Tag: community gardening

Designing Your Garden Using Permaculture Principles

DESIGNING YOUR GARDEN USING PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES  This 8- hour project workshop will be held at:   Christy Webber Landscapes – Rancho Verde Site 2900 W. Ferdinand Street  (Behind former Center for Green Technology at 445 N Sacramento Blvd, 60612)    Saturday, March 26, 2016 Workshop begins promptly…

Seed Starting Workshop

Seed Starting Educational Talk This presentation will be given by Vicki Westerhoff, who owns Genesis Growers near ST. Anne, Illinois and has a CSA. This class will be hands on and the cost will go towards materials.

Small Farm Season Extension @ Windy City Harvest

Learn how to extend your spring or fall growing season to 9-months or even year round production. Explore what crops and varieties perform best in Chicago. Specific techniques will be covered, such as using row cover, building simple low tunnels and cold frames, and creating…

Forest Park Seed Swap

Forest Park Seed Swap

The 6th Annual Forest Park Seed Swap on March 13th from 2-4pm. Come swap seeds with other gardeners. If you don’t have seeds available we will have seeds for sale that you can use as your entrance to the swap. The seed swap is free…

Chicago Flower and Garden Show

Chicago Flower and Garden Show

The roots and inspiration of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show can be traced back as far as 1847 when an exposition was presented by the Chicago Horticulture Society. The show has since evolved. From decade to decade it has moved venues, grown in size…

Food Safety Training for Community Food Systems

The University of Illinois Extension is partnering with 2015 INUAg winner Grace Seeds Ministry to offer a free Food Safety Training for all participants of Chicagoland community food systems. March 12, 2016 (9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) Safe and Smart! “Food Safety, Post-Harvest Handling, and…

Project 2746: Grow With Us!

Project 2746: Grow With Us!

Project 2746 is a weekly Thursday evening event series building cooperative community in the Dill Pickle’s future home. Come check out the space and stay to soak up some sustainable gardening practices with a few of our favorites: ‘Soil Truthing’ with Nance Klehm of Social…

Volunteering with Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse

Volunteering with Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse

KILBOURN PARK ORGANIC GREEN HOUSE 2016 PLANT SALE WORK HOURS  AND ORIENTATIONS   THE ANNUAL KILBOURN PARK ORGANIC GREEN HOUSE PLANT SALE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, MAY 14TH, AND SUNDAY, MAY 15TH.  MARK THIS DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR!!   VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION DATES   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY…

Making Pullman a Sustainable Community

Sunday, February 28th 3pm-5pm in the Historic Pullman Center, 614 E, 113th St. The Historic Pullman Garden Club is sponsoring this presentation by Tom Shepherd of the South East Environmental Task Force. Gardens…and especially Community Gardens are a very important part of a safe, healthy…

Mozart Community Garden Winter Fundraiser

Mozart Community Garden Winter Fundraiser

Sat Feb 20th at Richmond’s Sports Bar, 6-9 pm in the fireplace room. Silent Auction (cash and check) Cash Bar 50/50 Raffle (winner must be on site) Soups and Breads All proceeds from Raffle & Auction go to Mozart Community Garden.