Month: January 2018

Good Food EXPO – Request for Workshop Proposals

Calling all urban growers, composters, keepers of livestock, and chefs! The request for Good Food Commons workshop proposals is now open! As part of the Good Food EXPO March 23-24, these workshops aim to cultivate attendees’ curiosity through informal 30 minute sessions, organized thematically by…

Windy City Harvest Workshops Announced

The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Windy City Harvest has announced workshops and classes that are a good fit for community gardeners. Crop Planning Workshop – Saturday, Feb 10, 2018 $75, 9am-3pm w/ an hour long lunch break @ 2800 S. Western Ave, Arturo Velasquez Technical Institute…

Garden Tool Workshop For Community Gardeners – Saturday February 10, 2018

The CCGA Resources and Education Committees are jointly present a new workshop for Chicago community gardeners. Edde Jones, Program Director of Greencorps, will teach us tool safety; we will also have a demonstration on the maintenance of basic gardening tools. Thanks to the success of…

Next CCGA Coordinating Meeting – Tuesday February 6, 6:30pm

The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Tuesday February 6th at 6:30pm at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. The main item agenda is final planning for the 2018 conference. We will meet on the 2nd floor and there is…

6th Annual CCGA Gardeners Conference – Saturday March 3rd 2018

Save the Date for the 6th Annual CCGA Gardeners Conference: Saturday, March 3, 2018 We’re excited to announce that our 6th Annual Conference, Garden to Garden: Bringing People Together Through Growing Together, will be on Saturday, March 3 at Kennedy-King College in Englewood. Registration is…

Request for Workshop Proposals for CCGA 6th Annual Conference

Share your knowledge and enthusiasm! CCGA is seeking proposals for educational workshops for our 6th Annual Conference to be held on on Saturday March 3, 2018. The theme is: Garden to Garden: Bringing People Together Through Growing Together Workshops will be presented in two sessions…

Inspiring Climate Forum at the Field Museum

Sunday, December 3, 2017, close to 1,500 like-minded folks from more than 70 partner organizations and sponsors across the Chicago region attended a Climate Forum at the Field Museum right up against the bones of ‘Sue’, the largest, best-preserved, world-famous fossil and most complete Tyrannosaurus…