Historic Oak Propagation Project

Rejuvenate Oak Park’s tree canopy with the West Suburban TreeKeepers’s Historic Oak Propagation Project (HOPP). Started in the fall of 2008, Openlands TreeKeepers and local students collected hundreds of acorns from Oak Park's pre-European settlement oak trees. Then, in partnership with the Morton Arboretum, the acorns were planted, re-potted several times, and are now ready for planting in their permanent homes in Oak Park. (Click  here to view and download an electronic copy of the HOPP oak seedling adoption/sponsorship form—click  here to view frequently asked questions about the HOPP initiative.)