It’s been a fruitful year for NeighborSpace, Chicago’s only community garden land trust. We now protect 91 green spaces across Chicago, and as NeighborSpace grows, so do the needs of the gardeners who tend these sites. To keep building their garden dreams, these gardeners need the right tools.
We’ve responded to this need by creating a NeighborSpace Tool Lending Library cobbled together from donated, used tools. The Tool Library makes an impact by allowing gardeners across Chicago to take on big, complicated projects not otherwise possible.
The early success of the Tool Library has meant, however, that demand for tools has quickly outstripped supply. This is where you come in, since your donation puts tools into gardeners’ open hands.
We need to raise $15,000 to build a fully-stocked Tool Library – and these gardeners’ dreams – into a reality. Will you plant the seeds that will grow into vibrant Chicago gardens by donating to the NeighborSpace Tool Library Campaign?
Click here to find out how to donate via mail or over the phone.
One lucky donor to this campaign will win a huge gift basket full of treats grown and prepared by NeighborSpace gardeners and friends
The gift basket ($170 retail value) includes:
- A zippered NeighborSpace hoodie
- Honey, t-shirt, and cookbook from Green Youth Farm
- Honey, herb wreath, beeswax bar, and lip balm from Edna White Garden
- Spicy green chow chow from African Heritage and preSERVE Gardens
- Trumpet vine seeds from Austin Green Team
- Red salsa from Fulton Flower and Vegetable Garden
- Dried rosemary and sage from Monticello Garden
- Zinnia seeds from Mozart’s Garden
- Tru Blooms Perfume, made with rose petals grown in Chicago
- Rose petal sachets from Arthur Avenue Tower Garden
- A screenprinted Hideout Veggie Bingo poster
When you give a gift of at least $91 (one dollar for every NeighborSpace garden), you are automatically entered to win this gorgeous gift basket.
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