What makes your block into a neighborhood? For the Chicagoans living near the intersection of Grand and Pulaski, it’s Children’s Garden of Hope. This year, the ACE Design Build Workshop worked with a team of 15 CPS high school students to create an inverted trumpet flower structure that does duty as public artwork, rain catchment… Read more NeighborSpace Year in Review: Children’s Garden of Hope
Tru Blooms Chicago is “an exquisitely-designed, natural and locally grown women’s eau de parfum.” It uses essential oils from flowers such as roses, lavender, and violet grown in NeighborSpace gardens including Drake Garden, Bowmanville Community Garden, Howard Area Community Garden, Turtle Park, and Children’s Garden of Hope. Purchase this perfume using the password NEIGHBOR and Tru Blooms… Read more Smell Good, Save Money, and Help Community Gardens at the Same Time
With the season of giving right around the corner, why not consider donating your fresh locally grown produce? NeighborSpace has partnered with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to develop the Share the Harvest Initiative. Share the Harvest aims to partner community gardens with local emergency food assistance agencies. Gardens will have the opportunity to donate… Read more Share the Harvest
NeighborSpace’s Howard Area Community Garden was recently featured in Illinois Partners’ article about Chicago’s community gardening culture. Currently, NeighborSpace has 81 sites across the city and continues to grow. “We encourage people to keep an eye out in their neighborhood and to come and talk with us if they see unused, overgrown land and have a vision… Read more Howard Area Community Garden is Part of “a Growing Grassroots Movement”
GreenNet’s Annual Community Gardener Potluck, happening next Wednesday, November 16th, is a chance to meet gardeners from around the city, share expertise, and celebrate the past growing year. GreenNet also presents the Community Garden of the Year Award, and the event is open to all community gardeners, greeners and allies in Chicago. Please check it… Read more GreenNet’s Annual Community Gardener Potluck is coming!
8 gardens x 8 months in neighborhoods throughout Chicago Looking for a garden to dig into, but don’t know where to begin? The 8×8 community garden workday series is your chance to gain hands-on experience from community garden leaders and help you find a plot to call home. Join neighbors throughout Chicago on Saturday mornings (9:00-12:00) through November and… Read more The 8×8 Community Garden Workday Series: 2 Chances Left for 2012
GreenNet is hosting this year’s Perennial Plant Swap on September 22nd. Check it out!
View NeighborSpace in a larger map The Dante Garden is an open park setting with a centerpiece dedicated to Mrs. A. W. Malone. Mrs. Malone was the original backer and financial supporter of the garden and its development. The space contains two smaller gardens on each end of the open park setting, with many annual… Read more 6900 South Dante Garden
View NeighborSpace in a larger map This garden was started after a house was torn down and the neighbors (the Ashford family) decided to transform the lot into a garden to beautify the neighborhood. The garden was originally called the Ashford Garden, was renamed the Keystone Garden, and finally, after garden leader Annie Beck passed… Read more Ashford Annie Beck Garden
View NeighborSpace in a larger map The garden was founded in 1980 by Nathaniel Dean. Two homes originally sat on the lot, but burned and were demolished. Mr. Dean and his family cleaned up the lot and transformed it into a community garden. Mr. Dean and family are the primary gardeners, but others from the… Read more 3317 West Walnut Garden
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