It wasn’t hard to gauge the level of interest and commitment to gardening in Chicago Saturday, May 6, as representatives from about 105 community gardens from all over the city gathered for CCGA’s mostly veggie distribution. With over 6000 seedlings grown by the Resources Committee,…
There is a lot available for to use for farming or gardening at little or no cost. Currently the space is a little used community garden, but it needs work. The lot is located at 6951 S. Justine. If anyone is interested contact: Mark Weitekamper…
The CCGA Education Committee is meeting Monday, May 22, at 6:30 pm at Feed, 2803 W. Chicago Ave. The minutes from the April meeting can be downloaded here. See you soon!
The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting will be Tuesday, May 23 at 6pm at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. and our focus will be preparation for our retreat and wrap-up reporting on the CCGA 5th Annual Conference in March.…
Cultural heritage panel! Seed swap! Community slideshow of urban farms and gardens! Potluck! Chicken care workshop! Know Your Rights Resource Table! Come together with us to enjoy all this and more at AUA’s Cultural Heritage Spring Gathering! We hope you can join us for this…
The Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse will offer more than 150 varieties of organically-grown vegetable, herb, and flower seedlings. Customers can expect a wide variety of open-pollinated and heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. Other highlights include an assortment of herbs, greens and onions. This year will…
Community gardeners, please join us on May 6 for our Annual Spring Vegetable and Flower Seedling Distribution! This season, the CCGA Resources committee has cultivated 28 varieties of Tomatoes! We’ll also have eggplant, peppers, parsley, chives, hyssop, clary sage, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, broccoli, thyme,…
On a delightful, sunny morning, a day to open windows and let fresh air in, a welcome spring day after several days of rain, the GGCA Resources committee held its Annual Spring distribution April 8th. The morning began with a talk by Val Kehoe, Horticulture…
The CCGA Resources Committee has presented their annual report for 2016:
The Historic Pullman Garden Club, with co-sponsors the Historic Pullman Foundation, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Pullman State Historic Site, invite you back to the Victorian era of the 1880’s during the 23rd Annual Garden Walk – A Garden Walk and Tea, on Saturday June…