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
Sign-In begins at 11:00 a.m.  –  Distribution begins at 11:30 a.m.

Where:   New Horizons Community Garden
401 South Central Park
(Corner of Central Park & Van Buren, just north of the Eisenhower Expressway.)

WHO:    All Chicago Community Gardens are welcome to send a representative to pick up plants.

HOW MUCH:    $5.00 Registration Fee
(CASH, please – no credit cards) per community garden.
One grouping of plants per community garden.

WHAT:   The esteemed landscape firm Scott Byron & Company is collecting donations of plant material from Chicago area growers/businesses and will be trucking the material to the site. There will be a big assortment of perennials, and possibly shrubs and small trees as well. Also, an anonymous donor is contributing 100+ native perennials rarely provided through distributions.

QUESTIONS:    Contact Mamie at mamie@uic.edu.
On the day of distribution:  Call Mamie at 708-990-7939 to see if there are still plants available.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER?
We need volunteers to sort and distribute the plants.
First Shift: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. – Second Shift: 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Please email Ellen Newcomer at ecnewcomer334@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer.

Thanks, everyone!
Follow CCGA on Facebook to see how well perennials are thriving in various gardens!
(And continue to follow CCGA Facebook for an additional slideshow featuring select perennials to be distributed on September 30.)