Nature Center Revitalization Project
The Big Hollow Nature Center Committee, headed up by Michelle Connolly, started the process to clean up and enhance the Nature Center in the spring of 2011. Our ultimate goal is to create an outdoor classroom where students, staff, and the Big Hollow community can come and interact with a variety of plants, trees and wildlife. Last year Baxter Corporation generously volunteered to support the clean-up efforts with local volunteers and tools, gloves, and other equipment for the students and volunteers to use.
We have just completed the second half of our project with all the pods being weeded and mulched. We are now looking forward to completing the planting of the various pods. If you are interested in getting involved, please join the following local donors in helping us with the Nature Center.
This season these are the local companies who donated to our center:
Baxter Health volunteers
The United Way
SantaFe Brick and Patio
Grant Township
Boy Scout Pack 679
Home Depot- Volo
Meyer Fencing
Big Hollow Second Grade Team
The Hoskins Family
Sessie Carlson
Phyllis Smith
The Davis Family
Krueger's
Last season these local companies donated to our center:
Alberts Land Design, Inc.
Jewel (Fox Lake and Round Lake)
Ace Hardware (Fox Lake)
Target (Mundelein, Gurnee, and Johnsburg)
Home Depot (Johnsburg, Mundelein, Gurnee, Round Lake, and Volo)
Applebee's (Round Lake)
Paul's Landscaping (Grayslake)
Ingrid's Secret Garden (Grayslake)
StoneCrete
Lake County Audubon Society
Grant Township
Midwest Organics Recycling (the Krueger Family)
Leider Garden Nursery
Ralph's Nursery
Lurvey Landscaping
Lynda Wallis-Freelance Illustrations
Russo Powertools
Burger King Round Lake
Jimmy F. New Foundation
Grass Roots Energy
If you are interested in more information on how to become involved in the Nature Center, please email us using the email icon to the left.