Tag: Chicago

Green and Growing: A Speaker Series – Perennials, The Economizers of the Edible Landscape

Green and Growing: A Speaker Series – Perennials, The Economizers of the Edible Landscape

Wednesday, May 18 at 7pm – Perennials, The Economizers of the Edible Landscape Speaker: Lisa Hilgenberg, horitculturalist for the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden

DÍA DE SIEMBRA /PLANTING DAY at El Paseo

DÍA DE SIEMBRA /PLANTING DAY at El Paseo

Si llueve sera el próximo día Domingo 15 de Mayo If it rains we will reschedule for the next day, Sunday May 15th • Limpiar/ Clean-up • Sembrar cajas compartidas/Plant shared beds • Formar equipos para / Make teams for shared • Convivo /Pot-Luck Traigan…

Building Healthy Soil

Learn about composting, vermicomposting, cover cropping, and other soil-building techniques. This workshop will cover soil testing and pH for vegetable crops. Healthy soil is the key to healthy plants! This workshop is instructed by Joan Hopkins, 2007 Windy City Harvest graduate and Windy City Harvest…

Green and Growing: A Speaker Series – Weird Vegetables

Green and Growing: A Speaker Series – Weird Vegetables

Monday, May 9 at 7pm –Weird Vegetables – Weird vegetables to grow and how to grow things weirdly! Speaker: Amanda Thomsen, author of Kiss My Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Yard Totally Tailored to You

Openlands presents “Organizing Your Community Garden” Training

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 show you how to create a design map for your…

Peterson Garden Project Plant & Bake Sale: Hot Crops

Peterson Garden Project Plant & Bake Sale: Hot Crops

Shop the Peterson Garden Project Pop-Up Plant Sale and get your garden growing! This year’s plant sale is going to be our biggest yet! We’ll have a wide selection of plants, seeds and seedlings. And since this is Chicago gardening, we’ve curated the selection of…

Winthrop Harmony Arts Garden – Youth Theater Ensemble

Hiring Young People for a youth theater ensemble (ages 15 and up) Pay: $8.25 hour Hours of employment: Saturdays starting May 14 through August 14 ( will be working approximately 4 to 5 hours each Saturday) Young People will produce: THE BEAN/ THE BEING —…

Updates from our Spring Flowering Distribution

Wow! Ellen Trenn-Mack and her two neighbors wasted very little time planting the Spring Flowering plants, we distributed a few weeks ago, at their neighborhood playlot, in planters and across the front of the park. So glad to see they are happy in their new home.…

Peterson Garden Project Plant Sale: Cool Crops

Peterson Garden Project Plant Sale: Cool Crops

Shop the Peterson Garden Project Pop-Up Plant Sale and get your garden growing! This year’s plant sale is going to be our biggest yet! For the April sale, we’ll have a wide selection of edible cool-weather seedlings, seed potatoes and seeds. And since this is…

El Paseo Community Garden – Opening Day/Apertura de Jardin

El Paseo Community Garden – Opening Day/Apertura de Jardin

GARDEN OPENING DAY / APERTURA DE JARDÍN EL PASEO COMMUNITY GARDEN www.elpaseogarden.org (773) 234-6168 elpaseo.communitygarden@neighbor-space.org VENGAN Y AYUDANOS! COME AND HELP US! GARDEN OPENING DAY • Pintar/ Paint • Limpiar/ Clean-up • Hablar sobre tierra/ Soil Talk • Convivo de Comida / Pot Luck Traigan un…