Earth Day shrub-planting event in Kane County April 26
GILBERTS IL - The Forest Preserve District of Kane County is calling for volunteers to help plant five-hundred hazelnuts and other shrubs in honor of Earth Day. The event takes place on April 26 between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm, at Camp Tomo Chi-Chi Knolls, 40W095 Freeman Road.
“The holes will be pre-dug,” said Robb Cleave of the Forest Preserve District. “Volunteers only need to insert the shrub, tamp down the soil, water and mulch. It’s that easy!”
The event will also feature giveaways, a nautralist-guided hike, an environmental education pop-up exhibit, a traveling science center and music by folk singer songwriter Mark Dvorak.
“Mark has been on the road for a lot of years,” said Cleave. “Like fine wine, he keeps getting better with age. We're thrilled that he was able to join us for the event. His music will add a lot to the atmosphere."
Dvorak who accompanies himself on guitar, 5-string banjo and 12-string guitar is celebrating the release of his 20th CD, Live & Alone, recorded in an empty concert hall during the height of the pandemic lock down, and his fourth book of essays, 31 Winters, which reflects on his long journey through music and teaching.
The Chicago Tribune has called Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” Dvorak has won awards for journalism and children’s music, and was honored in 2013 with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 Rich Warren, long time host of The Midnight Special radio program named Dvorak “Chicago’s official troubadour.”
There is no admission charge to the all-ages event, and the public is invited. For information phone 630.232.5980 or visit www.kaneforest.com.