Chicago Community Gardeners Association

preSERVE Garden Kickoff
2015-04-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | preSERVE Garden, 12th Place and Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL, United States
Spring is here and it’s time to kick off the 2015 growing season at preSERVE! Join us for our first garden fun day of the year. We’ll prep the garden, plant potatoes, and talk about our plans and goals for the year at the garden. Join us to get your hands dirty, meet new neighbors, and eat some good food!
preSERVE is a partnership between Slow Food Chicago, the North Lawndale Greening Committee, the Chicago Honey Co-Op, and NeighborSpace.

CCGA - Spring into 2015
2015-04-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT), 445 N Sacramento, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
The March 7th CCGA Annual Conference was a great success, with over 220 community gardeners and friends attending to enjoy a multitude of workshops and exhibitor’s information booths.
Now, on into our gardening season! Our April 11th meeting will start with breakout sessions for the 6 new CCGA committees (Resources, Membership, Volunteers, Development, Workshops & Education, and Website & Communication). You are welcome to sit in on one (or more – if you want to split your time) of the sessions. We will all be planning the rest of this calendar year for CCGA and would love your participation.
After this, the whole group will get together for a brief report from each breakout session. Then, for a $5.00 donation, you will receive, beautiful spring flowering plants, lots of packets of seeds, and a raffle ticket for good used garden tools.
This will all happen at the Chicago Center for Green Technology, 435 North Sacramento Blvd.
Tentative schedule:
9:00-9:30: Gardeners check in, chat, and have coffee/tea and homemade cookies
9:30-10:30: CCGA individual committee’s breakout sessions
10:30-11:15: Committees report to the whole group
11:15-noon: Plants, seeds and tool raffle
Please register at this link before April 7th
Questions? Please call Ellen Newcomer at 224-522-1255
Hope you can come!

IL Mycological Association – Community Bioremediation lecture
2015-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Kendall College, 900 N Branch St, Chicago, IL, United States
This talk will cover the special role of fungi in both urban and rural Community Bioremediation efforts.

Burling Park Easter Egg Hunt
2015-04-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Burling Park, 2931 N. Burling St. , Chicago, IL, United States
We plan to hold our annual Burling Park Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4 at 11am (leaving Sunday for other family events). Please mark your calendars.
We welcome any assistance in planning this event, including financial support (to purchase goodies), and stuffing and hiding goodies in Burling Park on Saturday morning.

Windy City Harvest: Building Healthy Soil
2015-04-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, 60022, United States
Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse
Erin Matson, Windy City Harvest apprenticeship instructor
$39
Learn 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!

UIC Heritage Garden Spring Seed Swap
2015-03-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Hull House Residents’ Dining Hall, 800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Join us for our first ever Spring Seed Swap, hosted by the UIC Heritage Garden, at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. We invite gardeners, organizations, and community members in the Chicago area to swap seeds, learn about seeds, and meet new gardening friends around the city. We encourage you to bring your own seeds to swap with others!
The UIC Heritage Garden seed library is a mobile treasure box full of seeds, collected from the Heritage Garden, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and various gardens around the globe. The Heritage Garden’s seed library will continue to grow as it travels from place to place, receiving seeds from donors while offering seeds to garden lovers.
If you would like to bring seeds from your garden or organization and need a table to set up your materials (seeds, flyers, etc.) kindly RSVP to heritagegarden.uic@gmail.com by Monday, March 16th, 2015.

Composting Workshop - South Loop
2015-03-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St., Chicago, IL, 60605, United States
Do you want to live a more sustainable lifestyle?
Are you concerned about the environment?
How much food scraps and old leftovers are you throwing in the garbage?
Learn how to turn kitchen scraps into gold…garden gold. In 3 hours, you will learn why composting is effective and how you can compost in any residential setting. Learn lessons from South Loop Composting Ambassadors; Community composting leaders invited to speak include Collective Resource, The Plant, Waste Management, Columbia College and others! Walk away with a Composting Toolkit and materials to succeed.
Like to grow things? Like being nice to the earth? Join an amazing line-up of composting Ambassadors and sustainable farming and gardening Leaders, like the innovative vertical farm The Plant and the nation’s first industrial worm composting facility, Nature’s Little Recyclers, to learn about the power of composting.This hands-on workshop will introduce various types of composting and current systems in place for city-dwellers to use. Learn step-by-step how to set up a personal worm composting bin, work with food waste-hauling companies like Pleasant Farms, Waste Management and Collective Resources, and the latest on outdoor composting City ordinances. Walk away with a Composting Toolkit, a chance to win free starter-kits, and other materials to succeed!
Free Food! Win Prizes! Have Fun!
Have questions? Contact SouthLoopComposting@gmail.com.
Co-sponsored by Chicago Conservation Corps and the Alliance for a Greener South Loop.

