You will learn the basics of the hot water bath canning method and what tools you need to safely make your own fruit jam at home. Susie from peartreepreserves.com will take you through a canning demo in which you will learn some simple recipes for great jam!…
Family fun, carnival style playstreet event. Bounce house, sport, carnival games, and Zumba
This 1st annual event will showcase many different ways to prepare and preserve the abundance of tomatoes in your garden, including: Salsa Contest– make your best tomato based salsa for judging and prizes! Tomato Swap– bring your favorite tomatoes from your garden to exchange with other…
Buy fresh, just-picked, sustainably grown vegetables at the Global Garden Farm Market at Sacramento & Lawrence in Albany Park, Chicago, IL Saturdays, 9 AM – 1 PM Thursdays, 3 – 6 PM June 14 through October Our market stand is just inside the north farm…
Buy fresh, just-picked, sustainably grown vegetables at the Global Garden Farm Market at Sacramento & Lawrence in Albany Park, Chicago, IL Saturdays, 9 AM – 1 PM Thursdays, 3 – 6 PM June 14 through October Our market stand is just inside the north farm…
Laurie Smith from Fat Blossom Farms and Artist Kathy Dickhut WHEN: Tuesday, August 26 at 7:00pm WHERE: The home of Barbara and Joe Moore 1431 W. Fargo We all love to decorate our homes with cut flowers and to spice up our gardens with sculptures…
Our friends at ReBuilding Exchange are offering three handy gardening-related workshops this fall. Check them out below: Intro to Canning w/Pear Tree Preserves Chicago Bee Basics DIY Rain Barrel
Speaker: Tim Heppner, Ecotelligent Design Audience: General How can you enjoy the fruits and vegetables from your summer garden all year round? Tim Heppner takes us through homesteading 101: preserving. He will show multiple methods that are used to preserve foods such as canning, dehydration,…
The Papermaker’s Garden at Columbia College Chicago presents a slow fashion experiment that transforms plants into fibers, fibers into paper, and paper into clothing and accessories. Events include: A recycled fabric paper pulping demonstration by Jillian Bruschera of ‘The Mobile Mill’, large (4ftx10ft!) sheet formation,…
