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    • Sip and See: First Color Tree Tour in Riverside
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      • Final Workday 2016!
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      • FLOS Arbor Day Thank You to Peter B!
      • Happy 50th Anniversary Frederick Law Olmsted Society!
      • FLOS Workdays – Spring into Action!
      • Prescribed Burn Training
      • May 31st, 2014 Workday
      • Landscape Workday – October 25th
      • Swan Pond Workday – April 11, 2015
      • Swan Pond Workday: April 25th
      • Arbor Day 2014
      • April 5th, 2014 Workday
      • 50/50 Tree Planting Program
      • Invasion of the Land Snatchers
      • The Great Garlic Mustard Pull
      • Workdays 2013
        • 2013 RBHS Day of Service
      • Arbor Day 2012
      • Workday on June 23rd
      • Workdays 2011
        • GUIDED NATURE WALK OF WAUBANSEE PRESERVE
        • GUIDED NATURE WALK OF ZOO WOODS
        • Spring Cleaning
        • Urban River and Riparian Restoration
        • Unearthed Treasures
        • Sawed, Dug, Dragged and Chipped
        • FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED SOCIETY LANDSCAPE WORKDAY
      • Workdays 2010
        • Zoo Woods and Waubansee Preserve Tours
        • The Ultimate Recycler
        • Xylem and Phloem!
        • Good to the last Drop
      • Workdays 2009
        • Celebrating the Earth by Improving a Park
        • Scottswood Workday – Battling Buckthorn!
        • Treasures found in Scottswood Common
        • Take a Walk on the Wild Side
        • Riverside Road – August 29, 2009
        • Scottswood Commons – Fall Clean-up
        • Workday Update – Rainy Riverside
        • Winter Workday – Miller Woods Brushpile Burn
    • Riverside Cruise Nights
    • Housewalk 2014: SUSTAINABILITY: THEN & NOW
      • Housewalk Bike Rental
      • The Gear-Foulkes Residence
      • The Karasek-LaMantia Residence
      • The O’Brien-Rubio Residence
      • The Kotlar Residence
      • The Skiba-Brannick Residence
      • The Foley Residence
      • Housewalk 2014 Sponsors
    • FRED
    • Historic Walking Tours
      • Garden Walk – July 9th
    • Lectures
      • Lecture: Salt Creek Greenway Development and Future Connection with Centennial Trail
      • Lecture: Restoring Wright Buildings to their Rightful Brilliance
      • Lecture: How Zero Waste Can Become a Reality
      • Lecture: Bird Friendly Gardens and Landscapes
      • Lecture – Giants in the Park
      • Lecture – Gardens of England
      • Lecture – Gardens of China
      • Lecture – Riverside, Graceland Cemetery and William LeBaron Jenney
      • Lecture – Canada: Landscapes of Modernity
      • Lecture – The Impacts of Exotic Species on Native Trees
      • Lecture – How Berwyn is Going Green
      • Lecture: What’s Happening in Riverside Lawn?
      • Pre-Screening: Ten Towns with Geoffrey Baer
      • FLOS Lecture: Rethinking Your Lawn
      • Lecture: Where Did Martha Go?
      • Lecture: The Arcade Building: The Past, Present and the Future
      • Lecture: A Deep Energy Retrofit Case Study
      • Lecture: Undamming the Des Plaines
      • Crude by Rail – the Story Behind the Fiery Derailments
      • The State of our Urban Forest
      • Lecture: Jackson Park Restoration
      • Lecture – Backyard Beekeeping
      • Solar Panels in Riverside: A Case Study
      • Durable Living Arrangements in Response to the Twin Sides of the Fossil-Fuel Coin
      • Riverside: Comprehensive Sewer Study
      • GOATS DO ROAM – INSIGHTS INTO GOATS AND LANDSCAPING
      • Trees and Changing Climate
      • Environmental Conservation After Dark
      • The Charm of Chickens: Reasons to Raise Backyard Hens
      • Architecture, Efficiency, and Place
      • World’s Fair Gardens
      • The Making of Downton Abbey: Setting the Scene
      • Shunde, A Chinese Eco City District Design Competition
      • Olmsted Straight – No Chaser
      • Riverside in the Urban Millennium – The Need for the Next Civic Spirit
      • Confessions of a Nature Lover
      • A. Caldwell and the A-Bomb
      • Wright’s Search for Innovation in Design
      • The Zero Energy Home & Residential Green Roofs
