The Sustainability Solutions Workshop Showcase presented at the IIT Institute of Design highlighted the innovations and challenges of local food systems. On November 30, students presented their projects to an audience composed of other students, faculty, and invited participants from interested organizations like CCGA. This workshop looked at…
Imagine the sight as 250 community gardeners from all over Chicago gathered at the South Shore Cultural Center on March 5th for the 4th CCGA Spring Conference. Inside the inspiring venue where we convened once again to see our friends from down the block or…
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…
In early February, Lucia Jastrzebski, proprietor of a commercial greenhouse in our area, gave CCGA three truckloads of garden-related items, including hundreds of flats and inserts for seed starting, many kinds of pots, tools, tomato supports and much more. The Resources Committee will use some…
In early January, long-time community garden supporter Mary Hill contacted the Resource Committee to ask if we would be interested in the contents of her garage. We had a great time with Mary going through her accumulation of garden-related materials, and salvaged a considerable number…
On a cold gray day in early February, the Logistics Committee for the CCGA Annual Conference got together and made gorgeous centerpieces out of plants grown by the Resources Committee. Check out the photo above: Gina Jamison, Philip Englert, Angela Taylor and LaVerne Morris showing…
The 4th CCGA annual conference is at the South Shore Cultural Center on Saturday March 5th at 9am. Registration is now open here. The cost to attend is $10 to help cover our costs and payment can be made when registering or in-person on March…
The next CCGA coordinating meeting is this weekend, Saturday, November 14th from 10:00 to Noon at the Center For Green Technology, 445 N Sacramento Blvd. We will celebrate the end of the summer growing season together and welcome fall with a Harvest Potluck Brunch! Please…
Happy New Season, Chicago community Gardeners! We want to bring you up to date on CCGA‘s 2014 activities as well as our plans for 2015. In early 2014, CCGA formed an Interim Steering Committee which has updated the website, written bylaws, and planned numerous gardener…
KAM Isaiah Israel’s Social Justice Committee is presenting the 6th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Food Justice and Sustainability Weekend, with a focus this year on ‘Climate Change and Civil Rights.’ Learn more about this exciting, informative, and free three-day conference on our event page.