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Volunteers Needed: Unity Park Garden, Saturday Nov 9

Our friends at Midwest Ecological Landscape Alliance (MELA) and Unity Park need helping hands for a workday this Saturday. Call Rinda West at 773-575-1205 to take advantage of a chance to get your hands in the dirt before the weather gets too wintry! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR GOOD WORK! MELA’s newest sustainable pro bono effort, Unity… Read more Volunteers Needed: Unity Park Garden, Saturday Nov 9

Celebrate Honore Street’s New Hoophouse – Saturday, October 26

Growing Home‘s Honore Street Urban Farm, the first true urban agriculture site to be protected by NeighborSpace, is celebrating the construction of a new hoop house this Saturday, and you can join them. Join your friends and neighbors at Growing Home for farm tours, snacks, music, a photobooth, pumpkin carving, and other fun activities as… Read more Celebrate Honore Street’s New Hoophouse – Saturday, October 26

Mozart’s Garden seeking Saturday volunteers

Angela O’Rourke (angela.orourke@gmail.com) of Mozart’s Garden is looking for volunteers for this Saturday. Enjoy some outdoors time before Chicago winter comes! As for Volunteers, we just got a wood chip delivery which needs to be moved to the middle part of our garden. So if Gardeners from the Openlands Gardenkeeper class would like to come… Read more Mozart’s Garden seeking Saturday volunteers

Sept. 28: Perennial Giveaway AND Garfield Park Market

Two great events are coming up this Saturday, September 28th: The Garfield Park Neighborhood Market Lake and Kedzie 9 am to 1 pm Pick up fresh, local produce, Dark Matter coffee, and handcrafted goods while enjoying live entertainment. The Great Perennial Divide Multiple Locations (including Lake and Kedzie) 10 am to Noon for school and… Read more Sept. 28: Perennial Giveaway AND Garfield Park Market

Roots and Rays

View NeighborSpace in a larger map External site Roots and Rays is a community allotment garden with 18 raised beds serving individuals, families and organizations throughout Pilsen. There are also container gardens filled with annuals, perennials and herbs. Signage has been erected and woodchips have been spread through the site. The triangular parcel is surrounded… Read more Roots and Rays

Peerless Garden

View NeighborSpace in a larger map Peerless Garden is a passive park space consisting of berms at the back of the site and on the corner planted with perennials and trees. A path curves through the site connecting Schubert and Lakewood, opening up in the middle with a small brick clearing that features a timber… Read more Peerless Garden

Plant Giveaway September 28th – Volunteer Opportunity

As part of our ongoing collaboration with Connecting Chicago Community Gardens (CCCG), we are helping to facilitate a multi-site plant giveaway on Saturday, September 28th. We need volunteers to help run the event. This is a great chance to connect with your fellow gardeners and help gardens all over the city, while also getting first… Read more Plant Giveaway September 28th – Volunteer Opportunity

Just Added: G.E.T. GARDENING Englewood Tour

Greening Environment Through Gardening (G.E.T. GARDENING) is hosting an Englewood garden tour this Saturday, September 14th. The tour ends at a NeighborSpace site, Sherwood Peace Garden. G.E.T. GARDENING invites you to join us at our “NEW BEGINNINGS” FIRST ANNUAL GARDEN TOUR & OPEN HOUSE Saturday, September 14, 2013 Arrival: 10:00 am Caravan Staging: 10:30 am… Read more Just Added: G.E.T. GARDENING Englewood Tour