What’s more peaceful than sun salutations in the garden? Come join us for a free yoga class at Vedgewater, taught by an experienced professional instructor, Mary Beth Johnson. The class will be geared toward gardeners and the ailments that can come with gardening (knees, wrists, low…
Taste heirloom and open-pollinated tomatoes and collect the seeds from your favorites! Choosing tomatoes from pictures in seed catalogs just isn’t the same as choosing one tomato based on taste at a tomato tasting/seed swap! Bring your best homegrown or farmers’ market heirloom or open-pollinated tomatoes…
Join local food and gardening advocates as we highlight the many ways you can enjoy your bountiful tomato harvest all year long. The Chicago Park District, Slow Food Midwest Ark of Taste Committee, Illinois Extension Master Gardeners and the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance will be…
If you would like fruit or nut trees for your community garden, please submit an application here (http://goo.gl/forms/XIblsfYBjo). The deadline is fast approaching and is September 7th, 2015. Please contact Gabriela Naveda at Openlands for the list of fruit trees available or if you have…
The CCGA Fall Perennial Distribution is Coming! In September, the CCGA Resources Committee will be distributing more perennials thanks to the efforts of Scott Byron Landscape Company. Here are the details: On Friday, September 25, Scott Byron will DELIVER PLANTS to three locations: New Horizons…
Hello, CCGA members, It’s been a long time since we have had a membership gathering so we could mix and mingle, share our stories and news, share some stuff we no longer have a use for, and talk about what you all would like CCGA…
On Friday August 7, 2015, the Resources Committee of CCGA received 2700 more perennials from Elite Growers! Thanks to a great group of volunteer community gardeners, we were able to sort the plants in record time, and by 2:00 p.m. we had distributed all of…
Hello CCGA’ers, here is an event that’s just too good to miss is happening right in the City on Chicago’s West Side. Bring your own chair and something to drink and for a $20 donation (no checks please) you will hear amazing live musicand eat…