The CCGA Resources working group is hosting a houseplant distribution on Saturday February 4th. The event is open to the public and will begin at 10am until we run out of plants. At 11:00am Eve Venable will present a workshop on houseplant identification, propagation, health…
We are delighted that vegetable growing expert Dan Gibbs will give a workshop on early season vegetables you can get started soon in your community garden (or on your window sill). Each attending community garden will receive packets of the appropriate seeds. Also, the Resources…
Thursday July 18th at 4pm is cutoff date for registering.
Saturday April 14th 2018 at 10am at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd.
The CCGA Resources and Education Committees are jointly present a new workshop for Chicago community gardeners. Edde Jones, Program Director of Greencorps, will teach us tool safety; we will also have a demonstration on the maintenance of basic gardening tools. This is the workshop originally…
Due to weather conditions, the CCGA Resources Committee Tool Distribution, Saturday, 02/10/18, has been cancelled. Please watch your emails for the rescheduling of the Tool Distribution. The CCGA Resources & Education Committees jointly present a new workshop for Chicago community gardeners. Eddie Jones, Program…
In a month or so frost will be biting at our herbs and vegetables that are not cold hardy, and many gardeners will be ready to catch their breath again, but greenhouse prep has already begun. It’s time to shelter ornamentals and start propagation, and…
This year it was over 6000 plants on two trucks, the first from Elite Growers and the next to arrive, the Scott Byron & Co. truck, pulling a trailer. It had to be piled higher than last year to hold that many shrubs, grasses, perennials,…
Bulbs! On Saturday October 21, the CCGA Resources Committee distributed 5600 allium, tulip and daffodil bulbs to over seventy Chicago community gardens. The Resources Committee purchased the bulbs using funds previously received from the gardeners in the form of registration fees, and the photo shows…
The CCGA Resources Committee will holds its annual fall bulb distribution on: Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 9:30am Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT) 445 North Sacramento Boulevard We hope that you can stop by to receive a nice sampling of bulbs to plant now.…