The Village of Oak Park | 123 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302 | village@oak-park.us
Oak Park offers a variety of services that can be accessed online from a computer, tablet or smart phone. Some of the services are managed directly by the Village, while others are third-party vendors authorized by the Village to conduct transactions.
The Village of Oak Park provides a wide range of services, from public safety programs like fire and police protection to support for housing, historic preservation and neighborhood relations. Don't see what you are looking for? Use the search feature at the top of the page.
Oak Park operates under the village manager form of government. A part-time, elected legislative body of a president and six trustees hires a professional manager to oversee the day-to-day administration of government programs and services.
Oak Park boasts excellent schools, world class architecture, shopping, dining and an extensive public transportation network. But Oak Park is more than a place – it also is a way of life. Use the links in this menu to learn more about our community and the many services available to residents and visitors alike.
Oak Park offers a variety of services that can be accessed online from a computer, tablet or smart phone. Some of the services are managed directly by the Village, while others are third-party vendors authorized by the Village to conduct transactions.
The Village of Oak Park provides a wide range of services, from public safety programs like fire and police protection to support for housing, historic preservation and neighborhood relations. Don't see what you are looking for? Use the search feature at the top of the page.
Oak Park operates under the village manager form of government. A part-time, elected legislative body of a president and six trustees hires a professional manager to oversee the day-to-day administration of government programs and services.
Oak Park boasts excellent schools, world class architecture, shopping, dining and an extensive public transportation network. But Oak Park is more than a place – it also is a way of life. Use the links in this menu to learn more about our community and the many services available to residents and visitors alike.
Here are links to some of the most popular items on the Village web site.
Here are links to some of the most popular items on the Village web site.
A growing epidemic of a particularly bad gardening practice is threatening trees on the Village’s many parkways.
Known as volcano mulching, the aesthetic-driven practice of piling mulch in a volcano-like mound around the base and up onto the trunk is a recipe for the slow decline, and likely death of these important community resources.
Property owners who mulch the trees on parkways have the right idea when it comes to keeping the roots moist and limiting the competition by encroaching grass.
But if they or their landscape contractors are mounding the mulch over the root flare at the base of the tree they are setting the stage for root strangulation, rot and insect infestation, problems that typically cause a slow death.
Planters built around the base of trees can have the same effect.
Mulching with wood chips up to four inches deep is beneficial to trees, but only if a space of two-to-three inches is created so that the chips don’t touch the bark. Think of mulching as creating a donut around the tree, rather than a volcano.
For more information on the care of Oak Park’s urban forest, call 708.358.5700, email publicworks@oak-park.us or visit www.oak-park.us/trees.
Village Forester Rob Sproule shows how to properly mulch a tree.
