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Hermitage Street Community Garden – Opening Day 2016
Hermitage St Community Garden 5643 S Hermitage Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesIf you are interested in growing your own organic groceries this year, interested in workshops about seed starting, composting, growing herbs and veggies, how to cook the nutritious vegetables you grow? And much, much more, come garden with us! Contact our Garden Director at hermitagestreetcommunitygarden@gmail.com.
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El Paseo Community Garden – Opening Day/Apertura de Jardin
El Paseo Community Garden 966 W. 21st St, Chicago, IL, United StatesGARDEN OPENING DAY / APERTURA DE JARDÍN EL PASEO COMMUNITY GARDEN www.elpaseogarden.org (773) 234-6168 elpaseo.communitygarden@neighbor-space.org VENGAN Y AYUDANOS! COME AND HELP US! GARDEN OPENING DAY • Pintar/ Paint • Limpiar/ Clean-up • Hablar sobre tierra/ Soil Talk • Convivo de Comida / Pot Luck Traigan un…
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Peterson Garden Project Plant Sale: Cool Crops
Shop the Peterson Garden Project Pop-Up Plant Sale and get your garden growing! This year's plant sale is going to be our biggest yet! For the April sale, we'll have a wide selection of edible cool-weather seedlings, seed potatoes and seeds. And since this is…
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Winthrop Harmony Arts Garden – Youth Theater Ensemble
Broadway Armory Park 5713 N. Broadway , Chicago, IL, United StatesHiring Young People for a youth theater ensemble (ages 15 and up) Pay: $8.25 hour Hours of employment: Saturdays starting May 14 through August 14 ( will be working approximately 4 to 5 hours each Saturday) Young People will produce: THE BEAN/ THE BEING —…
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Peterson Garden Project Plant & Bake Sale: Hot Crops
5035 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640 5035 N Broadway, Chicago, IL, United StatesShop the Peterson Garden Project Pop-Up Plant Sale and get your garden growing! This year's plant sale is going to be our biggest yet! We'll have a wide selection of plants, seeds and seedlings. And since this is Chicago gardening, we've curated the selection of…
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Openlands presents “Organizing Your Community Garden” Training
Breakthrough Ministries Familyplex 3219 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us to learn how to organize all aspects of the garden from recruiting members and gaining supporters to practical ways to self organize including using apps to keep track of projects. We will also show you how to create a design map for your…
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Green and Growing: A Speaker Series – Weird Vegetables
Sulzer Regional Library 4455 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesMonday, May 9 at 7pm -Weird Vegetables - Weird vegetables to grow and how to grow things weirdly! Speaker: Amanda Thomsen, author of Kiss My Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Yard Totally Tailored to You
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Building Healthy Soil
Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse 2800 S Western Ave , Chicago, IL, United StatesLearn about composting, vermicomposting, cover cropping, and other soil-building techniques. This workshop will cover soil testing and pH for vegetable crops. Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants! This workshop is instructed by Joan Hopkins, 2007 Windy City Harvest graduate and Windy City Harvest…
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CCGA Vegetable Seedling Distribution May 14, 9am
Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT) 445 N Sacramento, Chicago, IL, United StatesVegetable Seedling Distribution 445 N. Sacramento Blvd Saturday, May 14, 2016 Register Now! The Resources Committee has grown hundreds of vegetable seedlings to kick-start your gardens: 18 types of tomatoes (including some gorgeous heirlooms), sweet and hot peppers, kale, rosemary, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, parsley,…
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Howard Area Community Garden’s 1st Spring Plant Sale May 14th and 15th
Howard Area Community Garden 1715-25 W. Juneway Terrace, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Howard Area Community Garden's first Spring Plant Sale will be in full swing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, in our garden at the corner of Hermitage and Juneway in the North of Howard neighborhood (Rogers…