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Lombard Park Distict Has Great Gifts

Each year around this time, I begin to receive invitations to Communions, Confirmations, Graduations and Weddings. This year I have already received three invitations to Eagle Scout Ceremonies.

If you have a special event coming up and are looking for an unusual gift, I have a suggestion. It’s from the Lombard Park District. They offer a memorial tree and personalized brick program.

You can have a tree planted in the honoree’s name for $150.00 – $200.00 depending on the size and type of tree. If you want something a bit less expensive, you could order a brick engraved with whatever you wish for as little as $75.00. When my mom, who was a forever gardener, passed away, some friends purchased a memorial brick in her name.

It sits below the Lilacia Park sign and each time I visit, I stop by to see it. What a very thoughtful gift.

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Out and About in Lombard

Now, I know I have told you all about the beautiful tulips and the fragrant lilacs at Lilacia Park located in my very own town, Lombard, Illinois. But sometimes, I forget the pure joy of just being a kid. This Easter, my son came home with a lovely young lady he goes to college with.

With only a few days to give her a taste of what our area has to offer, they took off for a day in downtown Chicago. They went to Millennium Park, Navy Pier, Oak Street Beach and strolled down Michigan Avenue.

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They decided to rediscover Lombard on the second day. It began at the Yorktown Mall for lunch, a movie at the AMC 18 Theater and on to Lilacia Park! In early April, the tulips and lilacs were not yet in bloom, but that didn’t stop them. They enjoyed the early spring weather and played with “Rastus” the mascot of Lilacia Park!

Dinner was at Greek Islands in Lombard where you are guaranteed a wonderful meal, entertaining servers and always an OPA as your flaming Saganaki is served! As you can see from these pictures, they had a great day!

Lombard is a great place to live and to play. What are you waiting for?

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Out and About in Lombard

Lilac Days in Lombard from May 1 to May 16

The Lombard Park District’s Lilacia Park is an 8.5 acre horticultural showcase featuring 1200 lilacs and 25,000 tulips. If you have never strolled through the park when the lilacs are in bloom, you are missing a joyful experience. Bringing people for the first time is one of my favorite things to do. Whenever I am showing homes in the general Lombard area, I always pass by and show my clients the amazing beauty of the park.

The park was a memorial to Helen Plum by her husband Col. William Plum. They became enamored with lilacs while in Europe and brought two plants back home and there search around the world for new lilacs began.  In 1927 the land was gifted to the people of Lombard as a public park and Lilacia Park began.

From May 1st to the 16th, Lombard celebrates “Lilac Days”. There are special tours, dances, tournaments concerts in the park, special story times, auctions, of course walks through Lilacia Park and the highlight of the week is the Lilac Queen Coronation.

For the past ten years, Lombard has given its residents a chance to receive a free Lilac Bush. The aim of the program is an ongoing effort to have a lilac bush planted in every yard. The Village of Lombard is providing 400 lilac bushes to residents who bring their coupon to Lilacia Park on Saturday, May 8th on a first come, first served basis beginning at 8am.

Visit Lilacia Park in Lombard

Don’t yet live in Lombard? You can still have a lilac bush from the Lilac Bush Sale May 6-8th.

For the full schedule and a live Lilac Meter (it shows when they are in full bloom) please check out Lombard Park District – Lilac Time

Hope to see you there!

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