Illinois' First Miyawaki Forest

Together with the Markham community and dozens of volunteers, we planted the first Miyawaki Forest in Illinois.

On May 20, 2022, Nordson Green Earth Foundation ー along with our partners, donors, and volunteers ー planted Illinois’ first tiny native Miyawaki forest.

Although covering just 1/50 of an acre, this tiny forest was the culmination of nearly ten months of planning and collaboration.

We could not have done any of this without the generosity, good will, and endless support of our partners: Cook County, the City of Markham, and Commissioner Bridget Degnen (middle.)

And special thanks to Ms. Chielo and the students of Prairie-Hills Junior High School ー we loved seeing younger generations in the fight against climate change!

It was a pleasure to work with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Semmer Landscape, Drew Hart and the Student Conservation Association, Openlands, West Cook Wild Ones, and Midwest Groundcovers.

To the 75 volunteers who were there with us on Planting Day, we are so grateful for your time and effort. We can’t wait to watch this forest ー rooted in place thanks to your handiwork ー grow and flourish!

This is the beginning of a movement. From the tips of our roots to the tops of our trees, we’re grateful to all of our supporters.

Media Coverage

FOX32 Chicago Interview

Chicago Tribune article by Ted Slowik

Cook Country Press Release

Scripps News article & TV clip by Ben Schamisso

Tel. 123-456-7890

Fax. 123-456-7890

500 Terry Francois Street,
San Francisco, CA 94158

Individual Donors

Nirali Amin
Ellen Anderson
Nina Arora
Hadeel Assali
Esther Bae
Sona Bansal
Kelle Berggren
Harit Bhatt
Priya Bhattacharyya
Vineeta Bonthala
Mary Carol
Sarah Charles
Christy Clark
Angela Colmone
Susan Danial
Cindy Do
Anup Doshi
Maria Douros
Jennifer Ennis
Erin Fratella
Serene Gaynor
Tanya Gentile
Barbara Gettelman
Rahul Goswami

Vipin Goyal

Valli Gupta

Monday - Friday 11:00 - 18:30

Saturday 11:00 - 17:00

Sunday 12:30 - 16:30

Rekha Harting

Caroline Heflin

Mitchell Huntstein

Tina Hurley

Renee Jackson

Shikha Jain

Mithila Janakiram

Sheila Kalsi
Priya Krishna
Kunal Chandna / Vandan Patel
Kara Kuo
Uma Levy
Natalie Licuanan
Nathan Lucht
Aatish Madhiwala
Sima Madhiwala
Raj Maheshwari
Wendy Margolin
Yvonne and Jeffrey Mayer
Mariza Mazur

Colin Mcgrath

Katie Michalski

Katie Mueller

Marcel Munoz
Babu Nahata

Naveen Neerukonda

Ranjana Paintal

Sapna Parikh Patel

Dipul Patadia
Amar Patel

Dina Patel

Jigna Patel

Kinjal Patel

Neelam Patel
Rakesh Patel
Simrit Patel
Ted Patras
Rachel Penca
Alan Pilosof
Dharam & Kiran Punwani
Roger Purdue
Rubi Quijano

Kim Rager

Monica Raichand

Sonia Rajagopalan

Mahesh Raju

Aarthi Rao

Madhav and Sheetal Rao

Pooja Rao

Vijay and Prema Rao
Bhavani Ravi
Beth Riley
Amy Rode

Keith Saunders

Marnell Scott

Anand Shah

Nirav Shah

Purva Shah
Smita Shah
Seema Sheth
Veeral Sheth
Sani Shirsat
Aarathi and Harsh Singh
Rajiv Singh
Courtney Solomon
Tanya Stein
Sabrina Stober
Geraldine Teotico
Nirav Thakkar
Koshy Tvelil
Elizabeth Viernes

Corporations and Foundations

Home Depot Alsip

Home Depot Calumet City

Midwest Groundcovers

Semmer Landscape

South Loop Marianos
Warm Peet

West Cook Wild Ones

Illinois' First Miyawaki Forest

Media Coverage

Tel. 123-456-7890

Fax. 123-456-7890

500 Terry Francois Street, San Francisco, CA 94158

4044 N Lincoln Ave #121 Chicago, IL 60618 (312) 469-0178

500 Terry Francois Street,
San Francisco, CA 94158

4044 N Lincoln Ave #121
Chicago, IL 60618
(312) 469-0178