[Communications] Fwd: [Test] CCGA 8th Annual Conference • Session Details

[Amy Olson]

Hi - I started drafting the newsletter and realized I don’t have all the speaker’s pics. So I went a different direction and highlighted the presentations. So, instead of “meet the presenters” this is more of a look at the presentations/sessions. 

I think we can do half this week and half next week (Monday)

What I plan to include in this one:
Selecting Fruit Tree Varieties for an Extended Harvest    
Keeping Bees at Your Community Garden    
Treehuggers Unite! Plant and Protect our Trees!
Técnicas eficaces para la jardinera ecológica en pequeños espacios    
Mapping Soil Lead in Chicago, Potential Uptake by Vegetables
Connect to School Gardens: Growing More Food and Celebrating Culture in Community 
#ChicagoGrowsFood: How to Creatively Grow Food in Small Spaces
Permaculture in Practice    
Breakouts - Dan
call for photos, exhibitors
Upcoming events
I need help writing the short intro - see highlight below. Please help :)

I’ll be back online in the morning,
Amy

This is what can be included in the next one:
Introducción a la Permacultura en Práctica
The Offers & Needs Market
Sharing Notes: Community Gardeners Discussion
Production Planning for Community Garden Systems
Best Practices for Sustainable Gardening in Small Spaces
Growing Extra for Food Pantries in a Time of Food Insecurity
2021 Water Access for Urban Growers    
Breakouts - Trinisa
Legacy Gardener announcement
native garden registry update?



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News for Community Gardeners

Saturday, March 20 from 9:30am - 4:00pm
Hopin (virtual platform)
Register for the conference
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Hello Community Gardeners!

March 20 is a big day, it will be the first day of Spring. It also marks exactly one year since we first entered the stay-at-home order given by Gov. Pritzker. And here we are, able to finally begin to envision life post-pandemic. We enter the spring growing season with the wisdom we've gained. Our gardens and urban farms provided resilience agility connections (need to write!)

Here's our slate of presentations, special events and breakouts
Selecting Fruit Tree Varieties for an Extended Harvest (Pick Three!)

Whether you are planning to buy your first fruit tree or thinking of adding a few more varieties to your orchard, Tim Hamilton of MidFEx will help you through the selection process. When looking on-line or browsing catalogs, the choices may seem overwhelming - which fruit to grow - apples, peaches, pears, cherries, or plums? A discussion of the differences between fruit trees and the challenges of growing them, including which fruits are easier to grow organically and which need to be sprayed to harvest fruit. Tim will present the idea of “picking three” different fruits or varieties to extend your harvest from summer to late fall here in Chicago.
 
Keeping Bees at Your Community Garden

Join Matthias Lampe, Head Beekeeper at El Paseo Community Garden as he shares lessons learned in keeping honey bees and how they benefit your community garden, including:
How to start beekeeping (equipment, buying bees, location, tools, costs, etc.)
What to know to be a beekeeper (incl. resources to learn beekeeping)
How to harvest and sell honey (equipment, tools, costs, expected income)
How to organize, involve and educate volunteers as beekeepers
Where to find help (e.g., organizations and potential mentors for beekeeping)
After the presentation, Matthias will answer questions and will be available to help anyone with the decision process and the setup. Perhaps keeping bees could be a new project for your community garden in 2021!
 
Tree Huggers Unite! Let's Plant and Protect Our Trees!

Why are more trees are urgently needed in our urban environment? Find out the answer to this question and what you can do about it (hint: it's in the title!) Join Betsy Elsaesser, Certified Arborist, to explore the many benefits of trees. She will discuss the right trees for Chicagoland, where and how to plant trees and how to maintain them. Included is a brief introduction to the TreeKeepers program and the Openlands tree planting grant program. Betsy is the President of the North Park Village Garden Club, one of the oldest and largest community gardens in Chicago. She has loved gardens, trees and natural areas all her life. She has been a volunteer TreeKeeper with Openlands since 1993 and assists with TreeKeeper classes and pruning practical exams. She passed the International Society of Arboriculture exam to become a Certified Arborist, and also completed the Tree Risk Assessment Qualification.
Virtual Community Garden Slide Show
We're adding photos from last year to our community garden slide show. Show off your hard work! Share your masked planting and socially-distanced activities! Email your photos to photos at chicagocommunitygardens.org <mailto:photos at chicagocommunitygardens.org>.
Técnicas eficaces para la jardinera ecológica en pequeños espacios
(presentado solo en Español)

Este taller será una discusión guiada e interactiva, centrada en el tema de cómo economizar para rendir el mayor provecho posible de una temporada de cultivo limitada y escasos recursos de tal forma que también contribuimos al cuidado de nuestra tierra.  En equipo, diseñaremos un jardín urbano estándar que mide 4 pies por 8 pies usando un tapiz a la medida. A la vez, exploraremos cómo adaptar las siguientes técnicas para los jardines chicos: combinar plantas, plantar en sucesión, hacer nuestro propio abono y conservar el agua. Al final de la discusión, cada participante tendrá oportunidad de hacer preguntas mientras dibuja un plan para su propio jardín estándar de 4 por 8 pies. 

Emilia Arellano es Coordinadora de invernadero para el Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance. Ofrece talleres de horticultura para adultos y dirige un grupo diverso y dedicado de más de 30 voluntarios que propagan plantas de adorno y comestibles. Además maneja el Jardín donativo desde la etapa de cultivación hasta la distribución de las cosechas. Tiene licenciatura en Estudios latinoamericanos y literatura hispana de la Universidad de Chicago y certificados en Agricultura urbana sostenible, Diseño de jardinería comestible e Iniciativa empresarial para comida local de Windy City Harvest. Su pasión por la jardinería sostenible no se limita al trabajo. Como voluntaria en el programa Chicago Master Gardeners, tiene mucha experiencia trabajando junto a jóvenes y adultos en jardines de escuelas, hospitales y huertos comunitarios del norte y oeste de Chicago.
Join the Conference Support Team
We are looking for people to help out at the conference! Support Team members (volunteers) receive a $5 discount from general registration which includes workshops, breakfast, and lunch. Support Team members who don't attend workshops pay $15 for lunch only. To sign up, select the Support Team option on the main conference registration page. 

Calling all Vendors & Exhibitors
You're invited to share your garden-related products, valuable knowledge, resources and skills with Chicago’s community gardeners at our annual conference! Connect with our audience of around 200 community gardeners who will have time to visit your table and have meaningful conversations. Please contact communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org <mailto:communications at chicagocommunitygardens.org> to obtain a form and more info.
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