    • Housewalk Archives
      • Housewalk 2012: HOMEwork
        • The Arcade Building
        • The Cykner Residence
        • The Gorielding Residence
        • The Silverthorne Residence
        • The Plhak Residence
        • The Kestory Residence
        • The Vesely Residence
      • Housewalk 2010: Babson to Baltis – A 20th Century Pageant
        • Purchase Tickets 2010 Housewalk
        • Housewalk Sign Ambush
        • Babson Estate Service Buildings
        • Fortunate Forty – Jahn
        • Baltis Built – 1955
        • Fortunate Forty – 1965
        • Fortunate Forty – Page
        • French Normandy – 1936
        • Skala Residence
      • Housewalk 2008
        • Avery Coonley Gardens
        • Youngman Residence
        • Aichinger Residence
        • Salsbury / Altmayer Residence
        • John F. Palmer Residence
        • Thorncroft Residence
        • Denniston Residence
    • Arcade Mural Project
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    • Take Your Best Shot! Naturally Riverside Photo Contest
    • 2010 Housewalk Photos
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      • Scottswood Workday May 16, 2009
    • 4th of July 2007
    • Reflections on Riverside
    • CBD Planting May 2008
    • Then and Now
  • Education
    • History of Dams in Riverside, IL
    • Parc du Mont Royal
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      • Living the Plan in Riverside
      • New Addition to Olmsted Collection
    • Reflections on Riverside
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      • 2015 Reflections on Riverside Poetry Winners
      • 2013 Poetry and Imagery Contests
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        • U-Turn City
        • The Riverside Man
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        • The Riverside Train Station
      • 2012 Poetry Contest
        • This is Riverside, Where Nature’s Always Found
        • What I Can See…
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      • 2011 Poetry Contest
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        • White Tail Deer on my Lawn
        • Mother Nature and the River
        • Town by the River
        • Riverside’s Beauty: Reflections of a First Grader
        • Des Plaines River
        • Spring in Riverside
        • Spring in Riverside
        • Frederick Olmsted
        • Ode to Flowers
        • River
        • Arbor Day in Riverside
        • Lighting the Landscape
        • River
      • 2010 Poetry Contest
        • The Nature Side of Riverside
        • I Am Nature
        • Spring Wildlife
        • Swan Pond Haiku
        • In Riverside
        • A Tour of Riverside
        • Riverside
        • Turtle Park in My Eyes
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      • 2009 Poetry Contest
        • Olmsted’s Plan for Riverside
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        • Journey of a Traveler: Peace Haven
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      • 2008 Poetry Contest
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Workdays 2011

Spring Cleaning

Urban River and Riparian Restoration

Unearthed Treasures

Sawed, Dug, Dragged and Chipped

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    The Frederick Law Olmsted Society is dedicated to sustaining Olmsted's vision for Riverside for generations to come. Its members are guided by his concern for humanity, nature, sense of community and the innovative and thoughtful essence of his work. The Olmsted Society invites residents and visitors to join us in learning, protecting the environment, and preserving our cultural and physical heritage.

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  • Upcoming events

    • Workday - Scout Cabin & Patriots Park
      Saturday, April 28, 2018 09:00 am
    • Reflections on Riverside Entry Deadline
      Monday, April 30, 2018 12:00 am
    • Workday - Riverside Road
      Saturday, May 12, 2018 09:00 am
    • Walking Tour North
      Sunday, May 27, 2018 02:00 pm
    • Naturally Riverside Contest Deadline
      Friday, June 15, 2018 11:59 pm

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