Tag: CCGA

Elite Growers Gives CCGA Another Big Gift!

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…

Ravinia in the Garden – Saturday August 22nd, 2015

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…

LVEJO Sustainability Dinner

LVEJO Sustainability Dinner

We are celebrating our Environmental Justice victories! Please join LVEJO on August 14, 2015 to celebrate the opening of La Villita Park, the 3rd anniversary of Chicago Coal Power Plants closure, access to the 31st street bus and many more! We look forward to sharing…

Much Ado About Dirt

Much Ado About Dirt

Much Ado About Dirt Brought to you by After School Matters’ Green Scene Summer Stock Teens August 12, 2015 at 12 pm Winthrop Harmony Arts Garden 4919 North Winthrop, Chicago, 60640 In case of rain: Bezazian Library Auditorium 1226 West Ainslie, Chicago 60640 Featuring the…

Windy City Harvest: Small Farm Season Extension

Windy City Harvest: Small Farm Season Extension

Arturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse Britt Calendo, Windy City Harvest PCC wellness farm coordinator. $39 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…

The Fulton Street Flower and Vegetable Garden Annual Iced Tea Social

Come on out again this year and enjoy the gardens of Garfield Park.  There will be food, fun and lots of family entertainment

Bowmanville Garden Walk

The Bowmanville garden walk features hosted gardens, where the garden owners are there to welcome you into their garden and talk about their efforts.  The hospitality overflows. This garden walk hosts an Ask the Master Gardener table at the Welcome booth, where University of IL…

Illinois Farm to School Policy Workshop

Illinois Farm to School Policy Workshop

With farm to school programs kids win, farmers win and communities win! Join Illinois Stewardship Alliance, in partnership with the Illinois Farm to School Network, for one of two exciting workshops highlighting successful local farm to school projects, the U.S. Farm to School Act of…

Summer Solstice Potluck

Summer Solstice Potluck

We would love to have CCGA members join Chicago Honey Co-op and Slow Food Chicago for our annual Sweet Summer Solstice potluck. The most affordable fundraiser in Chicago is happening on June 20 at Rancho Verde (headquarters of Christy Webber Landscaping), just East of the Center…