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    • FLOS Garden Groomers Program
    • About Olmsted
    • Architectural Awards
      • 2023: Preservation Award
      • 2022: FLOS Spirit Award
      • 2022: Restoration Award
      • 2010: Restoration Award
      • 2009: Olmsted Spirit Award
      • 2008: Architecture Award
      • 2007: Architecture Award
    • History of Dams in Riverside, IL
    • Olmsted Collection at Riverside Library
      • Living the Plan in Riverside
      • New Addition to Olmsted Collection
    • Parc du Mont Royal
    • Reflections on Riverside
      • 2023 Reflections on Nature Student Poetry Contest
      • FLOS 2022 Poetry Contest Winners
      • 2011 Poetry Contest
        • Arbor Day in Riverside
        • Des Plaines River
        • Des Plaines River
        • Frederick Olmsted
        • Lighting the Landscape
        • Mother Nature and the River
        • Ode to Flowers
        • River
        • River
        • Riverside’s Beauty: Reflections of a First Grader
        • Spring in Riverside
        • Spring in Riverside
        • Town by the River
        • White Tail Deer on my Lawn
      • 2012 Poetry Contest
        • Blythe Park
        • Good Morning River
        • Riverside
        • Riverside
        • Riverside
        • Riverside is the Place to Be
        • Riverside’s Spring
        • Seasons in Riverside
        • The Gentle Des Plaines
        • The Wish
        • This is Riverside, Where Nature’s Always Found
        • What I Can See…
      • 2013 Poetry and Imagery Contests
        • Bike Trails
        • The Love of Riverside
        • The Riverside Man
        • The Riverside Train Station
        • U-Turn City
        • What the Tree Sees
      • 2015 Reflections on Riverside Poetry Winners
      • 2016 Reflections on Riverside Poetry Winners
      • 2010 Poetry Contest
        • In Riverside
        • I Am Nature
        • A Tour of Riverside
        • Home
        • Riverside
        • Spring Wildlife
        • Swan Pond Haiku
        • The Des Plaines River
        • The Nature Side of Riverside
        • The Open Spaces of Riverside
        • Tunnel of Trees
        • Turtle Park in My Eyes
      • 2008 Poetry Contest
      • 2009 Poetry Contest
        • Big Ball Park
        • Birds of Riverside
        • Down by the River
        • Journey of a Traveler: Peace Haven
        • Living Thing
        • Nature Lover
        • Olmsted’s Plan for Riverside
        • River
        • Riverside in Spring
    • Architecture Field Trip – SC Johnson Building
  • Membership
    • Welcome to Riverside 2024!
    • Tributes & Trees Program
      • Tributes and Trees Thank You
    • Annual Meetings
      • Annual Meeting 2025
        • The Olmsted Society celebrates Riverside’s 150th anniversary with a new logo and a renewed commitment to Stewardship, Education and Community Engagement.
        • Annual Meeting Presentation: Riverside at 150 – A Photographic Journey
      • Annual Meeting 2024
        • Annual Meeting 2024 Featured Presentation
      • Annual Meeting January 20, 2023
        • Annual Meeting 2023 Featured Presentation
      • Annual Meeting January 21, 2022
      • Annual Meeting January 16, 2015
      • Annual Meeting January 13, 2012
      • Annual Meeting January 14, 2011
        • Post-Blizzard Buzz
      • Annual Meeting January 15, 2010
      • Annual Meeting January 17, 2014
      • Annual Meeting January 18, 2013
      • Annual Meeting January 15, 2021
      • Annual Meeting January 19, 2018
      • Annual Meeting January 20, 2017
      • Annual Meeting January 22, 2016
    • Bylaws
    • Membership Renewal
    • Newsletters
    • Olmsted Society Board
    • Olmsted Society Open Meeting
  • Photos
    • 2010 Housewalk Photos
    • 4th of July 2007
    • CBD Planting May 2008
    • Landscape
      • Scottswood Workday May 16, 2009
    • PICTURING RIVERSIDE: An Exhibition of a National Historic Landmark Community
    • Reflections on Riverside
    • Take Your Best Shot! Naturally Riverside Photo Contest
    • Then and Now
  • Resources
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    • Contact Us
      • ATTENTION!
    • FLOS Video on RBTV
    • Landscape Resources
      • Garlic Mustard
    • Links
    • Maps of Riverside
    • Riverside History
    • Salt Creek Greenway Association
      • Wolf Road Prairie Nature Reserve
  • Events
    • “Spooktacular” Riverside!
    • Hop Stop 2024
    • Guided Tour of the Illinois Institute of Technology Campus
    • Hop Stop 2023
      • Hop Stop 2022
        • HopStop 2022 T-Shirt
        • Hop Stop 2019
    • FLOS Fourth of July Raffle
    • Olmsted 200
      • Planting Day at Olmsted Overlook
      • RIVERSIDE AND DRUID HILLS PROCLAMATION
      • Olmsted 200 Seed Collection Events
        • On Olmsted and One Earth, by Ana Garcia-Doyle
    • Housewalk Archives
      • Housewalk 2008
        • Aichinger Residence
        • Avery Coonley Gardens
