Join friends and neighbors for conversation, fun and gardening in Austin! All are welcome! No previous gardening experience required. Kids 13 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Be sure to wear sunscreen and bring water to stay hydrated. Tools and gloves will be…
Some gardens offer regular opportunities for individuals to participate in work days or events that happen on a regular basis and welcome volunteers. CCGA is maintaining a list of which gardens host such events so if you know of a garden to list please contact…
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…
ANOTHER PERENNIAL DISTRIBUTION The CCGA Resources Committee will hold the final big perennial distribution of 2016 TO PRE-REGISTER, EMAIL THE FOLLOWING TO mamie@uic.edu : 1)Name of Contact, 2) Name of Garden, 3) Address/Location of Garden Here are the details: When: Friday, September 30, 2016 …
Despite the hot, muggy and threatening weather, representatives from 84 community gardens came to the CCGA Resources Committee’s Second 2016 Perennial Distribution at New Horizons Garden! Each community garden representative received over thirty plants. Elite Growers again provided over 2600 perennials (prominent among them were …
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 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.…
The Community Roots Demonstration & Community Garden will formally open to the public on June 11 of this year with a full day of festivities to kick off the beginning of the programming season. Located in Skinner Park on the Near West Side of Chicago,…
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…
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…