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Native Plant Sale
Save & Restore Natural Areas
Native Plant Sale
Each spring, the Kane Forest Preserve Foundation holds a Native Plant Sale to benefit a specific project for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. Our 2023 project is mounted viewing scopes at waterfront forest preserves. The more plants sold, the more viewers we'll be able to purchase and install! This year, in addition to our onl
Each spring, the Kane Forest Preserve Foundation holds a Native Plant Sale to benefit a specific project for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. Our 2023 project is mounted viewing scopes at waterfront forest preserves. The more plants sold, the more viewers we'll be able to purchase and install! This year, in addition to our online sale, we'll also have an in-person plant sale on Saturday, April 29, at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve.
To purchase plants online, visit: https://bit.ly/NativePlantSale23
For light and watering requirements, view our sale flyer, here.
To sponsor the plant sale, visit: https://bit.ly/2023Plants
For sponsorship levels, visit here.
If you want to volunteer to help with this year's plant sale, send us an email at foundation@kaneforest.com.
Thank you to this year's sponsors:
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Natural Garden Natives
GOLD SPONSOR
Irv & Mary Ochsenschlager
SILVER SPONSOR
Becky Gillam
BRONZE SPONSORS
Leslie Juby
Chris Kious
Adopt a Turtle
Save & Restore Natural Areas
Native Plant Sale
Help the environment for endangered Blanding's turtles in the Kane County's forest preserves, through our Adopt a Turtle program! You can be on "Team Turtle," become a Blanding's Backer, or join as a Blanding's Buddy. This program helps the District go above and beyond the Forest Preserve District's normal capacity for research, education
Help the environment for endangered Blanding's turtles in the Kane County's forest preserves, through our Adopt a Turtle program! You can be on "Team Turtle," become a Blanding's Backer, or join as a Blanding's Buddy. This program helps the District go above and beyond the Forest Preserve District's normal capacity for research, education, seasonal staff, technology and field supplies, as well as habitat improvement projects. Adopt your turtle, today!
To adopt a turtle via credit card, visit:
http://bit.ly/KaneAdoptATurtleCC
To adopt via check, see: https://kaneforest.com/upload/AAT_Flyer21.pdf
For more information, see Adopt a Turtle.
Save & Restore Natural Areas
Save & Restore Natural Areas
Save & Restore Natural Areas
Less than one-tenth of one percent of the original Illinois prairie remains. The Foundation is a charitable organization that helps the Forest Preserve District's efforts to acquire and restore and protect prairies, woodlands and wetlands, throughout Kane County.
Improve Quality of Life
Improve Quality of Life
Save & Restore Natural Areas
The Kane Forest Preserve Foundation actively works to restore, restock, protect and preserve forest preserve lands for the education, recreation and pleasure of all Kane County citizens — plants and wildlife alike. Support the Foundation, today.
2021 Foundation Report
Improve Quality of Life
2021 Foundation Report
The Foundation Board made the following presentation to the Forest Preserve Commission on March 9, 2021.
Help Our Cause
Your support will help the Forest Preserve District of Kane County accomplish more. You may direct your gift to the following categories:
- Plant & Animal Studies
- Adopt-a-Turtle program
- Natural Areas Improvements
- Nature Program Expansion
- Unrestricted: Best Use/Greatest Need
