Above Photo / Mid-afternoon on June 8, 2015, while their mother was gardening her plot, youngsters were interested in knowing about the man whose name appears on the new sign installed at the Garden Plots along West Street.
PN Update with PN Photos, June 13, 2015 / Today family, friends and fellow Master Gardeners joined members of the Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners and staff as well as Mayor Steve Chirico with tributes to local roots, community and Ron Ory’s 20 years of dedicated “Commissioner” service to the Naperville Park District.
Above / After the dedication ceremony, Ron Ory took a moment to pose with his niece, Heather Ory Lombardo, and her two children, Hannah and Rylan.
Posted June 8, 2015 / The community is welcome to the dedication ceremony at 8:30AM Sat., June 13.
The Naperville Park District invites the community to a dedication ceremony to mark the naming of the Garden Plots on West Street as the Ron Ory Community Garden Plots.
The event will take place at 8:30AM on Saturday, June 13 at the Garden Plots at 811 S. West Street.
Thanks for 20 years of service!
The Park Board voted to name the plots in honor of former Commissioner Ory to recognize his 20 years of service to the Park District and his dedication to improving opportunities for community gardening and environmental education. Ory is a Master Gardener with the University of Illinois Extension and a member of the Naperville Community Gardeners.
He regularly volunteers at the Garden Plots helping other gardeners and working on the demonstration area which he initiated and named the Idea Gardens.
The Idea Gardens were designed to inspire and demonstrate the use of native plants in landscapes at home and in other spaces. The Gardens include a sensory garden, a rain garden, a prairie, sedge meadows, an oak savanna and more. A set of interpretive signs installed this spring at the Idea Gardens educate visitors about each area.
Eagle Scout Jeremy Tang designed the signs, which also can be accessed at http://www.napervilleparks.org/ideagardens.
RELATED VIDEO / Below a link to the 30-minute Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners meeting (June 11, 2015) featured on YouTube with brief committee reports about Naperville Park District happenings. During the Executive Director’s remarks with an overview of ribbon cuttings, upcoming events and reopenings, Ray McGury also mentioned the renaming of the Garden Plots to honor Commissioner Ory, open to the public.
http://www.napervilleparks.org/component/allvideoshare/video/board-meeting-june-2015
