Resources September Perennial Distribution – Friday September 29, 2023
This Distribution is open to traditional community gardens, school gardens, and parkway gardens. Let’s beautify them all!
This Distribution is open to traditional community gardens, school gardens, and parkway gardens. Let’s beautify them all!
The Howard Area Community Garden will be hosting a tour of community and public gardens in the north Rogers Park neighborhood. The event is scheduled from Saturday, July 29th, starting at 9:30 at Jarvis Square Pottery Garden. We will walk to Dubkin Garden, Hello Howard,…
This is the June distribution which includes a variety of perennials from Elite Growers. This event is for community gardens only. Where: New Horizons Garden 401 S. Central Park Time: 10am Register: RSVP the name and address of your community garden by June 22 to:…
The Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards (CEGA), Chicago’s only citywide gardening awards program, is now accepting entries for its 7th year of honoring city gardeners. Once again, CEGA judges will fan out across the city to visit backyards, parkways, school lots, community gardens and more,…
This is the May Distribution which includes vegetables, summer annual and seeds. There will also be some cannas, delphiniums, dahlias and hanging baskets for modest prices. This is for community gardens only. Where: Center for Green Technology (CCGT) 445 N. Sacramento Blvd Time: 9:30am Register:…
Hello community gardeners! Finally, it looks like the weather is warming up, and just in time! Join us this weekend for our first two FREE events in the How Does Your Garden Grow? Spring Series.
CCGA is stepping into spring with a new vision of how we can gather. We’re inviting you, Chicago’s community gardeners, to co-host a series of events with us – for gardeners across the city to learn about and experience community gardening, right in our gardens!…
Join CCGA for a free workshop on preparing your vegetable garden for the 2023 growing season with Steve Schultz, Farm Supervisor, and Niki Urell, Farm Site Coordinator, of Chicago Farm Works. Farm Works is a program of Heartland Human Care Services, located in East Garfield…
The issue of PFAS contamination in biosolids has become a concerning issue for community gardeners. Since last autumn, CCGA has been focused specifically on the problem community gardeners face with biosolids from MWRD (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District) and the necessity of starting a community-wide discussion…
The CCGA Resources working group is hosting a houseplant distribution on Saturday February 4th. The event is open to the public and will begin at 10am until we run out of plants. At 11:00am Eve Venable will present a workshop on houseplant identification, propagation, health…