The Tree and Shrub Purchase 2024 – Multiple Preserves bid is for the purchase of native trees and shrubs, material only. All tree and shrub stock shall conform to container size and type, caliper and/or height requirements specified in the Schedule of Prices.
The Tree and Shrub Purchase 2023 – Multiple Preserves bid is for the purchase of native trees and shrubs, material only. All tree and shrub stock shall conform to container size and type, caliper and/or height requirements specified in the Schedule of Prices.
Grainger Woods Conservation Preserve, Mettawa, Illinois Project 2. Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve, Lake Forest, Illinois Project 3. Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve, Highland Park, Illinois Project 4. Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve, Lake Zurich, Illinois Project 5. Teasel (Dipsacus spp.) Control Only, at but not limited to Nippersink, Grainger, Independence Grove, Wadsworth, Lake Carina, and Heron Creek Forest Preserves.
Ryerson Woods, and Independence Grove Forest Preserves. The scope of work for this project shall include all labor and equipment to complete watering treatments of trees and shrubs at the above sites. Depending on rainfall during the 2024 growing season, reforestation sites (Work Sites) may require watering as many as seven times. The specific timing of watering shall be determined by Owner Project Manager based on soil conditions at the site.
Ryerson Woods, and Independence Grove Forest Preserves. The scope of work for this project shall include all labor and equipment to complete watering treatments of trees and shrubs at the above sites. Depending on rainfall during the 2024 growing season, reforestation sites (Work Sites) may require watering as many as seven times. The specific timing of watering shall be determined by Owner Project Manager based on soil conditions at the site.
Provide follow-up watering treatments (maintenance) to trees and shrubs that were installed in fall 2022 at General Offices, Cuba Marsh, Fox River, Ray Lake, Grant Woods, Stevenson Home and Old School Forest Preserves. The scope of work for this project shall include all labor and equipment to complete watering treatments of trees and shrubs at the above sites.
The District has a two-tier seed provenance system for purchase consideration of native plant material. First-Tier priority is given to species with origins (provenance) from locations within the attached range map. Any seed that does not originate from the defined First-Tier Zone may be considered for purchase at the District’s discretion as long as vendor provides the seed’s geographic location (County & State) and mile distance from Lake County in the “Notes” column found in the contract’s Schedule of Prices.
