We are helping to facilitate a multi-site plant giveaway on Saturday, September 28th. We need volunteers to help run the event. This is a great chance to connect with your fellow gardeners and help gardens all over the city, while also getting first dibs on…
The seeds planted at the Connecting Chicago Community Gardeners conference this past February are starting to sprout! Gardeners have created a weekend-by-weekend schedule of garden tours happening throughout the city. Learn more about your own neighborhood, or get out to see what’s going on in…
It was a typically cold and windy Chicago day on February 23rd, but that didn’t stop over 200 gardeners from gathering at the first Connecting Chicago Community Gardeners (CCCG). Green- and community-minded people from all across Chicago came for a day of panel discussions and…
As harvest draws near, it’s time to start thinking about building your garden’s intellectual capital up for next year. Enroll in the OpenLands Garden Keepers course: Do you want grow your own food in a garden you share with friends and neighbors? Are you a…
Chicago community gardeners are taking organizing to a new level, and we want YOU to join us. CONNECTING CHICAGO COMMUNITY GARDENERS Planting the Seeds of Community Saturday, February 23, 2013 Chicago Center for Green Technology 445 N Sacramento Blvd 9:00 am – 4:00 pm This gathering…
CCCG is hosting a perennial giveaway in Garfield Park on August 29th, and they could use some volunteers. It’s a chance to help a great organization, learn how to run a plant giveaway, a snag some fancy perennials for yourself. Details below: We have a…
We have updated the CCCG 2013 Garden Tour schedule to include the Rogers Park Garden Group’s Garden Meander this Tuesday, July 30th. Check it out!
CCCG’s summer of garden tours continues in West Town this Sunday, July 28th: Wood Street Garden Walk (West Town) 12-5pm Wood Street between Division and Augusta Contact: marjiei@yahoo.com The tour will include looks at GreenHouse Garden and Frankie Machine. Check out the full 2013 garden…