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  1. KimJ
    Member

    FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED SOCIETY
    LANDSCAPE WORKDAY

    *****REMINDER*****

    Please join us to help weed & maintain a landmark of Riverside!

    Saturday, March 8, 2008

    9am - 12pm

    The Scottswood Commons

    The Riverside Public Works Department & the Riverside Frederick Law Olmsted Society are teaming up in 2008 to help beautify Scottswood Commons & the Longcommon. These public parks serve as the backbone of Riverside's landscape architecture. Both were intended to be part of a green space stretching all the way to downtown Chicago. Frederick Law Olmsted designed these parks to provide changing vistas for both pedestrians & vehicles. His plan can be better realized by reducing shrub overgrowth & eliminating weeds. Join us as we tame, and then maintain two landmarks of Riverside.

    Look for the Riverside Public Works dump truck. Supervised children are welcome. Bring your favorite work gloves & a water bottle. All other supplies & snacks will be provided.

    Future Workdays:

    Scottswood Commons: April 12th, May 10th, June 14th, July 12th & August 9th

    Longcommon & Downing triangle: September 13th, October 4th & November 8th

    Thanks in advance,

    Holly Machina & Cindy Kellogg

    Olmsted Society Landscape Committee Chairpersons

    hmachina@ameritech.net

    Mike Collins

    Riverside Forester

    mcollins@riverside.il.us or 442-3590 ext. 502

    Posted Thursday Mar 6, 2008 18:35 #

  2. spatny
    Member

    It was very sad to see two large trees being removed from Scottswood common today. I really think we must accelerate the rate of tree planting all across the village if we hope to have this town resemble the Riverside of the past. If we are losing an average of 100 trees in the public land each year, then it would only be prudent to put in twice that many - AS A MINIMUM - so as to replace the current year losses, account for those trees that don't live to maturity, and make up for the shortfall in planting of years past. If we can raise annual subscriptions for this purpose totaling perhaps $10,000 that will only pay for about 50 trees, so you can see what a daunting task this is. If homeowners would realize it is our diverse tree stock and not only the curvilinear pattern of our streets, good schools and varied housing that makes this town such an attractive oasis of tranquility, we might get more property owners to subscribe to a fund, such as the RBHS Tree Bank that dontates trees and has student ecology club members participate in planting. If someone would step forward with a matching fund grant for this purpose it would certainly add a strong incentive for contributors. Come on folks - we all benefit from more and healthier trees. Riverside needs to be "The Village in the Forest" again, not the town in the clearing.

    Posted Wednesday Mar 12, 2008 15:13 #

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