Lake Forest To Begin Work On Forest Park; Kinnucan Donates Tree Pruning

Weather permitting, the renovation of Lake Forest’s Forest Park will begin quietly this week with tree pruning by Kinnucan Co., which volunteered to trim the canopies of the park’s elms, oaks, sugar maples, crabapples, hawthornes and other species.

GazeboNews checked in with Peter Gordon, City Forester, Supervisor of Parks and Forestry, for an update on the plans for Lake Forest’s oldest park:

“People will begin to see more activity at the park over the next couple of weeks, including tree trimming, tree removal and vista clearing,” said Gordon. “As a kick off to the project, Bob Kinnucan offered to have Kinnucan prune all of the trees on the tableland as a donation to the City of Lake Forest and Forest Park Project.”

Pruning will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 5, unless snow accumulation requires the Kinnucan crew to man the plows. If not Tuesday, the work will begin as soon as possible. GazeboNews reports about this more.