The beauty of Uptown’s gardens is reflective of its diverse and vibrant community members. The First Annual Uptown Garden Walk provides residents an opportunity to explore the various unique identities of the neighborhood. Garden Walk participants will explore gardens that both residents and organizations have come together to create and maintain throughout the years.

There will be three different themes to help give a full picture of some of the different types of gardens that exist. Join one of the Guided Tours at the times listed below, or Guide Yourself using the map, sunrise to sunset.

Sidewalk Gardens: Starts at 10am from Chase Park, (4701 N Ashland), and tours the Sheridan Park and Buena Park neighborhoods, showcasing reimagined public spaces like the Sunnyside Mall and Triangle Gardens – and other spaces you might not traditionally think of as ‘gardens’

Coastal Gardens: Starts at 1pm from Margate Park, (4921 N Marine), and tours Uptown’s original coastline, highlighting beautiful park and community gardens as well as restored native habitat along the lakefront.

Heritage Gardens: Starts at 7pm at Winthrop Family Historical Garden, (4630 N Winthrop), and tours Uptown’s central corridor and Sheridan Road, showing where Uptown’s powerful history meets our present through beautiful deep-roots community gardens.

All are welcome! RSVP is encouraged but not required for the guided tours.

Community members are also welcome to explore the gardens on self-guided tours. Maps listing the gardens and recommended routes will be available for pick up at each of the starting locations (listed above) throughout the day.