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SUMMARY:4th Annual McKinley Park Garden Walk
DESCRIPTION:McKinley Park is home to a 69-acre public park and countless enthusiastic home gardeners! Come see what we have growing! During the walk\, garden hosts will have activities which include seed saving as well as share items from their gardens. The McKinley Park Farmer’s Market will be happening at the same time. Finally\, special events such as yoga and art classes will be happening throughout the day. Pick up your map at the McKinley Park Community Garden located at 1900 W. Pershing or the McKinley Park Farmer’s Market located that intersection of Archer Ave and Western Ave.
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/4th-annual-mckinley-park-garden-walk/
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SUMMARY:Pine Cone Bird Feeders Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Feeding the birds is a fun activity for the whole family. Join Illinois Extension Master Gardeners to make and take home your own pine cone bird feeders. For more information\, please contact communitygardens@chicagoparkdistrict.com.
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/pine-cone-bird-feeders-workshop/
LOCATION:Community Roots Demonstration Garden at Skinner Park\, 1331 W Adams St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop/Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160811T080000
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SUMMARY:Jacklyn and the Beanstalk
DESCRIPTION:When 13-year-old Jacklyn\, who has a fear of heights\, climbs a giant beanstalk\, she encounters Giant Baby Ju Ju\, whose fear of eating anything fresh causes her to gobble only sugary Smarties and Dum Dum lollipops as a steady diet!  “Fee-fi-fo-fum. Will I get a Smartie or will I get a Dum Dum?” With the help of the audience\, these two conquer their phobias in this interactive play for children. The show is staged in an outdoor community garden and the scenery is grown from pole beans. Audience members will get to pick and sample fresh beans as they learn about protein and good nutrition. If you think Millennium Park has the only BEAN – you need to check out this show!\n\n\nDirector\, Martie Sanders\, is a Chicago actress and teaching artist\, best known for her work in performing comedic autobiographical stories with Sweat Girls (www.sweatgirls.org). Sanders now takes her love of theater and storytelling\, mixes it with her green thumb\, and mentors teenagers in growing food and crafting free summer theater for Uptown audiences in the garden. Sanders was awarded grants to pay six young people (ages 14-18) a minimum wage to learn gardening while devising the play. The teen writer/performer/gardeners began growing the scenery in May.\nThis project is partially supported by funding from Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with an Individual Artist’s Grant\, Whole Kids Foundation and The Puffin Foundation.\n\n\nJACKLYN AND THE BEANSTALK\nConceived and Directed by:  Martie Sanders\nAdapted and performed by Green Scene Chicago’s Summer Stock Teen Ensemble:\nAbubakar Ayuba\, Chisom Chima\, Catherine Kannah\, Devene Parker\, Liliane Tran and Aida Zeleke.\n\nWHERE\nWinthrop Harmony Arts Garden\n4919 North Winthrop\, Chicago\, Illinois 60640\nAudience will sit picnic style in outdoor garden.\n\nSHOW TIMES\nAugust 11 at 11 am\, 12:30 pm\, 2:30 pm \nAugust 12 at 11 am\, 12:30 pm\, 2:30 pm\, 6 pm \n\nTICKETS\nFree performances\nGroups of 6 or more please make a reservation at martie@greenscenechicago.org\n\nWINTHROP HARMONY ARTS GARDEN – PROJECT HISTORY\nIn 2012\, Sanders met with 48th Ward Alderman Harry Osterman asking for public space to create a theater garden. Osterman arranged to give her an abandoned lot to transform into the community garden and performing arts venue that she envisioned. Sanders rallied the neighborhood\, teenagers\, and all her theater pals to create the The Winthrop Harmony Arts Garden from the ground up. Seven neighborhood families tend the garden and share food collectively.  Additionally\, four community-based organizations\, (Uptown Ministries\, Chinese Mutual Aid\, Vietnamese Association and Green Scene Chicago)\, have their own garden beds to tend while mentoring teams of children in grades K-12. NeighborSpace\, an urban land trust in Chicago that preserves and sustains gardens on behalf of dedicated community groups\, protects the garden.  It has summer veggies\, perennial flowers\, and fruits: Asian pear trees\, raspberry\, elderberry\, strawberry and Concord grape. Going into its fourth summer\, Green Scene Chicago has hosted more than 12 public free performances including theater\, dance\, wind ensembles\, spoken word\, and an Asian tradition of a “Welcoming the Moon” harvest festival.\n\nGREEN SCENE CHICAGO\nSanders founded Green Scene Chicago in 2012 with the mission to link community members across generations and cultures by using organic gardening lessons to inspire story performances and by using garden sites as theater venues. Sanders teaches her Green Scene Chicago curriculums in Chicago Public Schools during the school year\, while The Winthrop Harmony Arts Garden is Green Scene Chicago’s summertime artistic home. Other projects and past teen ensembles from 2013-2016 are documented in photos on www.greenscenechicago.org\n\n\nPRESS CONTACT\nMartie Sanders\, martie@greenscenechicag.org.   (773) 769-6488
