Tag: community gardening

Bag-Your-Own-Bulbs at Garfield Park Conservatory – FREE

Bag-Your-Own-Bulbs at Garfield Park Conservatory – FREE

JUST ADDED — Free bulbs for gardeners! One day only. See info below: We have more than enough tulips and are happy to give them out to the community gardeners. We didn’t get through bagging all the ones that came last night and we expect…

Volunteers Needed at a Community Garden in South Shore

Looking for volunteers to assist with planting at the 7032 S Merrill Community Garden from 10A to 12 : 30P on Thursday, May 29th. Please email Iyonna Rivers at iyonnarivers8@gmail.com if you would like to participate.    

Spring Gardening Tips on WTTW

Eliza Fournier of Chicago Botanic Garden just appeared on WTTW to share some tips on splitting perennials, bulb care, timing planting, and other spring gardening issues. Spring Gardening Tips on WTTW

*POSTPONED* Connecting Chicago Community Gardens (CCCG) Meeting

*POSTPONED* Connecting Chicago Community Gardens (CCCG) Meeting

THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Openlands along with our partners at NeighborSpace and gardeners from the Connecting Chicago’s Community Gardens (CCCG) network invite you to join us as we plan community gardening events for the summer and promote activities which strengthen the…

Seedling sales and Workdays at the Howard Street Farm

Seedling sales and Workdays at the Howard Street Farm

*ATTENTION: In response to requests, we have added a non-Saturday date for Seedling Sales. We will be selling seedlings this coming Sunday, May 25th from 10 am to 2 pm.* Choose local, lovingly, and organically-grown seedlings for your garden this year. The Talking Farm will…

Meet Mike Nowak at Christy Webber Farm and Garden

Meet Mike Nowak at Christy Webber Farm and Garden

Meet Mike Nowak, Garden Expert & Radio Personality Bring your toughest garden questions. Prizes and raffles!

How do you like these apples?

A great read about Chicago Rarities Orchard Project‘s Dave Snyder. Next month, after six years of working tirelessly to make the project happen, Snyder and CROP members will see Chicago break ground for the nation’s first rare varieties heritage orchard in the Logan Square neighborhood.…

McKinley Park Community Garden Organic Plant Sale

McKinley Park Community Garden Organic Plant Sale

The McKinley Park Community Garden will be hosting an Organic Plant Sale on Saturday May 17  All plants are $3 or 4 plants for $10.  Plants include nine varieties of tomatoes,  six  varieties of peppers, three  varieties of eggplant and several herbs.  All proceeds will…

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse Plant Sale

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse Plant Sale

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse will offer more than 150 varieties of organically-grown vegetable, herb, and flower seedlings. Customers can expect a wide variety of open-pollinated and heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. Other highlights include an assortment of herbs, greens and onions. This year will feature…

Food Not Bombs Community Garden Project

Chicagoist has a great post about the Food Not Bombs Community Garden Project‘s work in transforming an abandoned police station in Pilsen: Taking a break from bringing over jugs of water filled from a house nearby, Eli Gonzalez, who grew up in Little Village and…