Join Village of Glen Ellyn Forestry Superintendent Max Brown to learn about how GE cares for its legendary trees! Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI) will also share information about our area’s tree canopy and how you can play a role to protect it. This event is co-sponsored by the Glen Ellyn Environmental Commission and Bartlett Tree Experts.

SPEAKERS:

Max Brown, Forestry Superintendent, Village of Glen Ellyn

Aidden Tapia, Community Liaison, Morton Arboretum’s Chicago Region Tree Initiative (CRTI)

Alec Edwards, Master Arborist, Bartlett Tree Experts

Guest Bartending by -- Go Green Glen Ellyn

Appetizers sponsored by -- Bartlett Tree Experts

All tips -- Plant trees in Glen Ellyn!

Did you know?

Many of our mature oak trees are part of an original Pre-settlement Oak ecosystem! They are valuable in their own right – and also as part of a region-wide initiative to preserve and restore Chicagoland Oak corridors. Yet our oldest Oaks are under threat.