Extend Your Season With Alternative Income 2020
Prairie State College Matteson Area Center, 4821 Southwick Drive, Matteson, IL 4821 Southwick Drive, Matteson, IL, United StatesCurious about how you can extend your farming season and make your farm business more profitable? Join us at this panel discussion field day! University of Illinois Extension Educator Zack Grant and Lovefood Farmer David Bachhuber will discuss ways in which you can extend…
Workshop – Cold Season Growing- March, April, May
Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse 2800 S Western Ave , Chicago, IL, United StatesGet growing all year round! This is a technical training course intended for aspiring growers interested in learning best-practice season-extension techniques. It will combine classroom and hands-on work to prepare students to keep growing as the months get colder. It will involve farm work activities…
Chicago Flower & Garden Show® – CANCELLED
Navy Pier 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesWhether you are an accomplished gardener, just looking to learn how not to kill your houseplants or looking for a great family outing the 2020 Chicago Flower & Garden Show has it all. The 2020 theme “20/20 FOCUS ON FLOWERS" is in collaboration with The…
CCGA 8th Annual Conference – POSTPONED
Whitney Young Magnet High School 211 South Laflin Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis year’s theme, “Connections through Gardening: Plants, People and the Environment,” aims to explore and celebrate the interconnectedness of our shared garden work and to foster relationships and conversations that shape and support best practices for sustainable living and growing in Chicago. Community gardens are…
Windy City Harvest Aquaponics Class
Farm on Ogden 3555 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesParticipants will learn the fundamental principles of aquaponics productions as well as tips and tricks for building an at-home or small-scale aquaponics system. This course will include hands-on work with the nursery system and the 52,000 gallon aquaponics production system.
UIC Heritage Garden Spring Seed Swap
Jane Adams Hull House Museum Residents's Dining Hall 800 South Halsted St., Chicago, United StatesWhat role do seeds play in advancing food sovereignty? How does community gardening cultivate cultural diversity? How does gardening heal a community? Join the UIC Heritage Garden for our Sixth Annual Spring Seed Swap! We invite gardeners, organizations, and community members interested in learning more…
April CCGA Coordinating Meeting
Please join us for our monthly coordinating meeting. Representatives from all the working groups come together to coordinate our actions. Meeting locations switch between The Hatchery & the Chicago Center for Green Technology. All community gardeners and supporters are invited to attend. Check the CCGA…
May CCGA Coordinating Meeting
Please join us for our monthly coordinating meeting. Representatives from all the working groups come together to coordinate our actions. Meeting locations switch between The Hatchery & the Chicago Center for Green Technology. All community gardeners and supporters are invited to attend. Check the CCGA…
June CCGA Coordinating Meeting
Please join us for our monthly coordinating meeting. Representatives from all the working groups come together to coordinate our actions. Meeting locations switch between The Hatchery & the Chicago Center for Green Technology. All community gardeners and supporters are invited to attend. Check the CCGA…
Maxwell Street Community Garden Mural Dedication
Maxwell Garden 1150 W 13th street, Chicago, IL, United StatesYou are invited to attend the Dedication Ceremony Tuesday, August 11, 6:30 PM for the new Maxwell Street Community Garden mural, designed by Chicago artist CONTINUOUS GROWTH Anne Farley Gaines produced by Anne and four dedicated students who live near the garden – Andrew Epps,…