It’s Your Park Day

Wicker Park CREATES with YOU – A Tour + Cleaning

MEET at the Fountain

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LEARN Wicker Park’s History & Become PART of IT!

• 10am-11am – CLEAN – PICK UP Trash in the Park (Bring Your Own Bag & Grabber) – CLEAN Entire Park and Parkways Around the Park- Except Gardens
• 11am-12:30pm – TOUR – Bring Good Stories About Your Adventures in the Park
• ADMISSION Charge for Tour – Bring the Bag of Trash You Picked UP or a Good Wicker Park Story

We invite you to Wicker Park to Learn About how we CREATED a Park for the Wicker Park Neighborhood and the City in collaboration with Park Patrons, Businesses, Elected Officials, and the Chicago Park District. 

We will explain how YOU can become involved and engaged in CREATING.

You will tour our Park’s Physical Assets and Learn How they were Planned, Funded, and WHO did the Work & WHEN

TOUR INCLUDES – History – How Did It Get Here? Who Made It – Your Stories

• The Playground
• Children’s Playground Mural
• The Pick Memorial Sitting Circle in the Playground
• The Charles Wicker Sculpture
• The Historic Gurgoyle Fountain
• The 10,000 sq. ft. of Award-Winning Park’s Gardens
• The WickerICE Rink
• The Dog Park – currently working on a Rebuild Plan. 

Also, Learn about our extensive programming for the summer and learn how to get involved in CREATING an Even Better Park.