BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Chicago Community Gardeners Association - ECPv6.15.16//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Chicago Community Gardeners Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20150308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20151101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20160313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20161106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20170312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20171105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160901T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160901T190000 DTSTAMP:20260408T223929 CREATED:20160525T172550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160526T144736Z UID:19406-1472752800-1472756400@chicagocommunitygardens.org SUMMARY:Seed Saving Workshop DESCRIPTION:The Ark of Taste is a living catalog of delicious and distinctive foods facing extinction. By identifying and championing these foods we keep them in production and on our plates. Join Slow Food members in learning about saving these valuable heirloom seeds and stay for a tasting! For more information\, please contact communitygardens@chicagoparkdistrict.com. URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/seed-saving-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Workshop/Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160902T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160902T170000 DTSTAMP:20260408T223929 CREATED:20160906T154453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160906T154453Z UID:19629-1472803200-1472835600@chicagocommunitygardens.org SUMMARY:Windy City Harvest 14 Week Certificates! DESCRIPTION:This fall\, Windy City Harvest will be offering four 14 week programs.  All courses are based out of the Arturo Velasquez Institute at 2800 S Western Ave\, but may include field trips to other sites. \nSaturdays\, 9am to 1pm\, September 10 through December 17 \n*   Aquaponic Production\n*   Season Extension\n*   Edible Landscaping and Rooftop Farming \nMonday\, Wednesday\, 6pm to 8pm\, September 12 through December 14 \n*   Business and Entrepreneurship for Local Foods – Successful completion if the Business Course and the Apprenticeship program are pre-requisites to applying for an Incubator Plot at Legends Farm \nFor full course descriptions and links to register\, please visit our website: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/urbanagriculture/apprenticeship/classes \nPlease feel free to reach out to me directly with questions. \nThank you! \nKate Gannon\, LSW\nWindy City Harvest Program Support\nkgannon@chicagobotanic.org\n847-636-7632 \nhttp://www.chicagobotanic.org/urbanagriculture URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/windy-city-harvest-14-week-certificates/ CATEGORIES:Workshop/Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160913T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160913T210000 DTSTAMP:20260408T223929 CREATED:20160503T203455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160503T210640Z UID:19308-1473793200-1473800400@chicagocommunitygardens.org SUMMARY:Green and Growing: A Speaker Series - Urban Composting and Healthy Soils DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 13 at 7pm – Urban Composting and Healthy Soils\nSpeaker: Bill Shores\, founder of Urban Edible and gardener for the Rick Bayless restaurants Topolobampo\, Xoco\, and Frontera Grill URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/green-and-growing-a-speaker-series-weird-vegetables-2016-09-09-2016-09-15/ LOCATION:Sulzer Regional Library\, 4455 N Lincoln Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60625\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Green-Growing_-A-Speaker-Series-presented-by-MMCG.no-background.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Montrose Metra Community Gardens":MAILTO:montrosemetragardens@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160917T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160917T110000 DTSTAMP:20260408T223929 CREATED:20160525T172816Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160526T144728Z UID:19408-1474106400-1474110000@chicagocommunitygardens.org SUMMARY:Composting 101 DESCRIPTION:To gardeners\, compost is considered “black gold” because of its many benefits in the garden. Compost is a great material for garden soil. Learn all about how to start and maintain healthy compost in your garden with the Illinois Extension Master Gardeners. For more information\, please contact communitygardens@chicagoparkdistrict.com.  URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/composting-101/ CATEGORIES:Workshop/Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160927T063000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160927T203000 DTSTAMP:20260408T223929 CREATED:20160915T165659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160915T183845Z UID:19646-1474957800-1475008200@chicagocommunitygardens.org SUMMARY:Community Garden Workshop DESCRIPTION:Little Village:\nLa Villita Church\n2300 S. Millard\nChicago\, IL 60623 \nSept. 27 6:30pm to 8:30pm\, Organizing your Community Garden \nJoin 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 work together to create a design map for your site. Materials and refreshments will be provided \nThe fee is $15 for the workshop\nFor more info contact us as 312-863-6255 or gardens@openlands.org\nwww.openlands.org/gardenkeepers URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/community-garden-workshop/ LOCATION:Little Village – La Villita Church\, 2300 S. Millard\, Chicago\, IL\, 60623\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa":MAILTO:gardens@openlands.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20160930T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20160930T140000 DTSTAMP:20260408T223929 CREATED:20160926T172444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160926T190737Z UID:19678-1475233200-1475244000@chicagocommunitygardens.org SUMMARY:Another Perennial Distribution_Friday\, September 30\, 2016 DESCRIPTION:ANOTHER PERENNIAL DISTRIBUTION\n\nThe CCGA Resources Committee will hold the final big perennial distribution of 2016\n \nTO PRE-REGISTER\, EMAIL THE FOLLOWING TO mamie@uic.edu :\n1)Name of Contact\, 2) Name of Garden\, 3) Address/Location of Garden \nHere are the details: \nWhen:    Friday\, September 30\, 2016\nSign-In begins at 11:00 a.m.  –  Distribution begins at 11:30 a.m. \nWhere:   New Horizons Community Garden\n401 South Central Park\n(Corner of Central Park & Van Buren\, just north of the Eisenhower Expressway.) \nWHO:    All Chicago Community Gardens are welcome to send a representative to pick up plants. \nHOW MUCH:    $5.00 Registration Fee\n(CASH\, please – no credit cards) per community garden.\nOne grouping of plants per community garden. \nWHAT:   The esteemed landscape firm Scott Byron & Company is collecting donations of plant material from Chicago area growers/businesses and will be trucking the material to the site. There will be a big assortment of perennials\, and possibly shrubs and small trees as well. Also\, an anonymous donor is contributing 100+ native perennials rarely provided through distributions. \nQUESTIONS:    Contact Mamie at mamie@uic.edu.\nOn the day of distribution:  Call Mamie at 708-990-7939 to see if there are still plants available. \nWANT TO VOLUNTEER?\nWe need volunteers to sort and distribute the plants.\n First Shift: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. – Second Shift: 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.\nPlease email Ellen Newcomer at ecnewcomer334@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer. \nThanks\, everyone!\nFollow CCGA on Facebook to see how well perennials are thriving in various gardens!\n(And continue to follow CCGA Facebook for an additional slideshow featuring select perennials to be distributed on September 30.) URL:https://chicagocommunitygardens.org/event/another-perennial-distribution_friday-september-30-2016/ LOCATION:New Horizons Community Garden\, 401 S. Central Park\, Chicago\, IL\, 60624\, United States CATEGORIES:Plant Distribution/Swap,Volunteer Opp. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR