The votes have been tabulated, and it looks like our very own Growing Exchange garden at 8805 S Exchange has won a visit from the Burpee Seed Truck. The Burpee Truck will visit on May 8th, giving away seedlings, produce, cooking demos, and more. Congratulation, gardeners!
Xochiquetzal Peace Garden, one of the very first sites to join with NeighborSpace, is about to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a Pilsen gala. Get your tickets now to join them and support an exemplary community organization. Celebrate our 20th Anniversary Gala with us! Help Save our Schools and Help Fund the Music Program at… Read more Celebrate 20 Years of Xochiquetzal Peace Garden
Read about how one NeighborSpace garden has faced the challenge of water conservation. This article has lots of great tips and examples. For the past two years, every April through September, 63 year-old Carlos Nunez, has been waking up early morning to go water his plants, monitor the garden for about two to four hours… Read more Friday’s Good Read: Water Conservation at Growing Station
Following up on their most recent gathering, this new garden group is meeting to help get ready for the new season: Spring Garden Meet Up Saturday, April 13th Meet in the community garden, 7032 S. Merrill 11 am-1pm Questions? Contact NeighborSpace at (773) 826-3240 or info@neighbor-space.org.
Our friends at El Jardin Communitario de la 23rd y Whipple, in partnership with Community Links High School, the Boys and Girls Club, Taller de Jose, La Familia Unida, Alderman Cardenas, the Trust for Public Land, and NeighborSpace, are starting the first play garden in Chicago. Check out the details below, and feel free to distribute this printable flyer.… Read more April 6th: Announcing Planning Meeting for Play Garden in Little Village
A terrific grist.org article about gardening and community with Riverbank Neighbors: Riverbank Neighbors reflects a shift. Nature — parks and forests, farms and gardens — historically have been at the core of community. Today’s environmental concerns, such as climate change and mass extinction, increase the desire for people to live in more tightly knit communities.… Read more “Community thrives along a nearly forgotten slice of an urban river.”
For over ten years, Uptown’s Ginkgo Organic Gardens has been dedicated to growing and giving high-quality organic vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers to local organizations that serve people struggling with poverty, homelessness, and illness. According to one garden member, “the most challenging part of donating is understanding that many recipients will not share our interest… Read more Sharing the Harvest: Ginkgo Organic Gardens forges authentic connections
Starting April 3rd, Archeworks will be reprising its popular Elemental Mud workshop. Sign up using the form from their website, tell them that you’re from NeighborSpace, and receive a 33% discount. The Elemental Mud Workshop series explores the state of our urban soil and water, and focuses on ecological systems design to restore our depleted urban… Read more Get down and dirty with the Archeworks Elemental Mud Soil Workshop – discounts for NeighborSpacers!
UPDATE: EVENT CANCELLED. It’s just too darn cold, and the ground is still very much frozen. We’ll post a new date if we get one. Slow Food Chicago and preSERVE Garden have an exciting partnership. Here’s how you can join them on their first workday of the year. Volunteers needed! Spring is here,… Read more UPDATE: EVENT CANCELLED — Slow Food and preSERVE are joining forces, and you can help them.
Erin Fuller, a gardener at the Merchant Park Community Garden in the Irving Park neighborhood, initiated the connection with a local WIC office after realizing they often had extra produce. Gardeners glean weekly during the growing season, and Erin delivers the produce to WIC’s nutritionist who is then able to make sure the clients that need the produce… Read more Sharing the Harvest: Donating Produce Engages the Community
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