The University of Illinois Extension has just announced an Urban Ag training program being held on 12 consecutive Wednesdays from May 10th through July 26th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Location: the Children’s Farm at The Center, 12700 S. Southwest Highway, Palos Park, IL. Intended for…
The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Tuesday April 25th at 6:30 pm at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. and our focus will be planning for our Membership retreat and a review of the recent annual CCGA conference. We’ll…
Join us on April 8 at 10:00am for the first CCGA plant distribution of the year. Following a short presentation, a nice assortment of spring annuals will be available including pansies, violas, linaria, calendula, cerinthe, anemones, and alyssum. These annuals are cold-hardy and will be…
Presented by Montrose Metra Community Gardens, the Ravenswood Manor Garden Club and Chicago Public Library At The Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Avenue Chicago IL 60625 Monday, March 20 at 7pm In the Garden: What’s New, What’s Old and What Works Speaker: Jennifer Paravola…
If you want some apple, pear or plum trees for your community garden or want to find out what grafting fruit tress is all about then do attend the Midwest Fruit Explorers (MidFEx) grafting workshop on Sunday March 26, 2017 at 1pm. The purpose…
A capacity crowd of ninety-one community gardeners and friends attended the Resource Committee’s morning workshop March 4 at the Center for Green Technology! Additional chairs were placed in the aisles on either side of the room and at the back of the room and still…
The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Saturday March 18th at 10am at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. and will be our final planning meeting before the 2017 Annual Conference. We’ll meet on the 2nd floor and there is…
When: Saturday, March 25, 2017 from 9am-2pm Location: Breakthough FamilyPlex, 3219 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624 Workshops • Panel Discussion • Exhibitors • Seed Distribution Idea Sharing • Continental Breakfast • Delicious Lunch Door Prizes • Community Building Workshops, including: Season Extension for Community…
Join us! The Education Committee will meet on Friday, February 17th at 10am at the Richard M. Daley Branch Library in Humboldt Park at 733 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL 60612. Parking is available, and it is accessible via the CTA Bus #52 and #66. Here is the agenda…
Wild Things 2017 Conference Saturday, February 18 2017 9am – 6pm This is the seventh biennial Wild Things Conference, bringing together volunteers, advocates, citizen scientists, researchers, and nature enthusiasts from across the Chicago region. We look forward to welcoming you to our new conference space…