Windy City Harvest: Small Farm Crop Planning
2015-03-28 12:00 - 15:00 | Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, 60022, United States
Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse
Chris Prochot, Windy City Harvest incubator farm coordinator

Square Foot Gardening Lecture
2015-03-28 10:00 - 12:00 | Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT), 445 N Sacramento, Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
Want to start gardening in your home, community garden or condo yard? Join our certified Square Foot Gardening™ instructor to learn the basics of this popular gardening method. Square foot gardening is well-suited for beginning gardeners, as it provides a tried-and-true method for planting, as well as more experienced gardeners who want to grow a variety of different edible plants in a small space. Upon completion of the two-hour session, you will have all the knowledge you need to have a successful start to your edible garden this spring.

About the Instructor
Maribeth Brewer is a certified Square Foot Gardening™ instructor and has been teaching this method to gardeners in Chicago for over five years.

"Meet the Remediators" Lecture
2015-03-24 18:00 | Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, United States
(sharing the stage with Emmanual Pratt of Sweetwater Foundation)

Historic Pullman Garden Club -- an afternoon with Christy Webber
2015-03-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Historic Pullman Visitor Center, 614 East 113th Street, Chicago, IL, 60628, United States
Looking forward to spring?
You’ll know it’s here when you see these trucks around the city…
Join the Historic Pullman Garden Club and the Historic Pullman Foundation for an afternoon with Christy Webber, Chicago’s Premiere Landscaper.
Christy Webber Landscapes maintains the grounds at the United Center, Soldier Field, Millennium Park and the Museum Campus, and provides design and build service for many Chicago residential sites. Its namesake president and owner operates from a certified LEEDS platinum building on a former brownfield site, now an eco-industrial park on the West Side called Rancho Verde.
This free event is open to everyone and refreshments will be served.
For questions, email historicpullmangardens@gmail.com.
Hope to see you there, and that you bring a friend or two!

Tool Sharpening Workshop
2015-03-21 10:00 - 12:00 | WPGardnen’s Richard Tilley Workshop, 2134 W. Pierce, Chicago, IL, 60622, United States
Tool Sharpening Workshop – RSVP for Wicker Park Address

Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 10 am -12 noon
Held in Wicker Park Home – Address Given to Registered Students.
Registration Required – $15 – Sessions limited at 20 students.
RSVP to wpgarden@aol.com Pay at Door- Cash or Check

Bring Your Garden Tools and Go Home with Sharpened Ones – pruners, loppers, trowels, shovels, hoes, axes, and shears. You will learn the technique of how to use various tools to sharpen your garden and workshop tools. No lawnmower blades or kitchen knives.

Healthy Food Access Workshop - Urban Ag and Community Gardening
2015-03-19 09:00 - 11:30 | DePaul University Lincoln Park Student Center, 2250 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL, 60614, United States
Join us for a panel discussion on community food production through urban agriculture and community gardening. This will be an interactive workshop and panel discussion where you can learn about and share best practices in food production to improve the food environment in your communities.
Panelists will include Depaul University-Steans Center, Chicago Public Schools, and more.
More details regarding the space and panelists will be sent as the date approaches.
Space is limited. Kindly email Donielle Wells at dwells@luriechildrens.org to RSVP.

