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Presentations for CCGA’s 8th Annual Conference have been selected. Twelve of them!
Our 2020 conference, with the theme “Connections through Gardening: Plants, People and the Environment,” aims to explore and celebrate the interconnectedness of our shared garden work and to foster relationships and conversations that shape and support best practices for sustainable living and growing in Chicago.…
CCGA Resources Provide Plants to Over 100 Gardens!
According to Windy City Harvest our growing season here is 204 days long and to help get things going our CCGA Resources Team grew 8000 vegetable starts, herbs, and ornamentals in its two greenhouses which were distributed to over 100 community gardens on Saturday May…
What is the Clean Fifteen? Have You Heard of the Dirty Dozen? – Pesticide Residue in Food
Pesticide Residue in Food Well, here’s news about good reasons to grow our own food. By now just about everyone has been convinced of the important health benefits of eating leafy, green vegetables and adding fiber to our diets. We know these veggies reduce the…
Inspiring Climate Forum at the Field Museum
Sunday, December 3, 2017, close to 1,500 like-minded folks from more than 70 partner organizations and sponsors across the Chicago region attended a Climate Forum at the Field Museum right up against the bones of ‘Sue’, the largest, best-preserved, world-famous fossil and most complete Tyrannosaurus…
2017 CEGA Awards
Congratulations to all the 2017 Chicago Excellence in Gardening Award (CEGA) winners! Here is the Hermitage Street Garden displaying their 2017 CEGA award sign! You can view photos of other gardens displaying their new CEGA signs HERE. Special thanks go out to the CEGA sponsors:…
Next CCGA Coordinating Meeting – Monday Nov. 27, 6:00pm
The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Monday November 27th at 6:00pm at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. The main item agenda is planning for the 2018 conference. We will meet on the 2nd floor and there is parking…
Free Fall Compost Workshops – Saturday Nov. 4th & Nov. 11th
COMPOSTING IN PUBLIC SPACES – Sharing What We’ve Learned NeighborSpace garden leaders and stakeholders, in partnership with sponsor Hills Brothers Coffee, are hosting two free hands-on community composting education days. Community gardeners and community composters are invited to join us by registering for this free…
Annual Greenhouse Clean-up at CCGT
In a month or so frost will be biting at our herbs and vegetables that are not cold hardy, and many gardeners will be ready to catch their breath again, but greenhouse prep has already begun. It’s time to shelter ornamentals and start propagation, and…
Sept. 29 Plant Distribution – Largest Yet for CCGA
This year it was over 6000 plants on two trucks, the first from Elite Growers and the next to arrive, the Scott Byron & Co. truck, pulling a trailer. It had to be piled higher than last year to hold that many shrubs, grasses, perennials,…