Donate one hour of your time and help make Yorkville brighter!   Yorkville monthly clean-ups take place on the last Saturday of each month at various locations around town. Each litter clean-up is just one hour and contributes to keeping Yorkville beautiful! Just bring yourself and gloves if desired. Trash bags and pickers are provided. Join us for one cleanup session or come to them all! And don’t forget to read our Litter Cleanup Safety and Tips to get ready for the cleanup. 2026 Dates and Locations: All from 8:00 – 9:00am Saturday, July 25th — Bicentennial Riverfront Park (301 E Hydraulic Ave, Yorkville, IL 60560) Saturday, August 29th — Southern Belle’s (56 E Schoolhouse Rd, Yorkville, IL 60560) Sunday, September 27th — Bicentennial Riverfront Park (301 E Hydraulic Ave, Yorkville, IL 60560) Saturday, October 31st — Ace Hardware (9620 Walter Payton Memorial Hwy, Yorkville, IL 60560)

Donate one hour of your time and help make Yorkville brighter!   Yorkville monthly clean-ups take place on the last Saturday of each month at various locations around town. Each litter clean-up is just one hour and contributes to keeping Yorkville beautiful! Just bring yourself and gloves if desired. Trash bags and pickers are provided. Join us for one cleanup session or come to them all! And don’t forget to read our Litter Cleanup Safety and Tips to get ready for the cleanup.   2026 Dates and Locations: All from 8:00 – 9:00am Saturday, April 25th — Park Roadhouse 47 (1901 S Bridge St, Yorkville, IL 60560) Saturday, May 30th — Burks Bros Drywall (1207 Badger St #A, Yorkville, IL 60560) Saturday, June 27th — Goodwill Store & Donation Center (481 E Countryside Pkwy, Yorkville, IL 60560) Saturday, July 25th — Bicentennial Riverfront Park (301 E Hydraulic Ave, Yorkville, IL 60560) Saturday, August 29th — Southern Belle’s (56 E Schoolhouse Rd, Yorkville, IL 60560) Sunday, September 27th — Bicentennial Riverfront Park (301 E Hydraulic Ave, Yorkville, IL 60560) Saturday, October 31st — Ace Hardware (9620 Walter Payton Memorial Hwy, Yorkville, IL 60560)   Sponsored by: The Conservation Foundation and Yorkville Chamber Green Connect Thank you to Yorkville Ace Hardware for donating supplies.  

Join us at McDonald Farm for a delightful day at our annual Fall Market & Music Fest, where we are blending two of our community’s favorite events — Music on the Farm and Green Earth Fall Community Market! Discover all the wonderful things happening on the farm, including a local-farms-only mini-farmer’s market featuring Green Earth Harvest’s certified organic veggies plus an array of other local goods from our farmshare partners including fruit, organic sourdough bread, local eggs, organic flour, grains and beans, specialty flowers, and more! Drop in for a bit or spend the afternoon enjoying live music, children’s activities, farm tours, Tent Talks, and plenty of delicious, local food. We can’t wait to see you on the farm! Mini-Farmer’s Market: Green Earth Harvest: Certified organic veggies and UPick tomatoes Flat Tire Farm: Benton Harbor, MI fruits Matteli’s: Organic sourdough bread (pre-orders available) Brian Severson Farms: Organic grains, oats, flours, and beans (pre-orders available) Sweet Pea’s Stems: Specialty flower bouquets (pre-orders available) Music on the Lawn 1:00 – 3:30pm: Live music by Triple Replay Band, an acoustic guitar and vocal harmony group, bringing you a variety of your favorite tunes from all genres! Food Trucks Fernando’s Street Kitchen Children’s Activities 1:00 — 3:30pm: Meet our educators in the Sensory Garden for nature-inspired, self-directed activities for kids of all ages! Tent Talks The Buzz About Bees 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm Join Beekeeper, Pete Soltesz of Illinois Bee Rescue, to explore the fascinating world of bees, from the social structure of colonies — with female workers running the hive — to the role of nutrition and pollination in honey production and the larger human food system. Each session will be around 20 minutes. Location: Meet Pete at his bee booth around the circle drive Conservation@Home: Easy Ways to Help Nature Thrive 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm Join our Conservation@Home expert Beth Peluse for a fifteen-minute chat including top tips to support pollinators and quick wins for conservation, right in your own yard. Location: Meet Beth at The Conservation Foundation booth around the circle drive Explore the Edible Forest Garden Guided Tours 1:30pm & 2:30pm Join Connie Kollmeyer, The Conservation Foundation Educator, in McDonald Farm’s Edible Forest Garden for a 20-minute guided tour of all that’s growing in this unique space. Location: Meet Connie in the Edible Forest Garden located behind the Clow House on the north side of the event near the parking area Ask a Green Earth Harvest Farmer 3:00pm Chat with your local farmer to learn about growing here on the farm. Location:  Meet us at our booth next to our farm stand in the circle drive Farm Tours A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Local, Organic Farming 2:00 — 2:45pm Tour McDonald Farm with farm manager Russ Cerocke to learn the ins and outs, the ups and the downs of how we sustainably and organically grow 40+ crops to feed our community clean, delicious produce. Sign up now: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E11571&id=231 Conservation@Home Tour of McDonald Farm and Gardens 3:00 — 3:45pm Join our Conservation@Home staff to explore McDonald Farm’s rich history, prairie and wetlands restoration, multiple gardens, sustainability projects, and more! Sign up now: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E11571&id=232 We do our best to offer programs, rain or shine. You can review our Rain Policy here.

