Trees Are Reflection of Strong Community in Beverly/Morgan Park
By Lisa Vinci and Lisa Kirchoff Love where you live and love your trees! According to the Chicago Region Tree Initiative, a collaborative led by Morton Arboretum which seeks to increase the health and size of the urban forest, 41 percent of Beverly/Morgan Park is covered by trees compared to only 19 percent of the […]
Beverly Companies Offers Advice on Late-Season Planting
By Tom Marsan, Beverly Companies Did you know that many vegetables like kale, carrots, and broccoli actually taste sweeter after a light frost? This is because the cold converts the starches into sugars! The fall season offers a unique opportunity for gardeners. Less watering is needed, there are fewer pests, and it’s a great […]
A Guide for Healthy Trees
Beverly/Morgan Park is known for the tree-lined streets that create a distinctively beautiful backdrop for our historic homes, parks, and institutions. Most people use words like sturdy, strong, magnificent, invincible to describe trees, but in reality, many times the trees that look the strongest are the most vulnerable. More than 400 of the beautiful […]
Neighbor Wins Driehaus Award for Home Landscape
By Kristin Boza Living in Beverly/Morgan Park, we know what a special place this is. Incredible architecture and carefully crafted landscaping are prominent in our community. One neighborhood resident has been singled out for his landscaping efforts. Tommie Harris earned the Chicago Bungalow Association’s 15th Annual Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Bungalow Award in Landscape Design. Harris has spent years […]
Open House Chicago Architecture Tour Returns to Beverly/Morgan Park
On the weekend of Oct/ 19 and 20, more than 250 of Chicago’s most intriguing buildings will open their doors for the Chicago Architecture Center’s annual Open House Chicago tour. Following a fabulously popular debut on last year’s tour, Open House Chicago will return to Beverly/Morgan Park with even more iconic sites for behind-the-scenes visits. One of the world’s largest architecture festivals, Open House Chicago is a free, two-day public […]