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Now Showing in Your Neighborhood, a Park, or a Forest Preserve Near You: A Fall Color Spectacular

October 28, 2019November 3, 2021 by anders458, posted in @FPDCC, botanical gardens and arboretums, Chicago Parks, FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF KANE COUNTY, Forest Preserve District of Will County, Forest Preserve of Cook County, Illinois, kids activities, nature centers, Uncategorized

BY ANDREW MORKES, AUTHOR OF NATURE IN CHICAGOLAND Some are still green. Some are a vivid gold, red, yellow, purple, or orange. Some are flying through the air like happy nature parachutists. And some are already on the ground, ready to be rolled in and jumped on, put in scrapbooks, mulched and bagged, or simply … Continue reading Now Showing in Your Neighborhood, a Park, or a Forest Preserve Near You: A Fall Color Spectacular

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