Peterson Garden Project Seed Sowing Workshop
2015-03-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Peterson Garden Project Learning Center, 4642 N. Francisco Ave., Chicago, Illinois, 60625, United States
Eager to get a jump start on the growing season? In this class we will discuss how seeds sprout, and how you can re-create the right germination conditions indoors or in your outdoor garden plot. We will talk about seed-starting dates, sanitation, best seed-starting mixes, navigating the information on a seed packet and why wind or a fan is important for young plants!
For the hands-on portion we will:
-demonstrate the correct level of soil moisture, watering methods and planting depth
-show a variety of different containers for planting seeds, and setups for achieving optimum light and temperature
-do germination tests
-go over next seedling’ next steps’ – fertilizing, potting up, and transplanting
You will go home with your own tray of seeds to germinate, as well as more for planting later!

Windy City Harvest: Home-Scale Aquaponics
2015-03-14 09:00 - 13:00 | Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, 60022, United States
Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse
Andy McGhee, Windy City Harvest aquaponics coordinator

Second Sunday Supper
2015-03-08 16:00 - 19:00 | IL
On Second Sundays join Mindful Living for supper & socializing. We’ll have yummy food, a cash bar, and sweet tunes. It’s also free (donations are accepted) and everyone is welcome so bring a pal and arrive hungry!

Honeybees and Horticulture
2015-03-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL, United States
Free Adult Workshop: Honeybees and Horticulture
Beekeeping is an ancient craft, practiced in all world cultures except the arctic. Deep respect is acquired from learning about what bees and other migrating animals eat in our neighborhoods. Foraging only nectar and pollen, honeybees produce clean, healthy food that embodies our environment in taste, texture and beauty. Prairie remnants provide an amazing pallet of perennials and annual wild flowers that many of us don’t recognize. The presentation will show the trees, shrubs and other flowering plants that are essential for insect health and which abound in the Chicago region in restoration prairies, neglected lots, and local backyards. Presented by Michael Thompson, Farm Manager, Chicago Honey Co-op.

Windy City Harvest: Small Farm Season Extension
2015-03-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, 60022, United States
Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse
Britt Calendo, Windy City Harvest PCC wellness farm coordinator.
$39
Learn how to extend your spring or fall growing season to 9-months or even year round production. Explore what crops and varieties perform best in Chicago. Specific techniques will be covered such as using row cover, building simple low tunnels and cold frames or even creating protected cultivation in a hoophouse. This workshop includes a hands-on basic low tunnel build out activity. This workshop is instructed by Britt Calendo, WCH PCC Wellness Farm Coordinator.

THIS IS CCGA - 3rd Annual Gathering
2015-03-07 08:30 - 13:30 | Greater West Town Training Partnership, 500 N. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago, IL, 60612, United States
When and where is the Gathering?
March 7th, from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm (Doors open at 8:30 am, Welcome kicks off at 9:30 am)
West Town Academy
534 N Sacramento Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612
(Across the street from the Center for Green Technology)

The 3rd Annual Spring Gathering of the Chicago Community Gardeners Association will highlight the most powerful resource available to Chicago’s gardeners: each other. You are formally invited both to bask in the benefits gathered by your fellow gardeners and to become part of this important team.
REGISTER HERE

What will happen at the Gathering?
There will be lots of action to pack into the 4-hour conference, all centered on sharing and eliciting creative approaches to common community gardening challenges and opportunities. Based on gardener feedback, we’ll continue the tradition of holding an array of expert-facilitated workshops. We’ll also have a garden gear raffle, and get a tour of the CCGA website. All that plus a light lunch.
Exactly what gardener-led workshops are you offering this year?
Here are the topics:

