If you are concerned about rats in your community garden, consider joining this 2-Part workshop, “Thinking like a rat: develop a strategy to send rats packing from your garden.” Created by Lincoln Park Zoo’s Chicago Rat Project in partnership with Chicago Park District and NeighborSpace,…
AUA (Advocates for Urban Agriculture) has issued their annual Capacity Building Grant program which is open to community gardens. Details are below – deadline is November 10, 2023. The Capacity Building Grant is a grant fund housed by AUA and distributed by a participatory grantmaking…
Mountains of plants, 6000 of them in small and large pots and trays piled high on trucks arrived Friday morning for gardeners to choose from at CCGA Resources Perennial Distribution September 29, 2023. Scott Byron & Co assembled and delivered the plants, and other area…
This Distribution is open to traditional community gardens, school gardens, and parkway gardens. Let’s beautify them all!
The Howard Area Community Garden will be hosting a tour of community and public gardens in the north Rogers Park neighborhood. The event is scheduled from Saturday, July 29th, starting at 9:30 at Jarvis Square Pottery Garden. We will walk to Dubkin Garden, Hello Howard,…
This is the June distribution which includes a variety of perennials from Elite Growers. This event is for community gardens only. Where: New Horizons Garden 401 S. Central Park Time: 10am Register: RSVP the name and address of your community garden by June 22 to:…
The Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards (CEGA), Chicago’s only citywide gardening awards program, is now accepting entries for its 7th year of honoring city gardeners. Once again, CEGA judges will fan out across the city to visit backyards, parkways, school lots, community gardens and more,…
This is the May Distribution which includes vegetables, summer annual and seeds. There will also be some cannas, delphiniums, dahlias and hanging baskets for modest prices. This is for community gardens only. Where: Center for Green Technology (CCGT) 445 N. Sacramento Blvd Time: 9:30am Register:…
Hello community gardeners! Finally, it looks like the weather is warming up, and just in time! Join us this weekend for our first two FREE events in the How Does Your Garden Grow? Spring Series.
CCGA is stepping into spring with a new vision of how we can gather. We’re inviting you, Chicago’s community gardeners, to co-host a series of events with us – for gardeners across the city to learn about and experience community gardening, right in our gardens!…