March 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…
All Hands on Deck to Conserve Monarch Butterflies
The Monarch Joint Venture is a network of over 100 organizations across the United States working together to conserve monarch butterflies and their habitats. As a flagship for other pollinators and other conservation benefits, the MJV works to engage people and partners from all backgrounds…
Building a Community Through Conservation@Home: A Panel on Stewardship and Native Plant Gardening
Conservation@Home is an educational and certification program focused on promoting and celebrating the use of conservation-minded gardening practices. By recognizing community and school gardens that meet our criteria of environmentally sound gardening practices in biodiversity, water conservation, and healthy soils, this program helps create more…
Urban Community Food Forests, Diverse Species Selection and Engagement Opportunities
Learn and share knowledge about food-producing native, hardy species and the sites where they thrive. Showcase different examples of food forests and food forest stewardship. Highlight the importance of diversity in species selection. Explore different forms of engagement to grow volunteerism and increase community garden…
Houseplants & Coleus Distribution
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How Much Lead is There in Chicago’s Soils, and What Can We Do About It?
This presentation will overview recent University of Illinois research to identify soil lead contamination and risk reduction in Chicago. City-wide soil lead maps will be presented, and recommended steps to identify contamination in your garden discussed. How to reduce the risk of plant absorption of…
Community Food Navigator: Strengthening Community-led Food Solutions
This hands-on session is to introduce the project to CCGA members, and demonstrate the digital tools and stewardship methods in development that are designed to support visibility and connection among growers and gardeners. Staff and a few of the project’s current community stewards and contributors…
Aliarse con la naturaleza para cultivar un jardín floreciente – Working with Nature to Build a Thriving Garden (Presented in Spanish)
Mediante ejemplos de entreplantar y métodos naturales para controlar plagas empleados en el Jardín para donaciones de Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, esta presentación en PowerPoint repasa técnicas sencillas y rentables para cultivar un jardín que crece con fuerza mientras respalda a la naturaleza. Working with…
Maximizing Winter Production in Community Gardens
This presentation will cover techniques to increase winter vegetable production, including topics such as building cold frames, crops which can be planted early in the year and harvested over the winter, winter sowing seeds, use of mulch and green manure for insulation, and more. We…
Greenspace for Whom?
Join a discussion about the challenges of creating and maintaining sustainable community driven green spaces in gentrifying communities. El Paseo Community Garden in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago will be presented as a case study. Presenter: Paula Acevedo, Co-Director, El Paseo Community Garden