Fall Nature Fest

The 6th Annual Fall Nature Fest is back in LaBagh Woods! On September 13th, 2025 from 12pm - 3pm join Commissioner Degnen and The Forest Preserves of Cook County in LaBagh Woods for this free environmentally-focused festival. Talk to nearly 70 local environmental organizations, learn about nature, meet animal ambassadors from the Brookfield Zoo, watch the Jesse White Tumblers, and much more! Learn more at commissionerdegnen.com/fallnaturefest/.

RSVP is encourgaged but not required!

Food Vendors

• Chi Town Favorites
• Island Tings
• The Original Rainbow Cone
• Alisha’s Sweet Treats
• 5411 Empanadas

Participating Organizations

• Bike Lane Uprising
• Block Bins Composting
• Brookfield Zoo Animal Ambassadors
• Chicago Environmentalists
• Chicago Food Rescue
• Chicago Lights
• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
• Chicago Tool Library
• Citizens Utility Board (CUB)
• Climate Reality Project – Chicago Metro Chapter
• Collective Resource Compost Cooperative
• Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability
• Cook County Department of Human Rights and Ethics
• Do Good Gardens
• Earth Paint
• E.E. Mercantile and Co.
• Environment Illinois
• Field Museum
• Friends of the Chicago River
• Friends of the Crosstown Trail
• Friends of the Forest Preserves
• Gateway to the Great Outdoors
• Green Century Funds
• Hive Center for the Bookarts
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources
• Illinois Extension Master Gardeners
• Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition
• Illinois Sierra Club
• Illinois State Treasurer
• Institute of Cultural Affairs
• Jefferson Park Pollinator Garden
• LaBagh Volunteers
• Lena Rose Beauty
• Lincoln Park Zoo
• Love Blue Chicago
• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD)
• Monarch Beauty Farm
• Newtech E-Scrap Recycling
• Nordson Green Earth
• North Branch Restoration Project
• North Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District
• North Park Village Nature Center
• North River Commission
• Nowhere Collective
• Openlands
• Out Our Front Door
• Pride Coffee Roasters
• Rebuild Exchange
• Save Soil: Conscious Planet & Isha Foundation
• Share Our Spare
• Sunrise Movement Chicago
• Terracon
• The Clubhouse Therapy Centers
• The Hive Supply
• The Morton Arboretum
• The Refilleri
• The Unwaste Shop
• The WasteShed Chicago
• Three Avenues Book Shop
• Trickster Cultural Center
• Urban Growers Collective
• Urban Rivers
• Volverde
• WasteNot Compost
• West Cook Wild Ones
• 350 Chicago

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Host or Publisher Cook County Commissioner Bridget Degnen