Help Garfield Park Community Council get Grant – Please Vote!

The Garfield Park Community Council is up for a garden grant from Garnier and TerraCycle. They need your help: Click on this link for the TerraCycle Garnier Green Garden Giveaway page. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Once you scroll to the bottom, enter…

Participate in Bee Conservation Study – Support Local Bees!

Participate in Bee Conservation Study – Support Local Bees! Becky Tonietto, a research fellow studying pollinator diversity and conservation in urban gardens and farms through the Society of Conservation Biology, is dedicated to including Chicago gardeners and the community gardening community in her research. As…

CCGA Spring Flower Distribution Saturday April 9th at 9am!

The CCGA Resources Committee will hold its annual Spring Flower Distribution at 9am April 9, 2016 at the Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento. Pansies, cerinthe, delphiniums, alyssum, linaria, nemesia: all good early pollen sources for our insect friends, and beautiful colors for us!…

CCGA Coordinating Meeting Saturday April 9th 2016 at Green Tech Center

CCGA Coordinating Meeting – 11am Saturday April 9th 2016 at Chicago Center for Green Technology – 445 N Sacramento Blvd. If you were involved in the CCGA conference planning in any way please join us as this coordinating meeting agenda will focus on response and…

Public Transit Options to the 4th CCGA Conference

Breakfast starts at 9am and workshops start at 10am. CTA Bus – #6 Jackson Park Express This bus starts downtown in the loop around Michigan & Wacker and stops right outside the SSCC. Saturday Morning Schedule – The following #6 buses insure you can be…

Need Rain Barrels for Your Community Garden?

Resource Committee guru Robert Hart, who will co-present the Compost Bin Building Workshop at the March 5 CCGA Annual Conference, has an offer for you, community gardeners! Call Robert at 773-656-8377 if you need rain barrels. Get ’em now while they last!