The CCGA will meet again on Saturday, April 11th at the Chicago Center for Green Technology. RSVP and details here. The March 7th CCGA Annual Conference was a great success, with over 220 community gardeners and friends attending to enjoy a multitude of workshops and…
On Saturday, March 7th, over 220 gardeners representing more than 90 community gardens gathered for workshops, seed swapping, and fellowship at the 3rd Annual CCGA Gathering. Thanks to all who came. We have shared some pictures below. We encourage you to post more pictures in…
Happy New Season, Chicago community Gardeners! We want to bring you up to date on CCGA‘s 2014 activities as well as our plans for 2015. In early 2014, CCGA formed an Interim Steering Committee which has updated the website, written bylaws, and planned numerous gardener…
Corona offers a very limited number of landscape tool grants to gardens on a first-come, first-served basis. The application is very simple.
KAM Isaiah Israel’s Social Justice Committee is presenting the 6th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Food Justice and Sustainability Weekend, with a focus this year on ‘Climate Change and Civil Rights.’ Learn more about this exciting, informative, and free three-day conference on our event page.
Kitchen Gardens International is a simple-to-apply-for grant for food gardens. The deadline is this Friday, January 9th at 4 pm, Central time. Learn how to apply on our event page.
Have you ever wanted to expand programming at your site outside the usual boundaries of gardening? Would you like to help musical performances, barbecues, salsa tastings, art classes, birthday parties, holiday observances, or other creative events happen at your garden? The National Environmental Education Foundation…
This November, Angelic Organics Learning Center is holding three workshops on urban chicken care, two of them taught by Jennifer Murtoff, the Midwest’s only urban chicken consultant. Details below. Basic Backyard Chicken Care – November 8th Chicken Butchery – November 9th Urban Chicken Health Care…
It’s time again to sign up for Openlands’s terrific GardenKeepers class. This year’s session will take place at McKinley Library Park. Register at the Openlands website. Registration deadline is October 29th. Do you want to grow your own food in a garden you share with…
On Saturday, September 27, 2014, CCGA conducted the 2014 Great Perennial Divide. The CCGA Steering Committee would like to recognize and thank everyone who participated; it was a great success! First, our thanks to Scott Byron & Co. Inc., the prestigious Chicago area landscaping firm,…