Right now, the Resources Committee is growing annuals, tropical plants and succulents in two greenhouses: one at Austin High School and one at the Center for Green Technology. This active group is propagating their stock, and will soon begin to grow spring ephemerals like violas,…
The Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA) will be screening Can You Dig This, winner of the Los Angeles Film Festival. This film, from producer John Legend, “follows the inspirational journeys of four unlikely gardeners, discovering what happens when they put their hands in the soil.…
10am Saturday February 13th 2016 at NeighborSpace Offices – 445 N Sacramento Blvd. This will be the final planning meeting before the 2016 Spring Conference so the agenda will be focused on final preparation and assignments. The meeting starts at 10am at the offices of…
So winter is on its way! And that means you are all invited to attend the December CCGA coordinating meeting that is coming up soon – Saturday December the 12th from 10:00 am to Noon at the Green Tech Center. We will start our gathering…
The next CCGA coordinating meeting is this weekend, Saturday, November 14th from 10:00 to Noon at the Center For Green Technology, 445 N Sacramento Blvd. We will celebrate the end of the summer growing season together and welcome fall with a Harvest Potluck Brunch! Please…
This year, the CCGA Resource Committee hosted four “Mini-Distributions” of plant material to community gardeners. “Mini-Distribution” is our title for an unanticipated donation of plant or other material that the Resource Committee wants to distribute to CCGA members as promptly as possible. Despite the necessarily…
Thanks to the outreach of Erik Hernandez of the Resources Committee, CCGA has received a donation of over thirty garden tools, most of them brand new! Erik contacted ReStore, which is a retail store whose inventory is compiled by Habitat for Humanity. We encourage you…
On October 24, 2015, the Garfield Park Conservatory graciously hosted our 2015 Bulb distribution. The CCGA Resource Committee distributed 5400 bulbs to 65 community gardens! Special thanks to Mattie Wilson of the Garfield Park Conservatory, who not only gave an excellent presentation on bulb planting…