Our 2020 conference, with the theme “Connections through Gardening: Plants, People and the Environment,” aims to explore and celebrate the interconnectedness of our shared garden work and to foster relationships and conversations that shape and support best practices for sustainable living and growing in Chicago.…
Our next CCGA coordinating meeting is Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 6pm at Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N Sacramento. We will meet in the second floor classroom, and there is parking behind the building. As always, try and bring a snack or drink…
Our next CCGA coordinating meeting is Thursday, December 12 at 6pm at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT (445 N. Sacramento Blvd.). We will meet on the 2nd floor meeting room and there is parking behind the building and as always try and bring…
It’s the time of year again when the Goethe Solutionaries garden program stewarded by CCGA gardener Huu Nguyen holds a fundraising run, this year is its third! Two young people, Jaci and Kaila, are each running a mile to help raise funds for the program. The…
It was all over the internet. In early October, every major news organization reported it and one simple search yielded 8,000 results. The study, Decline of the North American Avifauna, reported that across the United States and Canada some “3 billion fewer birds have been…
We’d love to hear about it! Submit any recommendations to the communications team along with a contact person if possible. Keep in mind that the location will need to hold at least 200 people and be suitable for several concurrent workshops. Do you want to…
Right now, Aldermen Lopez (15th ward) and Napolitano (41st ward) are pushing an ordinance to severely limit livestock in your backyards and neighborhood farms. This ordinance, introduced without meaningful community input, hinders the ability of Chicago residents and urban farmers to grow and raise their…
On Saturday, October 12, city-wide gardeners gathered at the historic Austin Town Hall Park and Cultural Center for the presentation of the 3rd Annual Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards. This year, the garden entrants represented 43 wards in 76 neighborhoods! CCGA is one of the many…
There’s never been one with CCGA Resources. It’s quite a challenge, and this team has done distributions so well, so successfully, with such attention to detail and advance planning, and still they do it. The generosity of growers donating so much material has a lot…
August 3rd, saw Chef Fresh, who may be the most creative person CCGA has ever seen in a “kitchen classroom” create an hour or two of culinary magic with a pasta making workshop. CCGA Education Committee and Chef created a kitchen out of space…