Ongoing and past SHP projects

Free Native Plant Giveaways

Thanks to a Park Partners Grant that Highland Park residents voted on, we are giving away free native plants this summer and fall! Future give-aways will be posted on our homepage and Facebook page.

Plants offered included:

*Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica),
*Sweet Joe Pye (Eupatorium purpureum),
*Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea),
*Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

Adopt a Storm Drain

Highland Park residents can adopt one or more storm drains in their neighborhood and periodically check, and if needed remove, litter from the top of the drain. Learn more and sign-up

Community Cleanups

Tired of seeing trash on our streets and sidewalks, in our parks and other natural areas? So are we. Do you wish you could do something about it? Well, we are! And so can you! Learn more here

EARTH DAY 2024

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Earth Day Fair!

We could not have done it without all of you!

Thank you for visiting the booths, shopping local, learning new information to share with your families and friends, and demonstrating the best of Highland Park!

Thank you:

— Our tireless, dedicated SHP volunteers!

— 25+ environmental/sustainability organizations who tabled in the rain

— Our incredibly talented performers – Anthony Walker, Amandala, and Magnolia Street String Band

— Chef Meredith for her delicious, sustainable vegan food