On October 24, 2015, the Garfield Park Conservatory graciously hosted our 2015 Bulb distribution. The CCGA Resource Committee distributed 5400 bulbs to 65 community gardens! Special thanks to Mattie Wilson of the Garfield Park Conservatory, who not only gave an excellent presentation on bulb planting…
CCGA wants to thank Scott Byron & Co., a prominent Illinois landscape company, for soliciting other landscapers and growers for plant material, for donating material itself, and then gathering and delivering all the donations to this year’s North and South CCGA locations. The donors included:…
Please save the date for the next CCGA Member meeting on October 28th at 6:00 pm in the Garfield Park Conservatory. Members will continue discussing the work of each of the 4 CCGA working groups and plans for the annual spring event and of course…
If you would like fruit or nut trees for your community garden, please submit an application here (http://goo.gl/forms/XIblsfYBjo). The deadline is fast approaching and is September 7th, 2015. Please contact Gabriela Naveda at Openlands for the list of fruit trees available or if you have…
Hello, CCGA members, It’s been a long time since we have had a membership gathering so we could mix and mingle, share our stories and news, share some stuff we no longer have a use for, and talk about what you all would like CCGA…
On Friday August 7, 2015, the Resources Committee of CCGA received 2700 more perennials from Elite Growers! Thanks to a great group of volunteer community gardeners, we were able to sort the plants in record time, and by 2:00 p.m. we had distributed all of…
The CCGA Resources Committee thanks everyone who came to one of the two sites on May 9th and 16th to pick up a boxful (or basketful) of vegetable seedlings to plant in their community gardens. Thanks to generous donations from Westover Farms, Macy’s, the Winnetka…
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…
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…
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…