CCGA Coordinating Meeting – 11am Saturday April 9th 2016 at Chicago Center for Green Technology – 445 N Sacramento Blvd. If you were involved in the CCGA conference planning in any way please join us as this coordinating meeting agenda will focus on response and…
CCGA Coordinating Meeting – 11am Saturday April 9th 2016 at Chicago Center for Green Technology – 445 N Sacramento Blvd. This coordinating meeting agenda will focus on response and evaluations from the CCGA annual conference. The meeting starts at 11am at the Chicago Center for…
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, and creating…
Project 2746 is a weekly Thursday evening event series building cooperative community in the Dill Pickle’s future home. Come check out the space and stay to soak up some sustainable gardening practices with a few of our favorites: ‘Soil Truthing’ with Nance Klehm of Social…
Seed Starting Educational Talk This presentation will be given by Vicki Westerhoff, who owns Genesis Growers near ST. Anne, Illinois and has a CSA. This class will be hands on and the cost will go towards materials.
The 6th Annual Forest Park Seed Swap on March 13th from 2-4pm. Come swap seeds with other gardeners. If you don’t have seeds available we will have seeds for sale that you can use as your entrance to the swap. The seed swap is free…
Breakfast starts at 9am and workshops start at 10am. CTA Bus – #6 Jackson Park Express This bus starts downtown in the loop around Michigan & Wacker and stops right outside the SSCC. Saturday Morning Schedule – The following #6 buses insure you can be…
KILBOURN PARK ORGANIC GREEN HOUSE 2016 PLANT SALE WORK HOURS AND ORIENTATIONS THE ANNUAL KILBOURN PARK ORGANIC GREEN HOUSE PLANT SALE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, MAY 14TH, AND SUNDAY, MAY 15TH. MARK THIS DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR!! VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION DATES WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY…
The University of Illinois Extension is partnering with 2015 INUAg winner Grace Seeds Ministry to offer a free Food Safety Training for all participants of Chicagoland community food systems. March 12, 2016 (9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) Safe and Smart! “Food Safety, Post-Harvest Handling, and…
DESIGNING YOUR GARDEN USING PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES This 8- hour project workshop will be held at: Christy Webber Landscapes – Rancho Verde Site 2900 W. Ferdinand Street (Behind former Center for Green Technology at 445 N Sacramento Blvd, 60612) Saturday, March 26, 2016 Workshop begins promptly…