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!
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
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.
Looking for a garden plot to call home this spring? Join the 7000 S. Merrill Community Garden (formerly known as O’Keeffe School Victory Garden)! The Community Garden at 7000 S. Merrill is recruiting community leaders and interested gardeners to grow together this season and we would like you to be a part of it! NeighborSpace… Read more Attention South Shore: Join Up with 7000 S Merrill Community Garden this Season!
Our friends over at the Peterson Garden Project are part of a fun project to celebrate the Victory Gardens, the most famous manifestation of community gardens in Chicago during World War II. #VictoryToday! Peterson Garden Project is poised to celebrate “Victory Today!” at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, held at Navy Pier from March… Read more Celebrate #VictoryToday with the Peterson Garden Project
It was a typically cold and windy Chicago day on February 23rd, but that didn’t stop over 200 gardeners from gathering at the first Connecting Chicago Community Gardeners (CCCG). Green- and community-minded people from all across Chicago came for a day of panel discussions and workshops aimed at figuring out how to keep Chicago’s… Read more CCCG: Growing Forward into the Future
Chicago community gardeners are taking organizing to a new level, and we want YOU to join us. CONNECTING CHICAGO COMMUNITY GARDENERS Planting the Seeds of Community Saturday, February 23, 2013 Chicago Center for Green Technology 445 N Sacramento Blvd 9:00 am – 4:00 pm This gathering is for all Chicago-based community gardeners to connect, network, share ideas… Read more February 23rd – Connecting Chicago Community Gardeners – Join us!
Check out this article about a new partnership between NeighborSpace and several other great organizations that will revitalize a 2.6 acre lot in East Garfield Park with urban agriculture and job training. “This land will produce more than just fresh vegetables for Chicago families. It also will create jobs for those who are overcoming barriers… Read more Chicago FarmWorks sprouting in East Garfield Park
Our friends over at Openlands have just opened registration for their next round of GardenKeepers classes: REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the Openlands GardenKeepers Food Garden Network Class Series Saturdays, February 16-March 31, 2013, 9:30 am-12:30 pm Garfield Park Conservatory – 300 N Central Park Blvd. Openlands has merged HomeGrown Chicago Community Food Garden Network classes… Read more Learn about what makes gardens great with Openlands
LaJuana Jackson has been one of NeighborSpace’s all-star garden leaders in recent times, working hard to revitalize the Growing Exchange garden in South Chicago. Now the garden has a chance to win free plants and other great garden stuff from the Burpee Grow Anywhere Tour. Please click here to vote and help them win. Dear… Read more An Easy Way to Help Build Community: Vote for the Growing Exchange
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