View NeighborSpace in a larger map External site Morganway Community Garden and Park is located at 7844 S. Morgan Street in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. It was created to beautify the community and provide more open space for community members.
View NeighborSpace in a larger map Website: Monticello Community Garden The garden started as an informal project. It was once an abandoned building that was torn down and then the community began to ‘guerrilla’ garden there. Around 2000 the lot was beginning to take some shape with the input of the neighbors on the 2200… Read more Monticello Garden
View NeighborSpace in a larger map External article This garden started in 2008 with the help of Dorothy White and Mary Peery. The neighbors wanted a vacant lot on the block to become a safe, beautiful, public green space instead of just another building or, worse, a haven for gang activity. Clarence Burge and a… Read more LeClaire Community Garden
View NeighborSpace in a larger map The garden was founded in 2008 by Brent Norsman and members of the Hermitage Triangle Gardeners, occupying a previously unmaintained parking lot. The Hermitage Triangle Gardeners is a group of 6-10 neighborhood residents that are avid gardeners who have wanted to beautify their neighborhood for some time. Contact: 773.772.8990
View NeighborSpace in a larger map This garden was built in 2011 as a memorial to Ferd Kramer who was a partner in Draper & Kramer real estate, a firm very active in the development of Dearborn Park in the near South Loop. A small group of dedicated neighborhood gardeners tend shrubs and perennials such… Read more Ferd Kramer Memorial Garden
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View NeighborSpace in a larger map Burling Park is a small neighborhood park in Lakeview. It includes a substantial lawn, benches, ornamental trees, and protective fencing. It is an ideal spot for the many young families in the community, and has become a focal point for the neighborhood. Activities featured in Burling Park include storytime… Read more Burling Park
View NeighborSpace in a larger map This beautiful garden features summer annuals, a winding path, beautiful shrubs and trees, and many perennials and bulbs. This garden won the Mayor’s Landscape Award in 2000 and the Neighborhood Leadership Award in March 2007. In 2015, Alderman Michael Scott, Jr., NeighborSpace, daughters Ernestine and Jereline Williams, granddaughter Sheryce… Read more Joe-Ella Williams Memorial Garden
View NeighborSpace in a larger map Fulton Garden blog The Fulton Street Flower and Vegetable Garden is a community garden on Chicago’s West Side. It is home to a large greenhouse that is an important resource for Chicago’s greening community.
View NeighborSpace in a larger map External site The Windy City Harvest Youth Farm in North Lawndale (formerly known as Green Youth Farm) program offers students the opportunity to learn all aspects of organic farming — from planting seeds to managing a hive of bees, from cooking with the food they grow to selling it… Read more Windy City Harvest Youth Farm in North Lawndale
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