We are so excited to welcome you to our historic Dickson-Murst Farmstead for this late summer event! We’ll have children’s crafts, activities and play spaces, hayrides, barrel train rides, farm equipment and harvesting demonstrations, face painting, meeting farm animals like Ellie the mini-cow, Fudge the goat, and Peanut the pony, and more. Kids will also be able to drive a tractor again this year and earn their good driver sticker. When you need a break, sit a spell in one of the farm’s signature red rockers while you enjoy tasty vittles from the Country Kitchen. Antique trucks and tractors will be on display and all of the pristinely restored historic farm buildings will be open for exploration. It’ll be the perfect way to wrap up your summer! Call (630) 816-0604 with questions! Admission and parking is free. Thanks to our volunteer Dickson-Murst Farm Partners for their work on this event.   We do our best to offer programs, rain or shine. You can review our Rain Policy here.

Join Club Pilates and The Conservation Foundation’s Green Earth Harvest, Naperville’s only certified organic farm, for Rooted in Wellness, a community wellness series at McDonald Farm! Enjoy a free outdoor mat Pilates class while soaking in the beautiful surroundings, connecting with the community, and exploring the farm stand featuring just-harvested, certified organic produce, local honey, and other seasonal goodies prior to the class. Whether you’re new to Pilates or already love it, this is the perfect chance to move, mingle, and reconnect with the roots of wellness. Bring a mat, bring a friend, and come spend your evening with us!   We do our best to offer programs, rain or shine. You can review our Rain Policy here. Register Now: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E11571&id=226

Bree Gordon Band   Music on the Farm is family-friendly and free! Grab a lawn chair, pack a few drinks, and sit back to take in the music and the pastoral views of McDonald Farm. The food truck on Sunday, June 14th will be Fernando’s Street Kitchen and Sno Problems.   Music on the Farm summer music series includes: Sunday, June 14th Bree Gordon Band with Fernando’s Street Kitchen and Sno Problems Sunday, July 12th The Old Fashioneds with Billy Bricks Pizza and Ice Cream Sunday, August 9th The Milkman’s Kid with Good Omen Gyoza and Sno Problems Sunday, September 13th Fall Market & Music Fest Thanks to our sponsors: Barlett Tree Experts Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. Green State Credit Union What We Make

Hickory Knolls Discovery Center Talk and Nature Therapy Experience The Alzheimer’s Association and The Conservation Foundation are partnering for Brain Health Awareness Month to share how you can support brain health in your community. The event will start with a short talk on supporting your brain health, followed by putting one of the practices into action with a guided nature therapy experience, provided by one of The Conservation Foundation’s certified forest therapy guides. This event and the Forest Therapy experience included can be adapted for all mobility levels. If you have any allergies, dietary restrictions, health, or mobility issues that might come into play, please note them here so we can create a safe experience for all of us. Hosted in partnership with: Alzheimer's Association and Hickory Knolls Discovery Center

You’re invited to our annual Mother’s Day weekend plant sale, where you’ll find a wide selection of native perennials, and grasses, McDonald Farm-grown organic vegetable and herb seedlings, organic compost, rain barrels, Mother’s Day gift options, and more! Our annual sale features a wide selection of your favorite native perennials and grasses, unique certified organic vegetable and herb seedling varieties, organic compost, rain barrels, accessories, and more! We’re also hosting an online pre-order sale featuring our specially designed native plant and vegetable garden kits, native trees, shrubs, rain barrels, worm castings, and organic compost. Shop online here: https://green-earth-harvest-tcf.square.site/ Get more plant sale information here: https://theconservationfoundation.org/plant-sale/ Thank you for shopping local and supporting our mission!

Science of Spirituality International Meditation Center Free Event! Join us and Science of Spirituality for a half-day retreat to nurture the body, soul and planet with an opening by indigenous voices, chair yoga, meditation, and a keynote from Alison Paul of the Conservation Foundation, “Nurture Nature: Helping the Earth that Heals Us.” A complimentary lunch will be served along with support from community conservation and garden groups. Keynote Speaker: Alison Paul The Conservation Foundation’s Vice President of Community Conservation and certified Forest Therapy Guide. She has more than 15 years of experience working to strengthen people’s connections to themselves, others, and the place where they live. Register Now: https://www.sos.org/event/truewellness-may02-soslisle/