Creative Community Building in Community Gardens
A healthy vibrant community garden is one where people feel involved, engaged, and joyful, whether they are gardeners or not. Community gardens are ideal places for communities to gather for fun, for social justice, for fellowship. To think outside the flower box, come to this session where community gardeners will share creative ways they have activated community gardening space beyond gardening.
Community Gardens as Message Sites for Soil and Water Security
The United Nations General Assembly designated 2015 for yearlong soil celebrations, as a way to increase understanding of the importance of soil for food security and essential ecosystem functions. Join this session to discuss how community gardens are urgent and essential social places for understanding the importance of soil and water in everyday life. Community gardeners can leverage community gardens as important dissemination stations for messaging the crucial role that soil and water play in global health.
Building Garden Structures
This session walks participants through building trellises and compost bins in a unique, hands-on way. Participants will build these structures and learn about their usefulness in the garden.
Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist
Fruit trees, berry bushes, brambles and more. Learn how to apply the basic principles of permaculture to create an edible perennial landscape in your community garden. Often referred to as “forest gardening” or “food forests”, panel presenters will discuss how these principles are being applied to private, small backyards, to community gardens in Chicago vacant lots, and to large school campuses to create lush, bountiful, and low maintenance gardens
Digging in – Transforming Garden Conflict into Constructive Growth
Conflict in a community garden can be disheartening, especially when the words “community garden” strike up images of everyone working together in harmony. However, conflict is a natural part of relationships and can be quite transformative. This interactive session will explore creative approaches to transforming conflict in which we view conflict as a valuable opportunity to grow and increase our understanding of ourselves and others. The session will offer resources that can hopefully strengthen and build not only your garden team, but other teams in your life, as well. Narrative mediation is a resource that helps us think of conflicts as a story and opens possibilities to growing new stories of relationships we prefer. Appreciative Inquiry provides a shift from traditional problem solving to envisioning possibilities for the future based upon appreciating and valuing what we are doing well. These approaches do not ignore conflict or problems, but rather recognize conflict as a desire for something else. This workshop will be facilitated by Kristin Bodiford, who teaches in both the Masters of Conflict Resolution and Graduate School of Social Work programs at Dominican University
Spring Preparation and Planting Tips
Spring is an exciting time- seeds are started, soil warms up, garden teams come together. This session explores the ways in which gardeners can kick off spring, whether by seed starting, garden clean up, or knowing how to get a volunteer crew lined up for a big work day.

Conference Agenda (tentative)
8:30 am- Doors Open, Check In, and Last Minute Registration Begins

Receive name tag and raffle number for Garden Gear Raffle
Sign up for two workshops [LINK]. Each workshop will be included in both sessions.
Sign up to be on one of CCGA’s action committees (next formal CCGA meeting set for April 11, 2015 @ the Center for Green Technology)
Surf the Chicago Community Gardening Association Website in the Computer Classrooms

9:30 am- Welcome from Interim CCGA Steering Committee
10:00 am to 10:50 am – Networking Workshops Session One
11:00 am to 11:50 am- Networking Workshops Session Two
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – Lunch, Exhibits, Raffle (raffle tickets pulled at 12:30 — must be present to win), Neighborhood Networking/ Alliancing
What has CCGA done since last year’s Gathering?
Tons! In addition to the Gathering, we held seasonal workshops, distributed thousands of free perennials and bulbs, and more, helping hundreds of gardeners make their dreams grow. Check out the full list of our 2014 accomplishments.
This sounds great! Sign me up! How do I register, and how much does it cost?
Please register online (insert link to google form) for this conference by March 1, 2015 to reserve your space. Entrance fee to this conference is on a sliding scale — please pay what you can (recommended donation is $10, to cover lunch cost).
Is there any other way I can contribute?
Sure! We’re a volunteer-run organization, and we need you. The Steering Committee invites you to volunteer to give CCGA a hand during the entire year — to help with the workshops, plant giveaways, and event organizing, and to suggest sites and activities. We’ll be organizing volunteers at the March 7th gathering and will also soon accept volunteers at the website.
The 3nd Annual Conference of Chicago’s Community Gardeners will be a day for connecting, learning, sharing ideas, and working together to grow strong roots for the future of community gardening in Chicago. Space is limited, so please register early. We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
The CCGA Interim Steering Committee

6th Annual Peterson Garden Project Seed Swap
2015-03-01 14:00 - 17:00 | IL
Whether you saved seeds from plants grown in your garden, have leftover new or used seed packets, or are looking for seeds, the 6th Annual Peterson Garden Project Seed Swap in the place to be! You never know what you will find – gardeners are generous people, after all. Reconnect with old friends and meet new ones as we all get excited about growing together in 2015!
We’ll have seeds to give away from companies like Botanical Interests Seed Packets, Renee’s Garden Seeds and Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, as well as items for sale, like our Fearless Food Gardening Book and gear from The Seed Keeper Company
Interested in getting involved with our Seed Saving Garden, where we grow out seeds for planting in our Grow2Give beds? We’re looking for people with all levels of gardening and seed saving experience. Check out the FAQ and sign up sheet at the swap!
After the swap, join us in the auditorium for a film screening of Seeds of Time.
This event is free, but please register if you would like to reserve your seat at the film screening.
#SeedSwapDay

