tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post287095839498230615..comments2024-03-12T07:40:43.500-05:00Comments on Lake County History: Ravinia NurseriesDiana Dretskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10869264189532595690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-59511552123558922202023-11-14T15:35:58.627-06:002023-11-14T15:35:58.627-06:00My grandfather, Harry Theodore Clavey, was one of ...My grandfather, Harry Theodore Clavey, was one of four sons of FD Clavey. Elmer is credited with planting the Boston Ivy and his son, Gordon, in September, 1937 at Wrigley Field. FD died in 1930. Harry T. died in 1981.<br /><br />You can still buy Clavey's dwarf honeysuckle bushes (Lonicera x xylosteoides) as it is a hardy little bush and not an exotic invasive plant. It is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. It is named for this family.<br /><br />He had lots of stories about Clavey's Ravinia Nurseries, but one other fun fact about my grandfather was that when he was a boy, he travelled on a ship with FD back to Germany to visit relatives. This was prior to WWI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-7296494968835476512019-01-12T12:36:39.041-06:002019-01-12T12:36:39.041-06:00My Grandfather, Roy F. Clavey, Sr., was President ...My Grandfather, Roy F. Clavey, Sr., was President of Clavey Nurseries at the time the ivy was planted at Wrigley Field. His daughter, my mother, donated many artifacts from Clavey Nurseries to the Lake County Museum. My fathers, two uncles and my brother worked at the nursery when it was located in Lake Villa, on Knowles Road. A subdivision is there now, with street names reflective of Clavey Nurseries. I worked at the nursery during the summers, as a teenager.Robin Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022192084618027948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272107330251408114.post-34529344983203135332014-07-21T15:07:23.683-05:002014-07-21T15:07:23.683-05:00Amazing to find out one of my relatives planted th...Amazing to find out one of my relatives planted the Ivy at Wrigley Field. As a life long Cubs fan that's pretty awesome.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597047019228149729noreply@blogger.com