Openlands Events and Volunteering Opportunities

Explore our upcoming opportunities below.

The Openlands Annual Luncheon

Join us for the Openlands 2023 Annual Luncheon honoring outgoing President and CEO Jerry Adelmann’s unparalleled legacy and celebrating Openlands’ 60th anniversary.

Get Involved with Trees

View our list of upcoming tree events and volunteer opportunities including tree inventorying, mulching, pruning, planting, and more. TreeKeepers and tree advocates welcomed!

Around the World in 80 Trees with Jonathan Drori

The Morton Arboretum 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois, United States

A botanical journey of beauty and botany, myth and mayhem: Bestselling author Jonathan Drori takes a gloriously illustrated trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of trees by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. His journey includes self-mummifying monks, entrepreneurial …

Around the World in 80 Trees with Jonathan Drori  

The American Buffalo: A WTTW Behind-the-Scenes Preview & Discussion with Openlands Panelist

WTTW Studios 5400 N. ST. LOUIS AVE., Chicago, IL, United States

Join WTTW, The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian and Openlands on Thursday, October 12 at 4:30 pm for an in-person preview and discussion of The American Buffalo, a new film directed by Ken Burns. This two-part, four-hour series tells the biography of an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center …

The American Buffalo: A WTTW Behind-the-Scenes Preview & Discussion with Openlands Panelist  

The Openlands 2023 Annual Luncheon

The Hilton Chicago 720 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

Save the date to join us for the Openlands 2023 Annual Luncheon honoring outgoing President and CEO Jerry Adelmann’s unparalleled legacy and celebrating Openlands’ 60th anniversary.

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