CCGA Logo Design Contest: Submission Deadline
2015-03-01 | IL
EXTENDED — New Submission Deadline: March 1, 2015
Exhibition & Voting: March 5-10, 2015
Attention all local artists and designers! Lend your skills to develop a stellar logo for the newest resource for Chicago’s community gardeners: the CCGA! Submit your design to be displayed at the CCGA’s 2015 Annual Conference. CCGA members will vote on the designs at the meeting and via social media. The design with the most votes on March 10 will become our new logo. The artist of the winning logo will be awarded with a Lifetime CCGA Membership. Join us!
Your application must include the three following elements:

Logo Design
Artist Statement
Copyright Agreement

Send these three files to Amy at logo@chicagocommunitygardens.org no later than February 16th. Guidelines for these files are described below.
Questions? Email Amy at logo@chicagocommunitygardens.org or call her at 312-925-2148.

Logo
Logo Requirements – printable version
Requirements:

Include the acronym CCGA and the full name “Chicago Community Gardeners Association”. These elements should work together and also function independently.
Reflect the idea that CCGA members live and garden in all areas of the city. We celebrate the diversity of Chicago’s gardening projects.
Provide your design as vector artwork (.AI or .EPS format)

Artist Statement
Artist Statement Requirements – printable version
Requirements:

Formatted for a single sheet of 8.5″x11″ paper, with 1” margins on the top and sides and a 1.5” margin on the bottom
Title – 24 pt font
Artist’s Name – 12 pt font
If desired, include contact information: web site and email (please do not include personal address or phone number) – 12 pt font
Statement should be 375 words maximum – 12 pt font
Save in PDF format
Use natural language – write as you would talk!

Suggestions for content:

Your philosophy and approach to working
Your technique
Meaning of your design
Symbols, metaphors, analogies
Themes and underlying messages
Life experiences and influences on your work

Copyright Agreement
Sign, scan, and return this form.

Edible Landscape Redesign Project at The Plant
2015-02-28 10:00 - 11:30 | The Plant, 1400 W. 46th Street, Chicago, IL, 60609, United States
Join us at the volunteer kickoff meeting for creating an Edible Landscape garden at The Plant. This will be a demonstration garden including signage and more information on the web. This project will promote converting a front lawn, any area, to an edible landscape. REGISTER HERE
The is part of the Chicago Demonstration Gardens project. This is a collaborative effort by groups in Back of the Yards and Woodlawn to create various types of demonstration gardens. Types of gardens will include high-impact, low-maintenance flowerbeds, native plant species, pollinator habitats and edible landscapes. We need experienced gardeners to help with consulting on these project. Even if you are not nearby these locations, we would welcome your assistance to select appropriate plants, etc. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Bill Morrisett, morrisett@midwestcyber.com.

Windy City Harvest: Seed Starting for Edibles
2015-02-28 09:00 - 12:00 | Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, 60022, United States
Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse
Rosario Maldonado, Apprenticeship & Corps Sales Coordinator
$39
In this workshop, we’ll cover seed starting dates for edibles, container format options, organic soil mixes, how to create ideal conditions and trouble shoot. You will learn different techniques for starting your own vegetable transplants as well as how to use our favorite, the soil-block maker, a sustainable method for starting seeds. You will leave this workshop with 12 soil blocks you make of a green of your choice – chard, collards or kale. Bring a shoe box or tray to carry your starts home in!

