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A goose
from the roof
heralding Spring!
A full moon
and tree buds-
what else will it bring?

Spring skies we watch for
as we prepare to dig around the rain,
spring is here
so, here we go again!


O A K S are
SPECIAL 
March featured tree
Bur Oak 
10% discount
10+ trees at
2" or 2.5"
 
FOR SPRING PRICE LIST CLICK HERE


USDA reports in
"Urban Trees and Forests of the Chicago Region" that native Oak species comprise only 12% of the forest canopy in McHenry County. They are the smallest species in number and declining at an accelerating rate, yet they provide the greatest carbon sink and compensatory value.
Questions about Oaks and other
plants?
Please call Mary Tree 
(815) 943-8733
We can help!
 
Got questions
about scents, sticks, or ticks?
Ask Jag or Mick!








Acorn to 8 month seedling!
Mick, Tana and Jagger by a
2,400 month old white oak
Native Oaks  
support 435 species of caterpillars and 
provide 90% of protein for baby birds. 
(Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy)
 
Birds are important in seed dispersal and pest control to keep higher native plant diversity and lower pest levels.

We are undeniably creatures of the Earth, whose fate and future is utterly dependent on the well-being of the whole web into which we are woven. 
Ann O'Hara Graff
In November 2009,
Glacier Oaks Nursery
had an acorn debut
in a short National Geographic article (right). 

They requested a box of acorns for the photo shoot that got planted and are now trees about the size of the ones from the same crop in our fields (below).

Its a 5-7 year process to grow a sturdy oak solid enough for your planting projects!

Reserve your spring oaks this Fall and get 5 free oak seedlings next spring when you pick up!   
 







 


 
 
   
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Watch
the
Oaks of McHenry County


 
a film by  
Artland Story Group

GONatives!logo TRADEMARKED 


Sustainable nursery practices  

are better for your trees  

and better for the environment.    

 
are propagated and grown using these methods -producing native trees that are
easy to transplant and start growing! 

 


Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and esthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.  A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.  It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

Aldo Leopold "The Land Ethic"

McHenry County Nursery/Glacier Oaks Nursery | 8501 White Oaks Rd | Harvard | IL | 60033