Right now, the Resources Committee is growing annuals, tropical plants and succulents in two greenhouses: one at Austin High School and one at the Center for Green Technology. This active group is propagating their stock, and will soon begin to grow spring ephemerals like violas,…
The next CCGA coordinating meeting is this weekend, Saturday, November 14th from 10:00 to Noon at the Center For Green Technology, 445 N Sacramento Blvd. We will celebrate the end of the summer growing season together and welcome fall with a Harvest Potluck Brunch! Please…
This year, the CCGA Resource Committee hosted four “Mini-Distributions” of plant material to community gardeners. “Mini-Distribution” is our title for an unanticipated donation of plant or other material that the Resource Committee wants to distribute to CCGA members as promptly as possible. Despite the necessarily…
Thanks to the outreach of Erik Hernandez of the Resources Committee, CCGA has received a donation of over thirty garden tools, most of them brand new! Erik contacted ReStore, which is a retail store whose inventory is compiled by Habitat for Humanity. We encourage you…
On October 24, 2015, the Garfield Park Conservatory graciously hosted our 2015 Bulb distribution. The CCGA Resource Committee distributed 5400 bulbs to 65 community gardens! Special thanks to Mattie Wilson of the Garfield Park Conservatory, who not only gave an excellent presentation on bulb planting…
CCGA wants to thank Scott Byron & Co., a prominent Illinois landscape company, for soliciting other landscapers and growers for plant material, for donating material itself, and then gathering and delivering all the donations to this year’s North and South CCGA locations. The donors included:…
Please save the date for the next CCGA Member meeting on October 28th at 6:00 pm in the Garfield Park Conservatory. Members will continue discussing the work of each of the 4 CCGA working groups and plans for the annual spring event and of course…
On October 16th Peterson Garden Project is holding a small, free symposium to discuss what community gardens can do to help address fresh produce access in their neighborhoods. I am reaching out for help inviting community gardens that have, or are interested in starting donation…
If you would like fruit or nut trees for your community garden, please submit an application here (http://goo.gl/forms/XIblsfYBjo). The deadline is fast approaching and is September 7th, 2015. Please contact Gabriela Naveda at Openlands for the list of fruit trees available or if you have…