Celebrate International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) with Go Green HP, SWALCO, PDHP and The City of Highland Park to learn about the many benefits of this naturally produced soil amendment.
We’re giving away a truckload of locally-made, nutrient-rich compost to Highland Park residents to help spread the love in your vegetable gardens, flowerbeds, planters and lawns. Learn more about the healthy, food safe, certified compost blend that we buy from Midwest Organics here.
Your soil will love you for it!

• Free herb seedlings as supplies last
• Collect upto 20 gallons of compost per household, school, houses of worship and other HP community gardens are also welcome
• Bring your own buckets, we will have shovels
• Learn more about composting, climate, conservation, soil and more—all ages!
• Maximum of 6 banker boxes of confidential docs per vehicle
• Residential household documents only, no businesses please

Climate Coach Program

Residents are taking advantage of the knowledge of fellow Highland Parkers. One resident who talked with a Climate Coach about installing solar panels and establishing a native garden said, “It’s a great program and I hope people will use it.” 

Do you want to:

•  “Go Green” by making your home more energy efficient?
• ·Save money with incentives for solar, insulation or appliances before they go away?
• ·Create a pollinator-friendly zone in your yard?

Our Climate Coaches are here to help you get started!

Sign up to talk with a Highland Park Climate Coach! Climate coaches are neighbors who have implemented a variety of different solutions to make their homes more efficient and climate friendly. Sessions can take place via a phone call or in-person and take around 30 minutes. Coaches are volunteers and are not affiliated with any vendors or contractors they recommend. 

Example topics include: electrifying your home, planting native gardens, installing solar energy or heat pumps, purchasing an electric vehicle, insulating drafty homes and more. 

Click the orange button below to talk with a Climate Coach today!