CCGA Resources Committee 2016 Annual Report
The CCGA Resources Committee has presented their annual report for 2016:
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CCGA Resources Committee Meeting – Saturday, January 7, 2017
Join us! The Resources Committee will meet on January 7 at 10am at the Green Tomato Cafe at 3750 W. Ogden, Chicago, IL 60623. Parking is available, and it is accessible via the CTA Pink Line.
‘Last Call’ Tropical Plant Distribution
Friday November 11th the CCGA held a new kind of distribution, making tropical plants available to any interested community gardener for a small fee, just $5 per person. It was our one and only “Last Call” signaled not by flashing lights at Symphony Hall, or…
We are Not Done Yet – Tropical Plant Distribution – Friday November 11th at 10am
We’re not done yet! We have more plants to get to our gardeners, so ATTENTION PLANT LOVERS… The CCGA Resources Committee has received several end-of-the-season donations of beautiful tropical plants that could be wintered over as house plants including some lovely ferns. We also have…
4,800 Bulbs Distributed to Community Gardens in Final Distribution of 2016
Combining history and horticulture, the CCGA held its final plant distribution of the year on October 15 in the Garfield Park Conservatory’s Jensen Room. We were greeted on Saturday morning not with rain and soggy fields, but with beautiful – and dry – flowering bulbs! The…
Final CCGA Perennial Distribution for 2016 A Big Success!
On Friday September 30, CCGA volunteers showed up early in the morning at New Horizons Community Garden to prepare for the CCGA Resource Committee’s final Perennial Distribution of the year. Scott Byron’s (really) long truck arrived at 8:30, and was bursting with a multitude of pots of donated plants in seemingly endless…
CCGA Bulb Distribution_ Saturday, October 15, 2016
The 2016 CCGA BULB DISTRIBUTION! The CCGA Resources Committee will hold its annual bulb distribution on Saturday, October 15, 2016. We hope you will come and get a nice sampling of bulbs to plant now for beautiful spring flowers. Here are the details: When: …
Another Perennial Distribution – Friday, September 30, 2016
ANOTHER PERENNIAL DISTRIBUTION The CCGA Resources Committee will hold the final big perennial distribution of 2016 TO PRE-REGISTER, EMAIL THE FOLLOWING TO mamie@uic.edu : 1)Name of Contact, 2) Name of Garden, 3) Address/Location of Garden Here are the details: When: Friday, September 30, 2016 …
Rush University Medical Center Makes Large Perennial Donation to CCGA
Thanks to the efforts of one of CCGA’s most able and knowledgeable community gardeners, May Toy, the CCGA Resources Committee received permission from Rush Hospital to dig out large, drought-resistant perennials from a Rush site earlier this month. For six hot hours on each of…
Big Turnout at CCGA’s Second 2016 Perennial Distribution!
Despite the hot, muggy and threatening weather, representatives from 84 community gardens came to the CCGA Resources Committee’s Second 2016 Perennial Distribution at New Horizons Garden! Each community garden representative received over thirty plants. Elite Growers again provided over 2600 perennials (prominent among them were …