The Historic Pullman Garden Club, with co-sponsors the Historic Pullman Foundation and Pullman State Historic Site, invite you back to the Victorian era of the 1880’s during the 22nd Annual Garden Walk – A Garden Tour and Tea, on Saturday June 25, 2016, from 10…
Si llueve sera el próximo día Domingo 15 de Mayo If it rains we will reschedule for the next day, Sunday May 15th • Limpiar/ Clean-up • Sembrar cajas compartidas/Plant shared beds • Formar equipos para / Make teams for shared • Convivo /Pot-Luck Traigan…
Learn about composting, vermicomposting, cover cropping, and other soil-building techniques. This workshop will cover soil testing and pH for vegetable crops. Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants! This workshop is instructed by Joan Hopkins, 2007 Windy City Harvest graduate and Windy City Harvest…
Monday, May 9 at 7pm –Weird Vegetables – Weird vegetables to grow and how to grow things weirdly! Speaker: Amanda Thomsen, author of Kiss My Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Yard Totally Tailored to You
Wednesday, May 18 at 7pm – Perennials, The Economizers of the Edible Landscape Speaker: Lisa Hilgenberg, horitculturalist for the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden
Tuesday, June 7 at 7pm – Fearless Food Gardening in Chicagoland Speaker: LaManda Joy, founder of Peterson Garden Project as well as author of Start a Community Garden: The Essential Handbook
Tuesday, July 26 at 7pm – From the Ground Up: Five keys to Organic Garden Success Speaker: Jean Nolan, founder of The Organic Gardener Ltd and author of From the Group Up: A Food Grower’s Education in life, Love and the Movement That’s Changing a Nation.
Monday, August 15th at 7pm – Raising Apples in Urban Environments Speaker: Dan Bussey, orchardist at Seed Savers Exchange and author of The Illustrated History of Apples in North America.
Tuesday, September 13 at 7pm – Urban Composting and Healthy Soils Speaker: Bill Shores, founder of Urban Edible and gardener for the Rick Bayless restaurants Topolobampo, Xoco, and Frontera Grill
Join us to learn how to organize all aspects of the garden from recruiting members and gaining supporters to practical ways to self organize including using apps to keep track of projects. We will also show you how to create a design map for your…