Illinois Extension

2024 GLS Healthy Hedges (Buckthorn Eradication)

The University of Illinois Extension - Lake County, SWALCO and the Lake County Forest Preserve District present the 2024 Garden Learning Series 
Programs will be held Monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. They will all be Virtual.
Zoom information, Handouts and Slides will be provided via email the day of the presentation by 2pm.
Programs will NOT be recorded.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - Virtual – Healthy Hedges (Buckthorn Eradication) - Presented by the Lake County Forest Preserve District

Programs are Free and Virtual on Zoom
Matt Ueltzen is the Manager of Restoration Ecology for the Lake County Forest Preserves.  He has been with the Forest Preserves for 24 years and manages the District’s prescribed burn and reforestation programs.  He also works on various habitat restoration projects including wetland restoration, farmland conversion, and invasive species management such as the eradication of buckthorn which we will talk about today. 

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