View NeighborSpace in a larger map The garden started in 1996 because Commander Bowling of the 11th District Police Department had a dream: if he could clean up one of the worst blocks in the 11th District, he could clean them all up. The lot was vacant and many people were using the space to… Read more Super Block Park
View NeighborSpace in a larger map External website Space Park is an urban oasis garden with mostly perennial flower beds, shrubs, and ornamental trees, plus a few herbs growing at the rear southwest corner. There are two small grass spaces for reclining or sunning, and two small picnic tables and two benches for seating. The park is open from… Read more Space Park
View NeighborSpace in a larger map External site The preSERVE garden is a partnership between Slow Food Chicago, the North Lawndale Greening Committee and the Chicago Honey Co-Op. It started in 2010, arising from the desire to get more deeply involved in community gardening at the neighborhood level.
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View NeighborSpace in a larger map Community Organization Partner: South Shore United Methodist Church South Merrill Community Garden Facebook Group
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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