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Douglas R. Wood

Doug Wood is co-creator and master planner of the Wicker Park gardens. Year-round, he coordinates the maintenance of those gardens as a volunteer. Through the Wicker Park Garden Club, a Park Partner, Doug spearheads events throughout the year that attract many people from beyond the community. Events range from lectures to workshops and activities that focus on green technologies, design and visual arts as part of the gardening experience.

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Wicker Park Garden Club's Annual Plant Sale: Win-win for moms and gardens

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Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
04/22/2015
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Wicker Park Garden Club’s (WPGC) 2015 Annual Plant Sale on Mother's Day weekend, May 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature vegetable, herbs, flowering annuals, hanging baskets, gift for mom, a special Kids Plant and Grow section, and the Bill Shores workshop, "How to grow vegetables even if you don’t have a yard – Grow Vegetables in Containers." It is a win-win-win-win event for gift givers, moms, gardeners and Wicker Park. 

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Boo-Palooza ramps up to beat all attendance and fun records in Wicker Park with performances and participation

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
10/22/2014
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Wicker Park’s Boo-Palooza, with weather predicted to be outstanding, could break all attendance records on Sat., Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The entire park, 1425 N. Damen, will be filled with activity tables, parades, educational experiences and performances. 

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Halloween spirits are restless...Boo-Palooza 2014 to arrive October 25 in Wicker Park

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Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
10/17/2014
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Halloween spirits are restlessly awaiting Boo-Palooza's return to Wicker Park, Sat., Oct. 25, bringing with it numerous new activities, performances and learning experiences. Boo-Palooza 2014 will feature 60 organizations working together to present a memorable event for all ages in Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen Ave. 

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Garden Tour and Symphony Sounds String Quartet in Wicker Park on Sunday

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
09/11/2014
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A tour through the Wicker Park Gardens by the Wicker Park Garden Club (WP Garden) at 10 a.m. on Sun., Sept. 14, will be followed by the fourth and final 2014 summer Symphony Sounds String Quartet performance at 11 a.m. To reserve a spot on the park garden tour  please RSVP.  

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Help put more Boo in Boo-Palooza asks 2014 Team

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
08/19/2014
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The 2014 Boo-Palooza Team of the Wicker Park Advisory Council, Wicker Park Garden Club, Urban Encounter and Mosaic church are inviting others to participate as a sponsor, group wanting an activity table, volunteer and/or donor of food for the 300+ volunteers. This year's event is Sat., Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen Ave.

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Making public spaces beautiful: How to create a global community and a park that works

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
08/07/2014
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Editor's Note: The beautiful gardens in Wicker Park are planned, funded, created and maintained by volunteers 12 months a year.

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Eastern European classical string music concert in Wicker Park's Schiller Grove

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By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
07/11/2014
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Classical music by Eastern European composers will be performed by the Symphony Sounds String Quartet in their second concert for the season in Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen Ave., Sun., July 13, at 11 a.m.

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Wicker Park Garden Club's Annual Plant Sale: Plethora of plants ready for gardens and Mother's Day giving

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
05/07/2014
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Beautiful blooming, and not, treasures for gardens, planters, baskets and Mother's day giving will be available at  the Wicker Park Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale on Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, in Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition there will be a series of activities. 

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Wicker Park Garden Club members teach and inspire for next season's gardens

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
01/20/2014
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While the 10,000 square feet of award winning ornamental gardens in Wicker Park rest under a blanket of snow, Wicker Park Garden Club’s members are active and teaching the Landscape Design Workshop to students who come to the workshop with the intention of creating great gardens for their homes, parks, churches, vacant lots and businesses. 

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A-park-full of-fun on Nov. 16: Two annual events in Wicker Park

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
11/10/2013
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Two Wicker Park annual fun events begin at 10 a.m. on Sat., Nov. 16, in the Park, 1425 N. Damen Ave., -- 9th Annual Gurgoyle Fountain Decorating Social and the 2nd Family Fun Fest. 

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Bring your attitude to the biggest local Halloween event -- Boo-Palooza in Wicker Park

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
10/21/2013
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Bring your Halloween attitude to Boo-Palooza in Wicker Park, 1425 N. Damen Ave, on Sat., Oct. 26. It begins at 10 a.m. and continues to 2 p.m. Presented by Wicker Park Advisory Council and Garden Club in collaboration with the Chicago Park District, admission is free. 

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Symphony Sounds String Quartet jazzes up their 2013 exit from Wicker Park

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
08/15/2013
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Symphony Sounds String Quartet's (SSSQ) third and final concert of the 2013 Wicker Park Music Series was all about Jazz before a large enthusiastic crowd on Sun., Aug. 11. The string quartet performed impeccably as they have in all their concerts in the park. 

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Must see: Musical celebration in Wicker Park with Patti Rain and Friends Sunday

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
07/19/2013
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"It's some of the most authentic music I've heard," says L.A. Music Awards' Al Bowman about Patti Rains, 27-year resident of Wicker Park. Patti Rain & Friends will perform in Wicker Park’s Schiller Grove, 1425 N. Damen, this Sunday, July 21 from noon until 2 p.m.

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Symphony Sounds String Quartet returns to Wicker Park for 4th year

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
06/07/2013
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This year’s Symphony Sounds String Quartet begins their fourth season in Wicker Park, Sunday, June 9, which includes a very special piece by a contemporary composer Marc Mellits.

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Shed your gray winter doldrums...experience beautiful landscape design creation

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
01/05/2013
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The winter weather greatly limits our outside activities and that is a drag. The Chicago region is lacking in snow and snow sports. So, why not learn to create and experience beautiful landscape designs each Saturday

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Wicker Park's Boo-Palooza alive with hundreds of volunteers and thousands of people and dogs

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
11/08/2012
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Everything from a midway of games, a maze, needle in the straw, pumpkin patch, dunking for apples, chess, puzzles, food train, children’s cooking, puppets, dancers and other performers to a kids costume parade and a dog costume parade brought Wicker Park alive with at least a couple thousand costumed, and not, Halloween revelers of all ages at Boo-Palooza 2012.

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Can Wicker Park afford to lose land to private vendors?

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
09/21/2012
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With 517,000 visits to the 4.3-acre Wicker Park for a cornucopia of activities 12 months a year, can we afford to lose public land to private vendors?

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Music, dance, puppets, art and history in Wicker Park this weekend ends 2012 summer series

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
09/07/2012
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As some cool breezes begin wafting through Wicker Park, 1425 N.

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Classical concert in Wicker Park receives high praises amid microcosm of diverse activities

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
08/20/2012
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Amid a microcosm of activities that displayed our community's diversity, Symphony Sounds String Quartet and Wicker Park Choral Singers presented a superb concert in Wicker Park’s Schiller Grove to an enthusiastic audience.

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Enjoy a breadth of classic musical beats in Wicker Park...melodic to industrial

By: 
Douglas R. Wood
Date: 
08/06/2012
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Symphony Sounds String Quartet and Wicker Park Choral Singers will present a concert in Wicker Park’s Schiller Grove, corner of Damen and Schiller, Related:

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