[Advocacy-outreach] {AUA} Digest for advocates-for-urban-agriculture at googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

[Amy Olson]

Hi Julie! We shared the CEGA info on Facebook a few weeks ago and will post again this afternoon. We also have a newsletter going out in the next week or so and will include it.

Take care and have a great weekend!
Amy

> On Jun 17, 2022, at 10:51 AM, Julie Samuels <jsamuels1966 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi CCGA"ers,
> I have physically been unable to do very much lately so I don't know if we  have sent this information below to our email list or if it was in something else that was  CCGA sent. If you can please send it out to as many gardeners as possible.
> 
>  Hopefully I'll be able to do more ...eventually!
> Julie
> 
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>  <>Two Weeks Left to Enter 2022 Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards! <http://groups.google.com/group/advocates-for-urban-agriculture/t/dd2b4e7c14af1ad4?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email>    
> Mike Nowak <mike at mikenowak.net <mailto:mike at mikenowak.net>>: Jun 16 07:45PM -0700 
> 
> The Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards (CEGA) are back for 2022 and, 
> after two pandemic years, once again IN PERSON! CEGA is Chicago's only 
> citywide gardening program, honoring gardens throughout the City. Whether 
> backyard, courtyard, parkway, rooftop, school, business, community garden 
> or urban farm, CEGA wants to recognize hard work and creativity and the 
> myriad ways that gardens improve our quality of life. 
>  
> Since 2017, CEGA has recognized more than 150 gardens representing 43 wards 
> and 76 communities. We’re returning from the COVID-19 limitations with a 
> goal of seeing gardens in all 50 wards! (We’ll even acknowledge the ward 
> with the most winners!) Our judging crews are looking for beauty, 
> horticultural skill, community connections and sustainability in 
> determining which gardens will be acknowledged.
>  
> Entries are being accepted through July 1 at 
> https://chicagogardeningawards.org/ <https://chicagogardeningawards.org/>, where you can find rules and an fill 
> out an online entry form. There are no cash prizes, but it's FREE to enter, 
> and honored gardens will receive certificates and beautiful all-weather 
> signs that can be displayed outside year-round at an awards ceremony now 
> scheduled for September. And, of course, bragging rights in their 
> neighborhoods.
>  
> Enter your garden today! If you have any questions, please write to me at 
> mike at mikenowak.net <mailto:mike at mikenowak.net>.
>  
> Mike Nowak
> Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards Committee
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