How Does Your Garden Grow? @ Monarch Community Garden
monarch community garden 1050 N. California Ave., Chicago, United StatesSaturday, May 6 from 12-4pmMonarch Community Garden in Humboldt Park1050 North California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 On Saturday, May 6, stop by the beautiful Monarch Community Garden from 12-4pm and tour the 100-plus plots where Monarch members will take visitors to various stations…
Chicago – Garden and Compost Bin tour @ Maxwell Street Community Garden
Maxwell Garden 1150 W 13th street, Chicago, IL, United StatesBeautiful garden next door to University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) campus. Garden has bins and composts all of their trimmings. Information will be shared on processes used to compost community garden trimmings. Bins set up and you can see compost at various stages.
How Does Your Garden Grow? @ The Land
The Land 2888 E. 94th St., Chicago, United StatesSunday, May 7 from 12 to 3 or 4pm The Land in South Chicago 2888 East 94th St, Chicago IL 60617 What could be better than spending time in nature and tamales? Come visit The Land in South Chicago this Sunday, May 7th, from 12pm…
Compost ‘Appy Hour
UIC Forum 1213 S Halsted, Chicago, ILJoin composting professionals for networking, appetizers and the opportunity to win compost related prizes. Learn what was discussed at the Building a Culture of Composting in Greater Chicagoland Summit held earlier in the day. Celebrate International Compost Awareness week with compost enthusiasts from around the…
May CCGA Coordinating Meeting
NOTE: Until further notice CCGA Coordinating meetings are being held via Zoom. If you want to attend the coordinating meeting and are not already a member of one of the CCGA working groups send an email to: communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org and request to join the meeting. Please…
CCGA Resources May Distribution
Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT) 445 N Sacramento, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis is the May Distribution which includes vegetables, summer annual and seeds. There will also be some cannas, delphiniums, dahlias and hanging baskets for modest prices. This is for community gardens only. Where: Center for Green Technology (CCGT) 445 N. Sacramento Blvd Time: 9:30am Register:…
June CCGA Coordinating Meeting
NOTE: Until further notice CCGA Coordinating meetings are being held via Zoom. If you want to attend the coordinating meeting and are not already a member of one of the CCGA working groups send an email to: communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org and request to join the meeting. Please…
Resources June Perennial Distribution
New Horizons Community Garden 401 S. Central Park, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis is the June distribution which includes a variety of perennials from Elite Growers. This is for community gardens only. Where: New Horizons Garden 401 S. Central Park Time: 10am Register: RSVP the name and address of your community garden by June 22 to: mamiegray2012@gmail.com…
CEGA 2023 Entry Deadline
The Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards (CEGA), Chicago’s only citywide gardening awards program, is now accepting entries for its 7th year of honoring city gardeners. Once again, CEGA judges will visit all kinds of Chicago gardens, this year with an increased emphasis on sustainability and…
Edgewater Glen Garden Walk
Edgewater Glen Neighborhood Chicago, United States50th Anniversary Garden Walk in the easily walkable route of the 1400 & 1500 blocks of Edgewater Glen in Chicago's far north side. All of the gardens are beautiful and many of them are also 'Poison Free' where no pesticides or herbicides have been used.