Graceland West Community Association
GWCA will celebrate Earth Day 54 by planting native shrubs at three locations. This is an opportunity to help and learn about selecting, planting and caring for native shrubs in ground or in a planter. Please join us Saturday, April 20th at 10 am in the back yard of 1460 West Belle Plaine for the first planting and we’ll proceed from there. Recipients are on Belle Plaine, Clark and Montrose. All are welcome.
Our next GWCA Community Meeting is Tuesday, June 20 from 6:30 – 8 pm at Warner Park & Gardens, 1446 West Warner. We’ll move indoors if weather is more than sprinkles of rain.
Agenda includes a brief business meeting & semi-annual GWCA council election. Then the Garden Walk Committee will kick off registration for the 41st Annual Garden Walk on Sunday, July 16. This will be followed by a distinguished panel that will discuss “What one person, household, school or business can do outdoors (balcony, patio, roof, yard) to help the environment”.
Rachel Kuipers, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design Professional, LiveRoof/Hortech. LR/H specializes in blue green roof systems, offering stormwater management solutions; native, pollinating, habitat-creating and biodiverse plant mixes, LiveRoof’s network of licensed growers provides locally grown modular green roof systems focused on overall plant and system health.
Jack Pizzo, Horticulturist, Ecologist, Landscape Architect, and the founder and principal of The Pizzo Group. With a talented team of professionals, he creates and manages sustainable gardens and landscapes, restores ecosystems, and serves on conservation boards. Pizzo Nursery native plant plugs are available through their retail partners. The Pizzo Group has received 170+ industry awards.
We look forward to seeing you on the 20th! If you have any questions about the meeting, please reach out to info@gracelandwest.org.
Spring is starting to bloom, so marvel at the beauty in our own backyard in Graceland West!
No Mow May is a popular movement to support the habitats of pollinators. We ask that those in Graceland West consider waiting until Mother’s Day, May 14, before mowing their lawns which will help retain beneficial insects including butterflies, bees and other pollinators.
Do cleanup up all litter and street, crosswalk and sewer grate leaves as soon as you can to reduce stormwater flooding.
Join GWCA to clean up the Lake View High School campus on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 at 10 am. We’ll start at the s/w corner of Belle Plaine and Greenview. Please email info@gracelandwest.org with any questions.
Join GWCA for an Earth Day Cleanup at Lake View High School on Saturday, April 22. We’ll meet at 10:00 am at the corner of Greenview and Belle Plaine and focus on cleaning up litter on the high school campus and surrounding streets. Gloves and trash bags will be provided.
GWCA 11th Annual Street and Crosswalk Leaf Clean-up. Launch is Saturday, Nov 11 at 9 am. Meet at Greenview and Belle Plaine, Berteau or Cullom. Can’t help then. Clean street leaves and place bagged leaves on the nearest parkway from Nov 11 through Nov 19. Streets and Sanitation will do a special pick up for us after Nov 19.
SMASH and COMPOST your pumpkins and gourds. Can Coonley beat the record of 1,000+ pumpkins and gourds in 2021 at LVHS? Please remove plastic decorations.
Join GWCA for an Earth Day Cleanup at Lake View High School on Saturday, April 22. We’ll meet at 10:00 am at the corner of Greenview and Belle Plaine and focus on cleaning up litter on the high school campus and surrounding streets. Gloves and trash bags will be provided.
Let’s get outside this weekend and bag some street leaves! While there’s still a fair amount of leaves hanging on in our tree canopy, there’s a lot that are currently clogging up storm drains. These are the key leaves to make sure get into bags this weekend. Priority should also be given to leaves that are at intersections and cross-walks.
Bagged leaves can be left on parkways for pickup after November 14th. Share your photos on Facebook @Graceland West Community Association, on Instagram @graceland_west_gwca or by emailing info@gracelandwest.org to enter to win the GOLDEN RAKE AWARD which can be proudly displayed as a Graceland West badge of honor and defended when the leaves fall next year.
The GWCA 9th annual volunteer street leaf cleanup is a very fun community event that gives us one last opportunity to enjoy the beautiful autumn weather and connect with our neighbors. Starting on Tuesday 11/9 which is after the final street sweep and culminating on Sunday 11/14, this effort helps keep our storm drains clear and reduces street, basement and vehicle flooding. Let’s break last year’s record of 483 full bags!
Bagged leaves can be left on parkways for pickup after November 14th. Share your photos on Facebook @Graceland West Community Association, on Instagram @graceland_west_gwca or by emailing info@gracelandwest.org to enter to win the GOLDEN RAKE AWARD which can be proudly displayed as a Graceland West badge of honor and defended when the leaves fall next year.
Come join us at the pumpkin smash on Saturday, November 6th to pick up a leaf bag for your Graceland West street leaves.
GREEN Halloween! Lake View High School, the University of Illinois Extension, Lake Shore Recycling Systems and the Department of Streets and Sanitation are hosting a Pumpkin Smash event for residents to compost their pumpkins post-Halloween and keep them out of the landfill! The event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, November 6 at Lake View High School, located in the parking lot off of Greenview and Irving Park. Pumpkins must be free of candles, stickers, glitter, yarn, synthetic decorations. We can compost pumpkins decorated with water-based paints. More info found in your favorite metaverse http://go.illinois.edu/pumpkinsmash, GWCA Facebook Event, Nextdoor, GWCA website.
If you are in the Graceland West neighborhood, please come see us at the pumpkin smash to pick up a leaf bag for our 9th annual volunteer street leaf cleanup which begins on November 9th.
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