Summer Plant Distributions A Big Success

It’s said that one of the greatest gifts you can give is your time, and CCGA has immense gratitude for the volunteers that have given time and energy to our plant distributions and helped in our gardens this summer! We couldn’t do this without you…

CCGA Fall Perennial Distribution – Friday, Sept. 29

The prestigious landscape company Scott Byron & Co. will once again coordinate the collection and delivery of donated perennials and shrubs for the CCGA Resources Fall Perennial Distribution. Who: For all Chicago Community Gardens. One group of plants per garden, please. What: A variety of…

Fifteen Gardens at the July 15 Mini-Distribution

Fifteen community gardens were represented at the Saturday, July 15 Mini-Distribution. Lots of vegetable seedlings, native plants, and ornamentals were distributed without cost, and—best of all—it was a great opportunity for all gardeners to compare notes and stories. Community gardeners are the best!

CCGA Summer Perennial Plant Distribution – Friday, July 21, 2017 at 10:30 am

Elite Growers will once again donate over a thousand perennials for distribution to Chicago Community Gardens and the CCGA Resources Committee has planned another large plant distribution for Friday July 21st at 10:30am, see the full details below.

Report of Resources Mini-Distribution on Sunday May 21st

The CCGA Resources Committee received donated plant material that it wanted to pass along to community gardeners this last weekend, and it went off nicely, even with short notice. There were representatives from seventeen community gardens, and they picked up dahlia tubers, gladiolus bulbs, miscanthus…

Report of Resources May 6th Veggie/Herb Distribution

It wasn’t hard to gauge the level of interest and commitment to gardening in Chicago Saturday, May 6, as representatives from about 105 community gardens from all over the city gathered for CCGA’s mostly veggie distribution. With over 6000 seedlings grown by the Resources Committee,…

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse Annual Plant Sale – Sat. May 20 & Sun. May 21 – 10am-2pm

The Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse will offer more than 150 varieties of organically-grown vegetable, herb, and flower seedlings. Customers can expect a wide variety of open-pollinated and heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. Other highlights include an assortment of herbs, greens and onions. This year will…

CCGA Annual Spring Vegetable & Flower Distribution – Saturday, May 6 @ 10am!

Community gardeners, please join us on May 6 for our Annual Spring Vegetable and Flower Seedling Distribution! This season, the CCGA Resources committee has cultivated 28 varieties of Tomatoes! We’ll also have eggplant, peppers, parsley, chives, hyssop, clary sage, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, broccoli, thyme,…

CCGA Resources Annual Spring Distribution & Workshop April 8th

On a delightful, sunny morning, a day to open windows and let fresh air in, a welcome spring day after several days of rain, the GGCA Resources committee held its Annual Spring distribution April 8th. The morning began with a talk by Val Kehoe, Horticulture…

It’s the First CCGA Seedling Distribution of 2017!

Join us on April 8 at 10:00am for the first CCGA plant distribution of the year. Following a short presentation, a nice assortment of spring annuals will be available including pansies, violas, linaria, calendula, cerinthe, anemones, and alyssum. These annuals are cold-hardy and will be…