The CCGA Resources Committee has planned the largest plant distribution we have ever organized for Friday September 29th at 12 noon, see the full details below. This will be the largest perennial distribution ever and expect to receive a carload of plants for your gardens!…
It’s said that one of the greatest gifts you can give is your time, and CCGA has immense gratitude for the volunteers that have given time and energy to our plant distributions and helped in our gardens this summer! We couldn’t do this without you…
The prestigious landscape company Scott Byron & Co. will once again coordinate the collection and delivery of donated perennials and shrubs for the CCGA Resources Fall Perennial Distribution. Who: For all Chicago Community Gardens. One group of plants per garden, please. What: A variety of…
Fifteen community gardens were represented at the Saturday, July 15 Mini-Distribution. Lots of vegetable seedlings, native plants, and ornamentals were distributed without cost, and—best of all—it was a great opportunity for all gardeners to compare notes and stories. Community gardeners are the best!
The CCGA Resources Committee received donated plant material that it wanted to pass along to community gardeners this last weekend, and it went off nicely, even with short notice. There were representatives from seventeen community gardens, and they picked up dahlia tubers, gladiolus bulbs, miscanthus…
It wasn’t hard to gauge the level of interest and commitment to gardening in Chicago Saturday, May 6, as representatives from about 105 community gardens from all over the city gathered for CCGA’s mostly veggie distribution. With over 6000 seedlings grown by the Resources Committee,…
Community gardeners, please join us Saturday, May 6 for our Annual Spring Vegetable and Flower Seedling Distribution! When: May 6 @ 10:00am Where: Center for Green Technology @ 445 N. Sacramento in Chicago Cost: $5 per garden Please register in advance with Mamie at mamie@uic.edu…
Community gardeners, please join us on May 6 for our Annual Spring Vegetable and Flower Seedling Distribution! This season, the CCGA Resources committee has cultivated 28 varieties of Tomatoes! We’ll also have eggplant, peppers, parsley, chives, hyssop, clary sage, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, broccoli, thyme,…
On a delightful, sunny morning, a day to open windows and let fresh air in, a welcome spring day after several days of rain, the GGCA Resources committee held its Annual Spring distribution April 8th. The morning began with a talk by Val Kehoe, Horticulture…
The CCGA Resources Committee has presented their annual report for 2016: