Brian Lampert

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Collage of four smiling, blue uniformed Culver's employees with a blue heart in the middle displaying the statement, "I back the Blue"
Bumblebee nest, which is a burrow just underground by north america's only native social nesting bee. Two bees hover fanning the nest with their wings. A third bee enters the nest.
Flier for Washington HS Tree Giveaway. Saturday March 14th from noon til 3pm. 3535 E 114th St. Trees can be reserved at bit.ly/GWHSTrees25
Flyer for southeast side chicago tree giveaway at GWHS Community Garden. Nov 15th 10AM-2PM at Washington HS 3535 E 114th St. Free fruit and nut trees for neighbors. Images of persimmon, chestnuts, hazelnuts, pawpaw, and figs line the bottom of the flyer.
Small lizard with neon blue tail, black body and thin yellow vertical stripes climbing the base of a young tree
A little tree in our garden in May just making it above its protective 2' wire cage
3 people planting seedlings into new garden space with cardboard covering the grass, acting as a weed suppressant
2 level stage in the center of a room painted in light blue spanning to orange lit up with LED lights that mimick boundary lines on a topographic map
Chestnut sapling breaking leaf buds in early spring
Book cover of Pollinators of Native Plants by Heather Holm
Photo of front book cover of 'Food Autonomy in Chicago' by Pancho McFarland
GWHS Community Garden Spring Tree giveaway event flyer: Event is located at 3535 E 114th St at Washingyon HS April 5th from noon to 3 pm; reservation link is bit.ly/GWHSTrees25 for nut trees; background photo of raised bed garden boxes each one painted with a differwnt bright color; foreground drawing of a couple planting a small tree with shovel.
4 clear plastic containers placed in a row in a mostly sunny grassy spot
South Chicago tree planting event at 8220 S Burnham April 5th beginning at 8:45 am
Tree giveaway flyer at Washington High School, April 5th from noon to 3 pm, 3535 E 114th St. Trees can be reserved at bit.ly/GWHSTrees25
Grey tabby cat slumbering on a carpet. His paws and tail all meet at the corner of a sun puddle.
EPA website with Chicago watershed selected. Stated in red at the bottom of the page: 'waterbody information is temporarily unavailable, please try again soon.'
4 clear plastic containers with seed starting medium and various native seeds
About 400 1 year old mostly chestnut trees under a protective frame next to a school building
Tree nursery plot in front of washington high school. Several hundred baby trees growing next to each other
Planting map of the Cut-Thru located at 8220 S Burnham listing fruit & nut tree species to be planted and shared: chinese chestnut, american persimmon, paw paw, apple, and black walnut. Organized by Friends for a Natural South Chicago.
Cat sleeping in a shoebox on the floor of a closet
Screenshot of the program: panel titled Urban Oases: Cultivating Perennial Crops and Resilient Green Spaces in Cities
Hand holding 4 large chinese chestnuts above a burlap sack filled with chestnuts
Several hundred baby chestnut trees, each about 2 feet tall, growing under a pvc framed, finely netted cage
Sprouting chestnut and persimmon trees growing in a plot next to a brick building under partial sun. The trees are covered for protection from rodents under mesh screen & chicken wire layers supported by a pvc frame.
Image description: A light blue square with text and images to promote a seed exchange. Top row of white text says "JOIN US AT OUR 3rd annual mutual aid health and healing Seed, Seedling, and Plant Exchange!" Next row is 3 images side by side. Image 1 is a pair of hands sorting through seed packets that are organized in a cardboard box, image 2 is a hand holding a bundle of willow sticks, image 3 is a tray of rainbow chard seedlings. Below the three Images are from left to right: an illustration of a man wearing a white shirt and brown pants gardening. Then text in green font: "DOUGLASS PARK/ SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2024/ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Another illustrated image of a woman with long black hair and gray pants and a green shirt is watering plants. In between, a row of white letter read " Meeting place is wheelchair accessible, please wear a mask & we will have extras too" Last row of text is in white font: bit.ly/SEED-COLLECTION
Image description: A light blue square with text and images to promote a seed exchange. Top row of white text says "JOIN US AT OUR 3rd annual mutual aid health and healing Seed, Seedling, and Plant Exchange!" Next row is 3 images side by side. Image 1 is a pair of hands sorting through seed packets that are organized in a cardboard box, image 2 is a hand holding a bundle of willow sticks, image 3 is a tray of rainbow chard seedlings. Below the three Images are from left to right: an illustration of a man wearing a white shirt and brown pants gardening. Then text in green font: "DOUGLASS PARK/ SATURDAY MARCH 23, 2024/ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Another illustrated image of a woman with long black hair and gray pants and a green shirt is watering plants. In between, a row of white letter read " Meeting place is wheelchair accessible, please wear a mask & we will have extras too" "YOU DONT HAVE TO FILL OUT THID LINK, BUT WE'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT SEEDS YOU WILL BRING: bit.ly/seed-collection
Event flier for our tree give away.
'Milk jug method' of cold moist seed stratification. A row of translucent plastic containers sitting outside a brick wall & snowy landscape act as a future greenhouse and protection for prairie seeds.
Luis, holding a shovel, in the middle demonstrating how to plant a tree with community members listening in a circle around him.
Overhead view of a few lime green feathers laying on mostly dormant grass. Brown honeylocust pods lay above and below the feathers.
Dormant trees in the foreground with a school building behind
Two tabby cats, one grey and one orange, are curled up together on a bed next to a laundry pile.
Black cat named Jiji with a red harness and leash is sitting on a rooftop during sunset looking up and to the side in between the legs of the two human friends that he supported..