The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Tuesday February 6th at 6:30pm at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. The main item agenda is final planning for the 2018 conference. We will meet on the 2nd floor and there is…
Save the Date for the 6th Annual CCGA Gardeners Conference: Saturday, March 3, 2018 We’re excited to announce that our 6th Annual Conference, Garden to Garden: Bringing People Together Through Growing Together, will be on Saturday, March 3 at Kennedy-King College in Englewood. Registration is…
Share your knowledge and enthusiasm! CCGA is seeking proposals for educational workshops for our 6th Annual Conference to be held on on Saturday March 3, 2018. The theme is: Garden to Garden: Bringing People Together Through Growing Together Workshops will be presented in two sessions…
Congratulations to all the 2017 Chicago Excellence in Gardening Award (CEGA) winners! Here is the Hermitage Street Garden displaying their 2017 CEGA award sign! You can view photos of other gardens displaying their new CEGA signs HERE. Special thanks go out to the CEGA sponsors:…
The next CCGA Coordinating Meeting is Monday November 27th at 6:00pm at the Chicago Center for Green Technology CCGT at 445 N. Sacramento Blvd. The main item agenda is planning for the 2018 conference. We will meet on the 2nd floor and there is parking…
COMPOSTING IN PUBLIC SPACES – Sharing What We’ve Learned NeighborSpace garden leaders and stakeholders, in partnership with sponsor Hills Brothers Coffee, are hosting two free hands-on community composting education days. Community gardeners and community composters are invited to join us by registering for this free…
In a month or so frost will be biting at our herbs and vegetables that are not cold hardy, and many gardeners will be ready to catch their breath again, but greenhouse prep has already begun. It’s time to shelter ornamentals and start propagation, and…
On Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 New Horizons Community Garden held a get-together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the garden! Present and former leaders of the garden spoke about its history; shown here are three we could capture (from left to right) Celeste Groff, Erma…
Bulbs! On Saturday October 21, the CCGA Resources Committee distributed 5600 allium, tulip and daffodil bulbs to over seventy Chicago community gardens. The Resources Committee purchased the bulbs using funds previously received from the gardeners in the form of registration fees, and the photo shows…
UPDATE 10/31: We’re sorry to announce that the Fermentation Workshop scheduled for this Saturday, November 4 has been postponed due to low registration. Please stay tuned for a new date next growing season. Thanks everyone for your interest! The CCGA Education Committee is excited to…