        • Denniston Residence
        • John F. Palmer Residence
        • Salsbury / Altmayer Residence
        • Thorncroft Residence
        • Youngman Residence
      • Housewalk 2010: Babson to Baltis – A 20th Century Pageant
        • Babson Estate Service Buildings
        • Baltis Built – 1955
        • Fortunate Forty – 1965
        • Fortunate Forty – Jahn
        • Fortunate Forty – Page
        • French Normandy – 1936
        • Purchase Tickets 2010 Housewalk
        • Skala Residence
      • Housewalk 2012: HOMEwork
        • Purchase Tickets 2012 Housewalk
        • The Arcade Building
        • The Cykner Residence
        • The Gorielding Residence
        • The Kestory Residence
        • The Plhak Residence
        • The Silverthorne Residence
        • The Vesely Residence
      • Housewalk 2014: SUSTAINABILITY: THEN & NOW
        • Housewalk 2014 Sponsors
        • Housewalk Bike Rental
        • The Foley Residence
        • The Gear-Foulkes Residence
        • The Karasek-LaMantia Residence
        • The Kotlar Residence
        • The O’Brien-Rubio Residence
        • The Skiba-Brannick Residence
      • House Walk 2019: Masterworks
        • L.Y. Schermerhorn House
        • Lecture: CITY IN A GARDEN, NEW ENGLAND ROOTS
        • Thorncroft Residence
        • Avery Coonley Estate – Gardener’s Cottage
        • Avery Coonley House – Bedroom Wing
        • Caretaker’s Cottage
        • Freeark Residence
    • Landscape Workdays 2025
      • Workday: Guthrie Park 2025
      • Workday: Patriots Park
      • FLOS Planting Day: April 27, 2024
      • Spring Workdays – 2023
      • RBHS-FLOS Workday: April 15, 2023
      • Landscape Workday: November 5, 2022
      • Landscape Workday: September 17, 2022
      • Landscape Workday: October 16, 2021
      • Landscape Workdays: July 10th & September 18th, 2021
      • Landscape Workday: May 15, 2021
      • Landscape Workday: May 1, 2021
      • Landscape Workday: July 18, 2020
      • Landscape Workday: March 8, 2020
      • 50/50 Tree Planting Program
      • Invasion of the Land Snatchers
      • Workdays 2009
        • Celebrating the Earth by Improving a Park
        • Riverside Road – August 29, 2009
        • Scottswood Commons – Fall Clean-up
        • Scottswood Workday – Battling Buckthorn!
        • Take a Walk on the Wild Side
        • Treasures found in Scottswood Common
        • Winter Workday – Miller Woods Brushpile Burn
        • Workday Update – Rainy Riverside
      • Workdays 2010
        • Good to the last Drop
        • The Ultimate Recycler
        • Xylem and Phloem!
        • Zoo Woods and Waubansee Preserve Tours
      • Workdays 2011
        • FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED SOCIETY LANDSCAPE WORKDAY
        • GUIDED NATURE WALK OF WAUBANSEE PRESERVE
        • GUIDED NATURE WALK OF ZOO WOODS
        • Sawed, Dug, Dragged and Chipped
        • Spring Cleaning
        • The Great Garlic Mustard Pull
        • Unearthed Treasures
        • Urban River and Riparian Restoration
      • Workdays 2012
        • Arbor Day 2012
        • Workday on June 23rd
      • Workdays 2013
        • 2013 RBHS Day of Service
        • Harrington Park Workday – August 3rd
      • Workdays 2014
        • April 5th, 2014 Workday
        • Arbor Day 2014
        • May 31st, 2014 Workday
      • Workdays 2015
        • Landscape Workday – October 25th
        • Prescribed Burn Training
        • Swan Pond Workday – April 11, 2015
        • Swan Pond Workday: April 25th
      • Workdays 2016
        • Double Duty April/May Workdays!
        • Fall Plantings – October 22nd
        • Final Workday 2016!
        • Workdays – Summer Sum UP with Pics!
      • Workdays 2017
        • FLOS Arbor Day Thank You to Peter B!
        • FLOS Workday – March 11, 2017
        • FLOS Workday July 15
        • FLOS Workdays – September 9 & 16
        • FLOS Workdays – Spring into Action!
        • Happy 50th Anniversary Frederick Law Olmsted Society!
        • Landscape Workday: September 30, 2017
      • Workdays 2018
        • June Workdays 2018
        • Landscape Workday, October 12
        • Landscape Workday: July 14th
        • Landscape Workday: March 17, 2018
        • Landscape Workday: May 12, 2018
        • Landscape Workday: Prescribed Burns in Riverside
        • RB Day of Service 2018
      • Workdays 2019
        • Landscape Workday: April 27th
        • Landscape Workday: October 26, 2019
        • Landscape Workdays: October 5 & 12, 2019
        • RB Day of Service 2019
    • Lectures
      • Presentation & Tour: Eat the Neighborhood with David Odd
      • Get Out and Play!: The Health Benefits of Outdoor and Nature Based Activities for Children
      • Presentation: Perspectives on Pollinator Well-Being from Illinois Bee Rescue
      • Presentation: Olmsted’s Riverside: Stewardship Meets Innovation in a Landmark Village
      • Presentation: Cultivating Space: Two New Books about Architecture and Landscape
