The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Saturday March 18th at 10am at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. and will be our final planning meeting before the 2017 Annual Conference. We’ll meet on the 2nd floor and there is…
When: Saturday, March 25, 2017 from 9am-2pm Location: Breakthough FamilyPlex, 3219 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624 Workshops • Panel Discussion • Exhibitors • Seed Distribution Idea Sharing • Continental Breakfast • Delicious Lunch Door Prizes • Community Building Workshops, including: Season Extension for Community…
Join us! The Education Committee will meet on Friday, February 17th at 10am at the Richard M. Daley Branch Library in Humboldt Park at 733 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL 60612. Parking is available, and it is accessible via the CTA Bus #52 and #66. Here is the agenda…
Can You Help CCGA? We need approximately 25-30 volunteers to help us on Saturday March 25th at the CCGA Conference. We need volunteers to assist with CCGA membership, with workshop presenters and for general overall support. Please email Gina Jamison who is coordinating volunteers at…
Begin the Garden Season with a Seed Starting Workshop The CCGA Resources Committee is putting together “starter kits” of twenty different kinds of 2017 vegetable seeds* carefully chosen and purchased by us from reputable companies like Johnny’s Seeds. The Starter Kit also includes a booklet…
The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Saturday February 18th at 10am at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. and will be focused on continued planning for the 2017 Annual Conference. We’ll meet on the 2nd floor and there is…
Social media describes what we post on websites and apps like Facebook (FB). Think of regular media as a “one way street” where you can read a newspaper or listen to a report, without the ability to give your thoughts on the matter. It gives CCGA…
Avid CCGA gardeners don’t stop growing things when temperatures fall and days shorten. Folks came out in the snowy weather to the Holiday Plant Sale last weekend at the Center for Green Technology and found warm cider from NeighborSpace and packs of free bulbs waiting upon…
The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Saturday January 21 at 10am at the Breakthrough FamilyPlex. Please join for our next coordinating meeting at the Breakthrough FamilyPlex, 3219 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624. This is the site of the 2017 Annual Conference. The meeting agenda will…
Share Your Skills! CCGA is seeking proposals for workshops to be presented at the CCGA annual conference on Saturday March 25th 2017. We welcome those interested to submit a response to our RFP. Presentations must be rooted in current “best practices” for that field and…