Donate to BACT
  • About Us
      • Mission / History
      • Land Preservation
      • Our Team / Board Members
      • Sponsors/Grantors
      • News
      • BACT In The News
      • Photo Galleries
    • Close
  • Conservation Initiatives
      • Home Conservation
        • Conservation@Home
        • Invasive Species
        • Attracting Pollinators
        • Native Plant Buffer for Stream Banks
      • Workplace Conservation
        • Conservation@Work
      • Teen Programs
        • Conservation@School
        • Teens4Green
        • Workdays
        • Eagle & Girl Scout Projects
        • Summer Internship Programs
        • Intern Presentations
        • Scholarships
      • Volunteer Consent Forms
        • Volunteer Liability Waiver and Photo Release
      • Water Conservation
        • Tower Lakes Drain Partnership
        • Flint Creek/ Spring Creek Watersheds Partnership
        • BACOG
        • Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
        • Illinois EPA
      • Easements
        • Conservation Easements
        • Heritage Corridor
    • Close
  • Plant Finder
      • Native Plants
      • Native Plants For Shoreline
      • Native Plants for Wetter Soil
      • Monarch Butterfly Plants
      • Native Shrubs
      • Native Trees
    • Close
  • Ways to Give
      • Donate to BACT
      • Planned Giving
      • Amazon Smile

      • Give of Your Time
    • Close
  • Events
  • Volunteer
  • About Us
      • Mission / History
      • Land Preservation
      • Our Team / Board Members
      • Sponsors/Grantors
      • News
      • BACT In The News
      • Photo Galleries
    • Close
  • Conservation Initiatives
      • Home Conservation
        • Conservation@Home
        • Invasive Species
        • Attracting Pollinators
        • Native Plant Buffer for Stream Banks
      • Workplace Conservation
        • Conservation@Work
      • Teen Programs
        • Conservation@School
        • Teens4Green
        • Workdays
        • Eagle & Girl Scout Projects
        • Summer Internship Programs
        • Intern Presentations
        • Scholarships
      • Volunteer Consent Forms
        • Volunteer Liability Waiver and Photo Release
      • Water Conservation
        • Tower Lakes Drain Partnership
        • Flint Creek/ Spring Creek Watersheds Partnership
        • BACOG
        • Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
        • Illinois EPA
      • Easements
        • Conservation Easements
        • Heritage Corridor
    • Close
  • Plant Finder
      • Native Plants
      • Native Plants For Shoreline
      • Native Plants for Wetter Soil
      • Monarch Butterfly Plants
      • Native Shrubs
      • Native Trees
    • Close
  • Ways to Give
      • Donate to BACT
      • Planned Giving
      • Amazon Smile

      • Give of Your Time
    • Close
  • Events
  • Volunteer

2019 October Fest

  • On October 8, 2019

Over 150 community members joined BACT for a beautiful Oaktober Fest family planting day at Far Field Nature Preserve located at the corner of Lake Cook and Old Sutton Roads in Barrington Hills.  For this 4th annual Oaktober Fest, participants planted 75 native trees and shrubs on the northern edge of the property and enjoyed live music from the band “Beamish.”  This is part of BACT’s effort with the Chicago Region Trees Initiative to remove and replace woody invasive species such as buckthorn.  

Other activities included  The Care of Trees – tree planting demonstration, Lake County Audubon Society – booth highlighting the Oak Woodland Recovery and the Red Headed Woodpecker, Mane In Heaven – miniature therapy horse, Girl Scout project focusing on milkweed and free oak tree give away – provided by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and the Village of Barrington Hills.

Thank you to the Barrington Breakfast Rotary, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation and The Garden Club of Barrington for their grant support to help in our restoration efforts at Far Field.  Besides providing grant support, many members from the Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club came out to help.  As one Rotarian stated, “This day was the nicest party and I enjoyed working with many high school kids; outdoor, healthy and great for the next generation.”

48864790458_50cbeac425_c
48864791203_25c5a1e0a2_c
48864792143_5eaa19ae5a_c
48864792738_2f6284ebac_c
48864794858_6f65440da5_c
48864797178_567e882e1a_c
48864798153_1d2d375fd0_c
48864798413_774b9b208e_c
48864799078_6ede382cc8_c
48864801568_96a5f94e38_c
48864802033_29ecabf0af_c
48864803288_41fe4feb3f_c
48864805033_cd79bddc82_c
48864807308_0fa52568c9_c
48865011718_576df2a373_c
48865013193_1142c0b249_c
48865024188_82fe2ab245_c
48865024748_a4e3360461_c
48865025548_13a4b4241b_c
48865026633_b34044d79b_c
48865308056_a6bb351db6_c
48865309786_3060315f13_c
48865311201_1961214c21_c
48865311701_c30c09713a_c

123►

0 Comments

Leave Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts
  • BACT 2020 Fall Newsletter
  • BACT’s 2020 Summer Internship
  • Bringing Nature Home
  • Spotlight on Bob and Denise Krause
  • 2019 Year in Review
Archives
  • November 2020
  • June 2020
  • March 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019

BACT Spotlight: Robert McGinley

Previous thumb

New signs at Pederson Preserve

Next thumb
Scroll

Barrington Area Conservation Trust

145 West Main Street, Suite 201
Barrington, IL 60010

(847) 387-3149 | Email Us
©2019 Barrington Area Conservation Trust. Designed by Menagery, Inc.
VolunteerDonate to BACT