Oswego Village Hall Recognized for Environmentally Friendly Landscape

• Photo: Kendall County Director John Church, left, and President/CEO Brook McDonald, right, both from The Conservation Foundation, placed the Conservation@Work marker at the Oswego Village Hall during a presentation on June 21. Also pictured from left: Village Trustee Pam Parr, Village President Gail Johnson, Village Trustee Judy Sollinger, Ellen VonOhlen from the Oswego ECO Commission, Village Engineer Jennifer Hughes, and Village Administrator Dan DiSanto.

OSWEGO, IL — The Oswego Village Hall works hard to make sure it has an environmentally friendly and sustainable landscape. Now the people behind the plants have had their hard word recognized.

The Conservation Foundation recognized the Oswego Village Hall June 21 as a Conversation@Work site for its landscape.

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The certification is given to businesses that landscape using native plants to restore the natural environment, reduce chemical use and watering, while attracting wildlife in a beautiful setting, according to a release from the Foundation.

Hundreds of native plants, supporting pollinators, monarchs, and enhancing stormwater infiltration were planted last spring in the parking area medians as part of the Conservation In Our Community partnership between The Conservation Foundation and the Village of Oswego. The village previously planted a rain garden near the village hall.

The Conservation Foundation is one of the region’s oldest and largest not-for-profit land and watershed conservation organizations.