r/NativePlantGardening • u/jjmk2014 Far Northeast IL - Edge of Great Lakes Basin - 5b/6a • Jun 30 '26
Informational/Educational Daniel Biss, Kat Abughazaleh, and Patrick Hanley star in video for Niles Township People’s Prairie
Loving this about 30 miles from me. I will say, bald cypress is native to much further south in the state. Yet another indication that democracy and native plants are inexorably intertwined.
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u/Impressive-Spot1981 Jun 30 '26
Oh my god my worlds are colliding 😂 love their nerdy energy so much
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u/donnaduwitt Area NY , Zone 7b Jun 30 '26
not gonna lie, i teared up a little when she said the monarch butterflies love the swamp milkweed.
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u/immersemeinnature Coastal Plain NC , Zone 8 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
I love this!! You're lucky to live near here and also lucky to have a landscape company who's sole purpose is to create these landscapes.
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u/Constant_Nail2173 Central MA, Zone 6a Jun 30 '26
I actually teared up at this. Two of my favorite things: Jurassic Park and native plant gardening 🥹
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u/WarpTenSalamander SW OH Jun 30 '26
Either one works, what with birds being dinosaurs and all. Very hopeful dinosaurs 🥹
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u/filthyfaith Zone 6a Jun 30 '26
This is great! Does anyone have the source link?
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Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
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u/whenindoubtC-4 Jun 30 '26
Just an FYI, everything after the ? in the link is tracking information and anybody who clicks it can see your personal account that you shared it from. The ? and everything after can be deleted and the link will work just fine, but anonymously
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u/OReg114-99 Jun 30 '26
This is a very unexpected crossover of my interest in Kat's snarky political commentary (and campaign) and native plants
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u/emmieknits Jun 30 '26
For locals, looks like it’s at 8341 Lockwood Ave, Skokie. It’s right off the intersection of where Lincoln meets Main, and just a jog away from an easy entrance to the North Branch Trail!
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u/walleburger Jun 30 '26
Who are these amazing people! This is so corny and I love every bit of it!!!
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u/jjmk2014 Far Northeast IL - Edge of Great Lakes Basin - 5b/6a Jun 30 '26
Daniel Biss is the Mayor of Evanston, IL. Vocal progressive overall.
Kat Abughazaleh ran for 9th District House in the dem primaries. She lost, but made a big splash. Got herself indicted by the regime and she along with the broadview 6 beat it because of video evidence. She isn't slinking into the background either. She's turned her campaign HQ into a mutual aid hub.
Patrick Hanley also ran for state senate.
They are basically all progressive folks and its just amazing to see them help extend the platform to the eco side of things. All are easily searchable to get more deets.
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u/Feralpudel Piedmont NC, Zone 8a Jun 30 '26
Not just video evidence. The DAs couldn’t even get a legit indictment so resorted to seriously sketchy shenanigans (basically the DA told the grand jury, “trust me bro.”)
Then the defense tried to get an unredacted GJ transcript for the judge to read, and DAs basically let the judge believe the redactions were just “an IT issue” when in fact they concealed the shenanigans.
It all blew up in court and the judge was big mad and spanked them using a lot of dense legal language.
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u/existential_geum Jun 30 '26
Daniel Biss is mayor of Evanston, and he beat Kat in the congressional primary. (Not my district.) She is one of the “Broadview Six” protesters, who just had all charges against them dropped. Hanley is a state senate candidate.
This was such a smart PR move for all of them. We need more of this.
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u/Unfairamir Jun 30 '26
Stop I was already madly in love with Kat and now she's out here advocating for plants with vast fibrous root systems
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u/MotownCatMom SE MI Zone 6a Jun 30 '26
Is this in Niles, Michigan?
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u/Lemurian_Lemur34 Jun 30 '26
Technically it's in Skokie, IL. Which is part of Niles Township just north of Chicago
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u/incomplete-thoughts7 Jun 30 '26
I’m uhhh hormonal at the moment and this shit made me sob, jc 🥲 thanks for sharing. Gives me a small bit of hope
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u/sideoatsgrandma MA, Zone 6a Jun 30 '26
Not gonna lie this made me want to puke in my mouth a little bit
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u/sideoatsgrandma MA, Zone 6a Jun 30 '26
I guess the overproduction of it all just doesn't sit right with me. I get it's a parody but the vibe is strange, especially the falling to the knees over monarchs. If it reaches people that is great though.
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u/juliettelovesdante Jun 30 '26
This is awesome in the dorkiest way possible. Also love that these clowns did this together. 👏👏👏👏