Learn More about the Community Roots Demonstration Garden
2015-02-25 06:30 - 20:30 | Skinner West Elementary School, 1260 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, United States
Please join us to learn more about plans for a combination community/demonstration garden in Skinner Park, and to meet other people interested in growing food together.
The Community Roots Demonstration Garden, planned to be built this spring in Skinner Park, will be an outdoor classroom space that will provide Chicagoans of all ages greater access to gardening education. Designed for both kids and families who want to learn more about growing their own food, the site will be able to host a range of workshops highlighting native species, pollinating plants, composting, rainwater harvesting, season extending techniques, and a variety of other topics that help inform and excite both seasoned and novice gardeners. The outdoor classroom will serve as a central hub for Chicago Park District-sponsored garden education, as well as opening itself to garden groups and educators to host their own workshops and events.
Overall, this project was proposed as a way of highlighting the incredible diversity of experiences that gardening has to offer – in both growing methods and in community & youth engagement techniques. While focusing in large part on growing fresh produce, the garden also plans to feature fruit trees and berries, native plantings and digging beds. Further, a variety of styles of raised beds and planters will be featured, and different areas of the garden will serve to teach visitors about a variety of topics from healing and sensory plants to companion planting, rainwater harvesting, insects, and more.
Half of the garden space will be dedicated to community gardening, and the remaining half for teaching and learning – with the hopes that excess produce on the “demonstration side” will be donated to a local food pantry or organization in need.

The Underground Railroad – The Chicago Calumet Connection
2015-02-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Historic Pullman Visitor Center, 614 East 113th Street, Chicago, IL, 60628, United States
Looking to shake your winter blues?
Join the Historic Pullman Garden Club and the Historic Pullman Foundation for:
“The Underground Railroad – The Chicago Calumet Connection”
A presentation by historian Paul Petraitis
This free event is open to everyone and refreshments will be served.
Hope to see you there!

Weather Resilience Workshop: Garfield Park
2015-02-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Garfield Park Conservatory Community Room, 300 N. Central Park, Chicago, IL, United States
The City of Chicago is hosting a series of neighborhood workshops to address the region’s resilience to incidents of extreme weather, especially rainstorms that cause floods and related damage. The purpose of the workshops is to identify techniques and infrastructure improvements that foster sustainability and reduce damage to private and public property. Please attend to share ideas and concerns about the sustainability of your home, business, and neighborhood. Free to attend. Refreshments will be provided.
Meetings will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 9 Austin Town Hall Park 5610 W. Lake St.
Tuesday, Feb. 10 North Lawndale Homan Sq. Park 3517 W. Arthington
Wednesday, Feb. 11 Humboldt Park Humboldt Park 1400 N. Sacramento
Tuesday, Feb. 17 Little Village St. Agnes of Bohemia Bishop Manz Hall 2658 S. Central Park
Wednesday, Feb. 18 Garfield Park Conservatory Community Room 300 N. Central Park

Weather Resilience Workshop: Little Village
2015-02-17 18:00 - 20:00 | St. Agnes of Bohemia Bishop Manz Hall, 2658 S. Central Park, Chicago, IL, United States

3rd Annual Urban Livestock Expo
2015-02-14 09:30 | Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, 3857 W 111th Street, Chicago, IL, 60655, United States
In search of a fun and informative Valentine’s Day excursion? What says “I love ewe” better than taking your date to the third annual Urban Livestock Expo? Angelic Organics Learning Center, Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA), and the Chicagoland Chicken Enthusiasts will present the 3rd Annual Urban Livestock Expo on February 14.
The Expo offers new and experienced keepers of urban livestock the chance to learn about caring for a variety of animals, and to network with each other. Presenters with expertise raising chickens, ducks, quails, rabbits, bees, and goats will introduce visitors to primary needs of each, highlighting issues to consider and steps to take in preparation for keeping livestock in the city.
FREE! All are welcome
EXPO SCHEDULE
9:30AM-10:00AM
Registration
10:00AM-12:30PM
-Info sessions on chickens, rabbits, quails, ducks, goats, & bees
-Tours of Barn & Aquaponics Center
12:30PM-1:00PM
Browse Info Tables

Weather Resilience Workshop: Humboldt Park
2015-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Humboldt Park, 1400 N. Sacramento, Chicago, IL, United States

Weather Resilience Workshop: North Lawndale
2015-02-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Homan Square Park, 3517 W Arthington, Chicago, IL, United States
