Enjoy a hot cup of coffee and an inspiring movie.  At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, at the LaGrange Park Library ( 555 North LaGrange Rd.) we  will be showing the highly acclaimed America’s Lost Landscape: The Tall Grass Prairie. This 60- minute historic, scientific, and poetic tribute to America’s great prairies is the story [...]

Please join us on Sunday, December 11 at 2 pm for a Traditional German Christmas. Many of the Christmas traditions that we enjoy today were handed down from early German immigrants. Learn the lore behind these customs while listening to holiday music, seeing handmade ornaments, and enjoying old fashion cookies and stollen. Presenter Patricia Reaves has reserved [...]

Please join us for our next free event, Dating Old Photographs, on Sunday,  Nov. 20, from 2 to 4 pm.  This event will be conducted by Patricia Reaves at the La Grange Park Library, 555 N La Grange Rd. in La Grang Park.  Call 708-354-5512 for more information.

Please join us at the LaGrange Library (located at 10 W. Cossitt on the southwest corner of Cossitt and LaGrange Rd.)  on Friday, October 28, at 7 p.m. for our Green Invasion event.  Without any natural enemies, some imported plants have become aggressive, crowding out the native plants.  This has a negative effect on the food supply [...]

Come join us on Saturday, September 24, from 10 am to  2 pm to participate in a nation-wide effort to remove invasives and debris from our public preserves.  Wolf Road Prairie is the most highly rated mesic prairie east of the Mississippi River.  To maintain that status it needs our attention.  We will provide the refreshments [...]

Please join Wolf Road Prairie bird monitor, Linda Padera, on Thursday, September 22, at 8am for a leisurely prairie bird walk. We will meet at the middle parking bay on 31st Street just west of Wolf Road in Westchester. Whether you are a beginner or a veteran bird watcher, you will find Linda to be both informative and interesting. Please [...]

Due to popular demand, our annual Insect Safari is coming back again for Fall. Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 1 at 1 pm. Meet at the Prairie House, located at 11225 Constitution Drive, in Westchester. Our insect experts will be leading you into the wilds of the Prairie to find and observe our varied insects in [...]

Please join us on the front porch of the Prairie House, located at 11225 Constitution Drive in Westchester, to learn how to raise Monarch Butterflies and attract them to your backyard.  This event will take place on Thursday, August 18th, at 6:30 pm.  See attached flier for full details.   Hope to see you there!

On Sunday, Sept. 4, from 2 to 4 pm, at the La Grange Park Library, 555 N. LaGrange Road, please join Patricia Reaves for a hands-on German Geneaology Workshop.  Bring along your family histories to explore your roots!