On Saturday, September 7th, from 11 am to 4 pm, the Garfield Park Conservatory is hosting their second annual Harvest Day celebration. In addition to horse and buggy rides, kids’ games, and corn husk crafting, they will host a Veggie Bingo Swap & Share inspired by our friends at the Hideout. Calling all backyard growers… Read more Veggie Bingo Swap & Share at Garfield Park Conservatory
South Chicago Art Center is hosting a Garden Party tomorrow, Friday August 22nd, from 1 to 4 pm at Artist’s Garden, 8931-35 S Brandon Ave. Join the South Chicago Art Center tomorrow for our Annual Garden Party! Each year, 25 to 30 community members take part in our Community Artist’s Garden by cultivating plots of… Read more Short notice: South Chicago Art Center Garden Party tomorrow
We have updated the CCCG 2013 Garden Tour schedule to include the Rogers Park Garden Group’s Garden Meander this Tuesday, July 30th. Check it out!
CCCG’s summer of garden tours continues in West Town this Sunday, July 28th: Wood Street Garden Walk (West Town) 12-5pm Wood Street between Division and Augusta Contact: marjiei@yahoo.com The tour will include looks at NeighborSpace sites GreenHouse Garden and Frankie Machine. Check out the full 2013 garden tour schedule here.
The seeds planted at the Connecting Chicago Community Gardeners (CCCG) conference this past February are starting to sprout! Gardeners have created a weekend-by-weekend schedule of garden tours happening throughout the city. Learn more about your own neighborhood, or get out to see what’s going on in other communities. Check back here throughout the summer for… Read more CCCG releases 2013 garden tour schedule
Get your gambling and veggie fixes met at the same time with Veggie Bingo at the Hideout, all summer long. From 5:30 to 8:00 pm, every Wednesday until September 11, the Hideout will host Veggie Bingo. The proceeds benefit NeighborSpace community gardens. Hot Doug’s supplies delicious encased meats (AKA hot dogs), and the grand prize… Read more It’s Veggie Bingo season at the Hideout!
JARDINCITO: A Garden for Play in Little Village Come learn more about the Jardincito project occurring at 23rd and Whipple. We will walk around the neighborhood to share information about the Jardincito project with community members. Youth and adults are invited! June 15th, 10 a.m. Spry School Library 2400 S. Marshall Blvd Chicago, IL 60623 For more… Read more JARDINCITO – 23rd and Whipple – Community Meeting this Saturday, June 15th
Our friends at Advocates for Urban Agriculture will help you learn more about pantry gardening at a Sharing the Harvest meet up next week at the Garfield Park Conservatory.
Celebrate International Biodiversity Day at the Field Museum with our friends at the Peterson Garden Project. They’ve got a fun, tasty lineup for the event: FOOD ORIGINS: Travel the globe through the lens of David Cavagnaro’s camera. Learn about the geographic origins of our favorite fruit and vegetable varieties and the diaspora that is responsible for… Read more International Biodiversity Day is May 22nd
We here at NeighborSpace are proud to have been invited to participate in the Chicago Community Trust’s 98th Anniversary Gala. The Trust is one of our biggest supporters. To celebrate, we’re making corsages that represent the unique variety of NeighborSpace’s 80+ community gardens: these will be corsages built not just from flowers, but from vegetables… Read more Get Crafty with NeighborSpace this Sunday and Monday
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