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After Registration, Free Plants? WHAT’S THE CATCH?
There’s never been one with CCGA Resources. It’s quite a challenge, and this team has done distributions so well, so successfully, with such attention to detail and advance planning, and still they do it. The generosity of growers donating so much material has a lot…
CCGA Resources & NeighborSpace Special Holiday Gathering & Plant Sale
The lobby at CCGT was transformed into a bright winter market for this holiday plant sale on Saturday, Dec. 8. A profusion of red bows on centerpieces, decorative wreaths, classic white Narcissus bulbs in vases, tables teeming with green plants, vases of fresh flowers, and rows…
CCGA distributes 4,000 vegetable seedlings to 101 community gardeners
The CCGA Resources Committee thanks everyone who came to one of the two sites on May 9th and 16th to pick up a boxful (or basketful) of vegetable seedlings to plant in their community gardens. Thanks to generous donations from Westover Farms, Macy’s, the Winnetka…
CCGA Receives Generous Plant Donation from Macy’s Flower Show
The CCGA Resources Committee asked, and was granted permission, to visit Macy’s after hours earlier this month to pick up almost eight hundred tropical plants that had been part of the Macy’s Spring Flower Show. Our thanks go to R. Todd Pope, Project Manager and…
“Spring Flowers Galore” a big success
Almost seventy community gardeners gathered on April 11 to discuss 2015 goals for each of the six CCGA committees – Communications, Development, Education, Shared Resources, Volunteer Coordination and Membership. It was an excellent brainstorming session. Details and a meeting date for committees to follow up…
Window Boxes take flight at O’Hare
The community gardeners of CCGA are making their mark at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. This past week, the CCGA Resources Committee, assisted by the Austin Green Team and by NeighborSpace, designed window boxes including flower and vegetable plantings. They used many of their home-grown plants…
Bold Urban Renaissance Network – Microgrant Due April 24th
The Bold Urban Renaissance Network (B.U.R.N.) is accepting submissions for the spring cycle of their Chicago Community Grant Program through April 24th. What is the Chicago Community Grant Program? This program engages grassroots programs being run in Chicago, or by Chicagoans. Microgrants will help fund…
Next CCGA Meeting – April 11th – Spring into 2015
The CCGA will meet again on Saturday, April 11th at the Chicago Center for Green Technology. RSVP and details here. The March 7th CCGA Annual Conference was a great success, with over 220 community gardeners and friends attending to enjoy a multitude of workshops and…
2015 Gathering – THIS is CCGA!
On Saturday, March 7th, over 220 gardeners representing more than 90 community gardens gathered for workshops, seed swapping, and fellowship at the 3rd Annual CCGA Gathering. Thanks to all who came. We have shared some pictures below. We encourage you to post more pictures in…