Friends of the Sangamon Valley

Every Tuesday morning 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. All ages, all abilities, no experience necessary! Join us every Tuesday morning in 2024 for our Stewardship Workdays. Work with others or independently on a variety of stewardship projects at our various properties. Learn about our properties and the diversity of plants and animals. Work (play) outside with other passionate individuals. If…

Check out our new logo!! What would you like to wear, use, or display your love for FOSV on? Perhaps a sweatshirt? A coffee mug? A bumper sticker? Your input would be appreciated. Email our executive director at fosvexecutivedirector@gmail.com.

Join us for our Annual Meeting, Saturday, February 10th at 11:00 a.m. at the Audubon Society’s Adams Wildlife Sanctuary and featuring Willard Clay Photography. Former Professor of Botany, Willard Clay, has been a full-time photographer since 1982. Specializing in large format photography, Willard Clay has been the primary photographer for nine coffee table books and has been published in a…

Saturday, January 27th, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Details: A training session about applying herbicides to invasive species will be held at the Adams Wildlife Sanctuary so that individuals can obtain an Illinois Department of Agriculture Volunteer Herbicide License to safely and legally spray herbicides. The class will be taught by Mike Kennedy and Jim Struebing on Saturday, January 27,…

Join us for the Friends of the Sangamon Valley Annual Meeting on Saturday, February 10 at 11:00 a.m. including fellowship, food, and important formalities, and then head over to the Lincoln Memorial Gardens (info below) for a great program being presented by two of our good friends! More details about the annual meeting coming soon.  The Importance of Native Plants An…