If you want to help Save the Bees please help by taking the Chicago Farm and Garden Pollinator Survey. Our friend Becky Tonietto would like to know what your garden does to attract and support pollinators and ways you may like to learn more…
CCGA SECOND PERENNIAL PLANT DISTRIBUTION Elite Growers does it again! Elite is donating another group of perennials to CCGA! FRIDAY, August 12, 2016 New Horizons Community Garden 401 S. Central Park (southeast corner of Van Buren and Central Park) Note: Parking is available on both Central Park and Van…
The City of Chicago offers free mulch year-round at five Streets & Sanitation locations. Mulch is available on a first come, first served basis. Take your own containers and shovels. 4101 North Oak Park Avenue (Chicago Read Center) Grand and Rockwell (South of Grand Avenue,…
Please join us at 6:30pm Monday August 29th at the Chicago Center for Green Technology at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. The meeting agenda includes: CCGA committee reports and preliminary planning for the 2017 CCGA Annual Conference. Bring a snack or drink to share if you…
The Resources Committee held two Mini Distributions of vegetable and ornamental annual plant material in June, with more than 25 community gardens participating in each. Nick Michaud of Westover Farms donated beautiful vegetable seedlings as well as many flats of unusual annuals for these events.…
CCGA PERENNIAL PLANT DISTRIBUTION COMING UP! Our friends at Elite Growers will be providing the CCGA Resources Committee with perennials for distribution to community gardeners later this month. FRIDAY, July 22, 2016 New Horizons Community Garden 401 S. Central Park (southeast corner of Van Buren…
Come Support CCGA on Wed. June 15th! Wednesdays, June 15th to August 31st, 5:30-8:00 pm Once again, NeighborSpace, The Hideout, and Soup & Bread are partnering to present Veggie Bingo. Every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8pm, local celebrity callers will lead bingo at the…
5000 vegetable and flower seedlings and 135 community gardens; those are the statistics for this year’s Resources Committee distributions on May 7 and May 14. The Resources Committee grew the seedlings in the Center for Green Technology greenhouse, and then distributed large “sampler packs” of tomatoes,…
Special Sale of Wrought Iron Community Gardeners! Tell your friends about this special opportunity! You’ve already saved the date for our May 14 Vegetable Seedling Distribution, and now we are offering you more than plants for your garden. CCGA will include the sale of new…
Please join us at 11am Saturday May 14th at the Chicago Center for Green Technology at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. The meeting agenda includes: CCGA Working Team reports on: Tasks for 2016 and Budget (income and expenses); Calendar for the year to include dates for…