Come to the Green Side


Grow Native Plants in Your Yard
December 26, 2008, 7:00 am
Filed under: Gardening, Upcoming Events

prairieflowerWondering how to incorporate indigenous plants into your home’s landscape?  Would you like to have less lawn to cut while enjoying the butterflies and birds that hover around your native plantings?  Join the Northwest Cook County Chapter of the Illinois Sierra Club as they present a program on Native Plants in the Home Landscape.

When:  January 8, 2009, 7:00 – 8:45 p.m.
Where:  Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary
             1111 E. Schaumburg Road
             Schaumburg, IL
Info:  gpstolzer@hotmail.com



Used Flag Drop-Off Sites
December 2, 2008, 7:00 am
Filed under: Local Drop-off Sites

Used flags that are tattered and torn must be disposed of properly.  These flags may be dropped off at the following sites to insure appropriate disposal at a flag retirement ceremony.

Schaumburg Municipal Center
101 Schaumburg Court
Schaumburg, IL
847-895-4500

Hoffman Estates Police Department
1200 Gannon Drive
Hoffman Estates, IL
847-882-1818

Village of Streamwood
301 E. Irving Park Road
Streamwood, IL
630-736-3800