Ravenswood Manor Garden Walk
Join us for the 67th annual Ravenswood Manor Garden Walk. Pick up your map at Ravenswood Manor Park. $5 suggested donation. Stay for our FREE LIVE CONERT 4:30-5:30 featuring Neptune’s Core at Ravenswood Manor Park!
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Advanced Business Analysis for Urban Farms
Farm profitability is crucial for sustainability whether your farm is a commercial-focused business or a non-profit venture. Learn how to utilize Veggie Compass in this season-long, hands-on program that includes 2.5 days of in-person group training and 6 individual phone check-ins. Veggie Compass is a free tool developed by…
Pumpkin Smash – Composting Collection
All area residents are invited to drop off their jack-o-lanterns at this one day only composting collection. We’re also collecting gourds, corn stalks and straw bales to keep them out of the landfill. Natural materials only please! That means no googly eyes, yarn, stickers, candles, etc. There…
8th Annual KAM Isaiah Israel MLK Food Justice & Sustainability Weekend
KAM Isaiah Israel’s Food Justice and Sustainability Committee presents the 8th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Food Justice and Sustainability Weekend. The focus this year is Climate Change and Water. The weekend long education and advocacy program includes a keynote address on climate change and…
Illiana Vegetable Growers Symposium
Illiana Vegetable Growers Symposium Thursday, January 5, 2017 Teibel’s Family Restaurant, US 30 and US 41, Schererville, Indiana Sessions Include: Pollinators: Where are We After 2016? Management of Powdery Mildew & Other Important Diseases of Cucurbits Mineral Nutrition for Vegetable Crops Updated Worker Protection Standards…
Community Garden Workshop Sept 27 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Join us to learn how to organize all aspects of the garden from recruiting members and gaining supporters to practical ways to self organize including using apps to keep track of projects. We will also work together to create a design map for your site.…
Green and Growing: A Speaker Series – Urban Composting and Healthy Soils
Tuesday, September 13 at 7pm – Urban Composting and Healthy Soils Speaker: Bill Shores, founder of Urban Edible and gardener for the Rick Bayless restaurants Topolobampo, Xoco, and Frontera Grill
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…
Green and Growing: A Speaker Series – Raising Apples in Urban Environments
Monday, August 15th at 7pm – Raising Apples in Urban Environments Speaker: Dan Bussey, orchardist at Seed Savers Exchange and author of The Illustrated History of Apples in North America.