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Bountiful Bench Unveiling Ceremony

Bountiful Bench Unveiling Ceremony

Bucktown Community Organization (BCO) presents THE INTALLATION OF AN ORIGINAL BRONZE SCULPTURE BY ChrisTina Murphy join us for the UNVEILING CEREMONY Installation Sponsored by Bucktown Community Organization For inquiries please contact Rock Art Studio: (773) 216-7614 / rockartstudio@yahoo.com

Children’s Harvest Festival / Festival Anual de la Cosecha para los Niños

Children’s Harvest Festival / Festival Anual de la Cosecha para los Niños

FREE event this Saturday for our Annual Fall Children’s Harvest Festival from 12pm to 3pm! El Paseo Community Garden at 966 W. 21st St. Join us for Pumpkin painting, games, pinata, prizes, potluck and much more! Please wear your costumes and bring a dish to…

Pilsen Urban Agriculture Field Day

Pilsen Urban Agriculture Field Day

Join us as we tour Pilsen urban agriculture sites. Community members will be on hand to discuss practices that can be applied to your growing site! 11:00AM: Meet at Xochiquetzal Peace Garden – 1901 W. 23rd St. – Learn more about school gardening at this…

2015 Growing Food and Justice for All Gathering

2015 Growing Food and Justice for All Gathering

We are getting excited for our annual Growing Food and Justice Annual Gathering, where we hope to see new faces as well as old friends! We hope to use the conference as an opportunity to strengthen relationships with community partners, and to share food and…

What’s Happening in the Garden? – Peterson Garden Project

Join us for our free class, What’s Happening in the Garden?, taught in a different Peterson Garden Project community garden every month. For the month of September, we’ll talk about: -adjusting the garden to cooler temperatures -fall pests and diseases and what to do about…

Yoga in the Garden at Vedgewater

Yoga in the Garden at Vedgewater

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…

Community Tomato Tasting and Seed Saving Demonstration

Community Tomato Tasting and Seed Saving Demonstration

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…

Tomato Fest

Tomato Fest

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…

Ravinia in the Garden – Saturday August 22nd, 2015

“RAVINIA IN THE GARDEN” Join us as we celebrate a productive 4th Season. Network with friends and learn about new additions to the garden landscape. Enjoy live entertainment and delicious food. Support our first Fundraiser at Kuumba Tre-Ahm Community Garden. Date: Saturday, August 22, 2015…

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…