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Tree Body Resources Available at the Library!
Need help with you trees? Consult the resource files at the
Library. The Tree Body currently has six volumes of articles about trees and a variety of
subjects related to our environment. Information contained in these volumes covers a wide
range of topics including tree species, wildlife, native plants and useful descriptions
with pictures of diseases and insects to help our residents. We get information from the
Morton Arboretum, National Arbor Day Foundation, EPA, etc. Marifran Peckenpaugh is
collecting, organizing, and updating these materials..
Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic
www.mortonarb.org
Weekday afternoons 1-3pm. Call 630-719-2424. You may call or take
specimens to the clinic. Before you have work done on your trees, it is
recommended you check with the Clinic about proper procedures. The clinic
covers plant identification, diagnosis for woody plant ailments, and
selection of trees and shrubs.
Chicago Botanic Gardens
www.chicago-botanic.org
847-835-8261 You may call this number
and ask for assistance.
Master Gardeners:
Volunteers trained by the University of
Illinois Extension Service answer your questions about insects, sod, house
plants, lawns and trees. Call 708-532-3337, weekdays 9 to 3pm. |
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Reference
Books for Native Plants
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| Book Title |
Author |
"Forest
And Shade Trees Of Iowa" |
Van der Linden & Farrar |
| "Landscaping
With Native Trees" |
Sternberg & Wilson |
| "Manual
of Woody Landscape Plants" |
Michael Dirr |
| "Midwest
Gardens" |
Wolfe & Irving |
| "Nature's
Heartland" |
Boon & Groe |
| "Oaks
Of North America" |
Miller |
| "Plants
Of The Chicago Region" |
Swink & Wilhelm |
| "Plants
that Merit Attention- Vol. 2 Shrubs" |
The Garden Club of America |
| "Plants
That Merit Attention-Vol. 1 Trees" |
The Garden Club of America |
| "Seeds
Of Woody Plants In The United States" |
Forest Service U.S. Dept. of Ag. |
| "The
Natural History Of Wild Shrubs And Vines" |
Harper & Row |
| "Trees,
Shrubs And Vines For Attracting Birds" |
Degraaf & Witman |
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Natural
Landscapers
Gerard and Greene Native Plant
Nursery and Landscape Design.
26225 S. Woodlawn Ave.,
Crete, IL 60417
Back to Nature
Design
708-403-2725
These consultants work in Palos Park and do restoration in the Forest
Preserves. On-site consultation for creating a natural landscape using
native plants and trees.
Pizzo &
Associates-Landscape Architects/Contractors
708-209-1660, fax
708-652-3697
Designs landscapes using
native plants and trees-ecological restoration-burns.
Trumpet Vine
708-448-0889
John Dekoker, 12228 Harlem Avenue, Palos Heights, IL. On-site
consulting. |
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Nurseries
with Native Plants and Trees
Always specify that you want locally grown native
species.
Possibility
Place Nursery
www.possibilityplace.com
708-534-03988
Conner Shaw will help with selection. Call and make an appointment to
visit his nursery or ask him to come to your home. He does not do the
planting. All his plants, trees and shrub are native to Palos Park. 7548
West Monee-Manhattan Road, Monee, IL. Ask to be placed on the catalog
mailing list.
Gerard and Greene, Native Plant
Nursery and Landscape Design.
Native Plant Nursery and Landscape Design,
26225 S. Woodlawn Ave.,
Crete, IL 60417
Prairie House
Garden Center
708-687-3131
15151 Harlem Avenue, Orland Park, IL
The Growing
Place
630-355-4000
25 West 471 Plank Road, Naperville, IL
Plum Creek
Nursery
708-672-7999
225 East Bemis Road, Crete, IL
Sid's Garden
Center
10926 SW Highway, Palos Hills, IL. They will special order plants.
The Natural
Garden
630-584-0150
West 442 Route 64, Saint Charles, IL |
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Arborists
and Tree Service
Contact all three companies on this list. Ask for a free estimate
and get the free advise from the Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic (listed
above) It is wise to contact the clinic before and after you call a
tree service. If there is no danger or disease, consider leaving dead or
fallen trees for birds and wildlife.
The Davey Tree Expert
Company
www.davey.com
11-S-165 Madison St., Burr
Ridge, IL 60527
630-323-7220
Care
of
Trees
630-545-0606
Homer
Tree Service
815-838-0320,
fax # to 815-838-0375 |
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Mail
Order Sources
The Wildflower
Source
847-740-9796
P.O. Box 312, Fox Lake, Il 60020
Midwest
Wildflowers
815-624-7074
Box 64, Rockton, IL
Prairie Nursery
www.prairienursery.com
P.O. Box 306, Westfield, WI, 53964,
608-296-3679 fax at 608-296-2741 |
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Magazines
Chicago
Wilderness Magazine
www.chiwild.org
P.O. Box 268, Downers Grove, IL 60515-8358. Four issues a year. Chicago
Wilderness is an alliance of over 100 public and private organizations
working together to study and restore, protect and manage the natural
resources of the Chicago region. The magazine illustrates the stories of
the people and organizations working to heal and protect local nature.
Palos Park became a member in March 2000.
The Wild Ones
Journal-Natural Landscapers, Ltd.
www.for-wild.org
P.O. Box 1274, Appleton, WI. 54912-1274. |
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