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Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse Plant Sale
Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse 3501 N. Kilbourn, Chicago, IL, United StatesKilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse will offer more than 150 varieties of organically-grown vegetable, herb, and flower seedlings. Customers can expect a wide variety of open-pollinated and heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. Other highlights include an assortment of herbs, greens and onions. This year will feature…
Meet Mike Nowak at Christy Webber Farm and Garden
Christy Webber Farm and Garden 2200 W. Grand Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesMeet Mike Nowak, Garden Expert & Radio Personality Bring your toughest garden questions. Prizes and raffles!
Seedling sales and Workdays at the Howard Street Farm
The Howard Street Farm 3669 Howard St, Skokie, IL, United States*ATTENTION: In response to requests, we have added a non-Saturday date for Seedling Sales. We will be selling seedlings this coming Sunday, May 25th from 10 am to 2 pm.* Choose local, lovingly, and organically-grown seedlings for your garden this year. The Talking Farm will…
*POSTPONED* Connecting Chicago Community Gardens (CCCG) Meeting
Maxwell Garden 1150 W 13th street, Chicago, IL, United StatesTHIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Openlands along with our partners at NeighborSpace and gardeners from the Connecting Chicago's Community Gardens (CCCG) network invite you to join us as we plan community gardening events for the summer and promote activities which strengthen the…
Volunteers Needed at a Community Garden in South Shore
Looking for volunteers to assist with planting at the 7032 S Merrill Community Garden from 10A to 12 : 30P on Thursday, May 29th. Please email Iyonna Rivers at iyonnarivers8@gmail.com if you would like to participate.
Bag-Your-Own-Bulbs at Garfield Park Conservatory – FREE
JUST ADDED -- Free bulbs for gardeners! One day only. See info below: We have more than enough tulips and are happy to give them out to the community gardeners. We didn’t get through bagging all the ones that came last night and we expect…
Tree Giveaway at Humboldt Park Family Adventure Day
Humboldt Park 1440 N Humboldt Dr , Chicago, IL, United StatesThis Saturday, join the Chicago Park District for Family Adventure Day at Humboldt Park from 10-2pm. One of the activities that will take place near the fieldhouse is a free native tree giveaway. Come take an oak, maple, redbud, tupelo, crabapple, or other sapling. We…
Mozart’s Community Garden Garage Sale Fundraiser Saturday May 31, 2014
Mozart's community garden has had a spectacular first growing year! Now that we are in to season 2 we are having our annual fundraiser, a garage sale, this Saturday May 31, 10am-2pm in the parkway at 1001 N Sacramento blvd., Chicago IL 60622 across from…
Composting Inside & Out
Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT) 445 N Sacramento, Chicago, IL, United StatesGTU Certificate Tracks: CS, LIL SPEAKER: Amber Gribben, Urban Worm Girl, L3C Audience: General In this workshop, we will discuss the benefits of composting, review the differences between typical outdoor composting and worm composting; the pros and cons of various worm bin designs; instruction and…
Xochiquetzal Peace Garden Gazebo Celebration
Xochiquetzal Peace Garden 1903 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL, United StatesCelebrate Xochiquetzal Peace Garden's new gazebo. Friends-Music-Food Music by local musicians and groups from Whittier Dual Language Elementary School, which is directly across the street from the Xochiquetzal Garden/Gazebo. Food by local chefs. Early arrivals can participate in an art experience - painting in the…