Long Grove Park District

Summer 2013 Programs

sullrich — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:49:18 +0000

The Summer 2013 recreations programs are now on the website. Please check them out to see what you want to sign up for.

For complete schedule of our Summer programs click on the PDF icon.

Please read Waiver and Release of All Claims before registering for any programs. You may mail, fax or call in all registrations. All registrations forms need to be submitted with a signed Waiver and Release of Claims form.

Welcome to the LGPD Website

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:12:10 +0000

The Long Grove Park District seeks to enhance and preserve the quality of life and the environment and to acquire and protect our natural lands for the benefit of our present and future residents.

Barbara Turner receives Lake County Conservation Award

syoung — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:52:17 +0000

Liberty Prairie Conservancy recognized our own Barbara Turner with their first Lake County Conservation Award at their annual meeting in May, 2011. Barbara Turner has long been a passionate voice for conservation in Long Grove, her pride and joy is the 36-acre Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve.

After taking a class taught by renowned naturalist and writer May T. Watts at the Morton Arboretum in the late 1970’s, Barbara made caring for and protecting this woodland her life’s work. Through Barbara’s persistence, Reed-Turner Woodland became one of the first private properties to be preserved in Illinois by a non-profit conservation group. She has also been a pioneer in woodland restoration and stewardship.

Barbara Turner pictured receiving Lake County Conservation Award

“What also makes Barbara special is her life-long commitment to mentoring and teaching others,” says Jane Wittig, president of the Long Grove Park District. “She has made many people into land stewards, and I’m honored to be one of them.”

Another person inspired by Barbara Turner is Steve Byers of the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. Despite being tired after carrying out prescribed burns on 1,200 acres of land earlier that day, Steve rushed to personally congratulate Barbara that evening!