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Oh Christmas tree…

Oh Christmas tree…

Did you buy a live Christmas tree this year? If you lived in the Menard county area 30-35 years ago, you might have bought one here at Starhill Forest! The Sternbergs planted 16 different species of conifers, beginning not long

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Grow Your Own Oaks!

Grow Your Own Oaks!

You’ve probably heard the Emerson quote, “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” Have you ever planted that acorn? What are you waiting for?! With hurricanes in the southeast, the derecho’s destruction in the Midwest, forest fires

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Starhill Forest Arboretum
12000 Boy Scout Trail
Petersburg, Illinois 62675​
217-632-3685

Guy and Edie Sternberg, Founders
guy@starhillforest.com
edie@starhillforest.com

Alana McKean, ​Curator
alana.mckean@ic.edu​​

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  • Our Cultivars
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