to the monthly meetings of the Lake-to-Prairie chapter of the Wild Ones, a national not-for-profit organization that promotes the use of native plants in landscapes.
Healthy Yards: Replacing the invasive shrubs in your landscape with native species
Oak ecosystems once dominated our landscape, but now oak trees and associated species are in decline and isolated. Your yard is key to repairing those ecosystems! Find out which woody plants in your yard are causing trouble, and how and what to replace them with to enhance the health of your yard- and make it more enjoyable for you.
Melissa Custic, Chicago Region Trees Initiative. Melissa Custic is the Chicago Region Trees Initiative Specialist, managing projects developed by multi-agency work groups and helping the Chicago Region become the greenest, most livable, most resilient region in North America. Melissa holds a masters degree in Plant Biology and Conservation from Northwestern University plus a decade of experience in research, education, and outreach. She was named a 'Millennial to Watch' in 2019 by the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association.
Registration is required. To register, click on the REGISTER button on this page.
This program will take place online; you will receive an email confirmation with the link when you register. Click that link at the start time to join us.
The Fremont Public Library District encompasses parts of Mundelein, Grayslake, Hawthorn Woods, Libertyville, Round Lake, Round Lake Park, and Wauconda. To find out if you live in our district, please call 847-566-8702. We honor library cards from any other public library in Illinois as well as a few from southern Wisconsin. The library is located in Mundelein, half a mile north of Rte.176 on Midlothian Road.
