Tag: community gardening

Hermitage Street Community Garden Workday

Hermitage Street Community Garden Workday

Please contact Garden Leader Cordia Pugh (773-480-9188, cordia.pugh@att.net) if you are planning to come to a work day. Work days are contingent upon weather, and Cordia will inform you of any changes as soon as they are known. Full schedule of planned Hermitage work days:…

GardenKeepers Workshop – “Planting for Success”

GardenKeepers Workshop – “Planting for Success”

Ever feel confused as to what veggies you should plant when you have limited space? Want to grow more than just tomatoes? Adrienne Detanico, staff member from The Organic Gardener will provide us with information on choosing what to plant and taking care of our plants…

CCGA Receives Generous Plant Donation from Macy’s Flower Show

The CCGA Resources Committee asked, and was granted permission, to visit Macy’s after hours earlier this month to pick up almost eight hundred tropical plants that had been part of the Macy’s Spring Flower Show. Our thanks go to R. Todd Pope, Project Manager and…

Spring Grafting Workshop – Midwest Fruit Explorers

Spring Grafting Workshop – Midwest Fruit Explorers

Want Fruit Trees in Your Garden? Attend the Mid-West Fruit Explorers spring grafting workshop where you can graft fruit trees for your garden. The only cost to attendees is a nominal charge for grafting material. However, there is a minimum 25 dollar parking fee for…

Jardincito – Children’s Tree Planting / SIEMBRA DE ÁRBOLES PARA LOS NIÑOS

Jardincito – Children’s Tree Planting / SIEMBRA DE ÁRBOLES PARA LOS NIÑOS

Jardincito Advisory Council invites you and your young children to a CHILDREN’S TREE PLANTING Please join us for a very special ceremonial tree planting to celebrate the launch of Jardincito Community Play Garden! Bring your shovel! Bring a spoon! Bring your hands! Light snacks and…

“Spring Flowers Galore” a big success

Almost seventy community gardeners gathered on April 11 to discuss 2015 goals for each of the six CCGA committees – Communications, Development, Education, Shared Resources, Volunteer Coordination and Membership. It was an excellent brainstorming session. Details and a meeting date for committees to follow up…

Window Boxes take flight at O’Hare

Window Boxes take flight at O’Hare

The community gardeners of CCGA are making their mark at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. This past week, the CCGA Resources Committee, assisted by the Austin Green Team and by NeighborSpace, designed window boxes including flower and vegetable plantings. They used many of their home-grown plants…

Chicken Keeping Classes at the Garfield Park Conservatory

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance is  hosting a series of chicken care classes taught by Jennifer Murtoff of Home to Roost LLC at Garfield Park Conservatory this spring, summer and fall. The series goes through the basics of keeping chickens in the city and into the details…

GardenKeepers Workshop – “Insect Identification and Pest Control”

Tired of having pests enjoy your garden more than you do? Join us as Carol Lerner teaches us how to identify different insects as friend or foe and what we can do to help our plants survive without pesticides

Stir the Pot – Spring Workday

Stir the Pot – Spring Workday

Help us move wood chips for a good cause. Starting our 2nd garden aimed at feeding the homeless & seniors in Chicago. Make a difference in the lives of others. Come out and support. Water and snacks will be provided. Friends welcome. If you have…