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/jacklyn-and-the-beanstalk/
LOCATION:Winthrop Harmony Arts Garden\, 4919 North Winthrop\, Chicago\, IL\, 60640\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social
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SUMMARY:ANOTHER CCGA Perennial Plant Distribution Friday\, August 12\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:CCGA SECOND PERENNIAL PLANT DISTRIBUTION\n\nElite Growers does it again!\nElite is donating another group of perennials to CCGA! \nFRIDAY\, August 12\, 2016\nNew Horizons Community Garden\n401 S. Central Park\n(southeast corner of Van Buren and Central Park)\nNote: Parking is available on both Central Park and Van Buren \nTO PRE-REGISTER –\nPlease email the following information to Mamie Gray (mamie@uic.edu): \n        NAME of community garden\n        ADDRESS of community garden\n        EMAIL of contact person for community garden\n(Pre-registration is not complete without this information) \n10:00 a.m          CHECK-IN:\n                               $5.00 Registration Fee\, payable when you check on at the event.\nNo credit cards please. One group of perennials per community garden. \n11:00 a.m          DISTRIBUTION:\nUntil all plants are gone. \nWant to volunteer to help sort and distribute the perennials?\nEmail Ellen Newcomer at ecnewcomer334@gmail.com. We need volunteers for two hour shifts at 8:30 a.m. Let Ellen know your availability. THANKS! \nSee You There!
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/another-ccga-perennial-plant-distribution-friday-august-12-2016/
LOCATION:New Horizons Community Garden\, 401 S. Central Park\, Chicago\, IL\, 60624\, United States
CATEGORIES:Plant Distribution/Swap,Volunteer Opp.
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SUMMARY:Green and Growing: A Speaker Series - Raising Apples in Urban Environments
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, August 15th at 7pm – Raising Apples in Urban Environments\nSpeaker: Dan Bussey\, orchardist at Seed Savers Exchange and author of The Illustrated History of Apples in North America.
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/green-and-growing-a-speaker-series-weird-vegetables-2016-09-09/
LOCATION:Sulzer Regional Library\, 4455 N Lincoln Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60625\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Montrose Metra Community Gardens":MAILTO:montrosemetragardens@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160818T180000
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SUMMARY:Native Pollinators Safari
DESCRIPTION:Honeybees aren’t the only pollinating insects. There are many varieties of native bees\, wasps and flies that pollinate the plants we see around us every day. Armed with an identification sheet\, go on the hunt with the Chicago Honey Co-op for native species and see how many you can find! For more information\, please contact communitygardens@chicagoparkdistrict.com.
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/native-pollinators-safari/
CATEGORIES:Workshop/Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160825T180000
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SUMMARY:Perennial Gardening
DESCRIPTION:Keep your perennial garden growing and blooming successfully with a few valuable lessons from the staff at the Chicago Botanic Garden. For more information\, please contact communitygardens@chicagoparkdistrict.com.
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/perennial-gardening/
CATEGORIES:Workshop/Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160827T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160827T110000
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SUMMARY:Garden to Go
DESCRIPTION:Kids (and parents) who grow their own vegetables are more likely to eat them. Join us for a cooking demonstration using freshly harvested produce from the garden that the whole family can enjoy! For more information\, please contact communitygardens@chicagoparkdistrict.com.
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/garden-to-go/
CATEGORIES:Workshop/Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160829T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160829T200000
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SUMMARY:CCGA Coordinating Meeting – Monday August 29th 2016 at 6:30pm at CCGT Offices
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at 6:30pm Monday August 29th at the Chicago Center for Green Technology at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. The meeting agenda includes: CCGA Working Team reports and preliminary work-shop planning for the 2017 CCGA Annual Conference. We’ll meet on the 2nd floor and there is parking behind the building.
URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/ccga-coordinating-meeting-monday-august-29th-2016-at-630pm-at-ccgt-offices/
LOCATION:Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT)\, 445 N Sacramento\, Chicago\, IL\, 60612\, United States
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