      • Presentation: Early History of Proviso Township and the Surrounding Area
      • Presentation: Spongy Moths & Cicadas: Facts & Fallacies
      • Presentation: A History of Chicagoland in Maps
      • Presentation: Hidden Gems Road Trip
      • Living in a Modern or Contemporary House in Riverside
      • Native Plants and Living Soil and the Joys of Complexity in the Garden
      • The Sweep and Curve: Olmsted’s Riverside by Charles Pipal
      • Riverside – The History and the Mysteries
      • At Home in Chicago: A Living History of Domestic Architecture
      • The Gem of Chicago Wilderness: Ecology and Restoration of the Greatest Ecological Area in the U. S.
      • Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses, 1929-1975
      • The Seeds of Riverside: Creating an Olmsted 200 Botanical Box
      • A Bird Walk with Henry Griffin
      • A Look into Urban Bird Migration & What Role We Play
      • ATLANTA’S HISTORIC DRUID HILLS AND CHICAGO’S VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE
      • Jazz Age Modern: Riverside’s Art Deco & Art Moderne Houses
      • Home Rain Garden Discussion Panel
      • A. Caldwell and the A-Bomb
      • Architecture, Efficiency, and Place
      • August 10th – Wild Flower Walk and Talk
      • Confessions of a Nature Lover
      • Crude by Rail – the Story Behind the Fiery Derailments
      • Durable Living Arrangements in Response to the Twin Sides of the Fossil-Fuel Coin
      • Environmental Conservation After Dark
      • FLOS Lecture: Rethinking Your Lawn
      • GOATS DO ROAM – INSIGHTS INTO GOATS AND LANDSCAPING
      • Lecture – Backyard Beekeeping
      • Lecture – Canada: Landscapes of Modernity
      • Lecture – Gardens of China
      • Lecture – Gardens of England
      • Lecture – Giants in the Park
      • Lecture – How Berwyn is Going Green
      • Lecture – Riverside, Graceland Cemetery and William LeBaron Jenney
      • Lecture – The Impacts of Exotic Species on Native Trees
      • Lecture: A Deep Energy Retrofit Case Study
      • Lecture: Bird Friendly Gardens and Landscapes
      • Lecture: Jackson Park Restoration
      • Lecture: Olmsted’s Offspring: From Riverside to Seaside
      • Lecture: Salt Creek Greenway Development and Future Connection with Centennial Trail
      • Lecture: Secrets from Very Old Trees
      • Lecture: The Arcade Building: The Past, Present and the Future
      • Lecture: The Mafia in the Western Suburbs
      • Lecture: Undamming the Des Plaines
      • Lecture: Where Did Martha Go?
      • Lecture: How Zero Waste Can Become a Reality
      • Lecture: Restoring Wright Buildings to their Rightful Brilliance
      • Lecture: What’s Happening in Riverside Lawn?
      • Lecture: What’s New (& Old) in the Cook County Forest Preserves
      • Lecture: Zoo News
      • Olmsted Straight – No Chaser
      • Pre-Screening: Ten Towns with Geoffrey Baer
      • Riverside in the Urban Millennium – The Need for the Next Civic Spirit
      • Riverside: Comprehensive Sewer Study
      • Shunde, A Chinese Eco City District Design Competition
      • Solar Panels in Riverside: A Case Study
      • The Charm of Chickens: Reasons to Raise Backyard Hens
      • The Making of Downton Abbey: Setting the Scene
      • The State of our Urban Forest
      • The Zero Energy Home & Residential Green Roofs
      • Trees and Changing Climate
      • World’s Fair Gardens
      • Wright’s Search for Innovation in Design
      • “My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago” — Performance & Book Signing
    • Riverside Cruise Nights
    • Arcade Mural Project
    • FLOS Calendar
      • Olmsted Overlook Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
      • Riverside Trivia Night
      • Riverside Arts Weekend 2016
      • Riverside Arts Weekend: May 16-17
      • Sip and See: First Color Tree Tour in Riverside
      • Cake and Catalpas
      • FLOS Volunteer Happy Hour!
      • Historic Riverside BioBlitz
    • FLOS Theater Outing: Burnham’s Dream
    • FRED
    • Historic Walking Tours
      • Special Walking Tour: RAW/Wright Weekend, May 17th
      • Garden Walk – July 9th
    • Vintage Baseball Game Hits Riverside
Events / Landscape Workdays 2025 / Workdays 2016

Workdays 2016

Double Duty

Summer Up

Fall Plantings

Final Workday 2016

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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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    FLOS Calendar of Events

  • Upcoming events

    • Workday: Longcommon
      Saturday, June 28, 2025 09:00 am
    • Walking Tour: South
      Sunday, June 29, 2025 02:00 pm
    • Workday: Harrington Park
      Saturday, July 26, 2025 09:00 am
    • Walking Tour: North
      Sunday, July 27, 2025 02:00 pm
    • Workday: Akenside & Longcommon
      Saturday, August 16, 2025 09:00 am

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