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Vote for One Seed Chicago 2011
Voting for One Seed Chicago 2011 candidates, radish, eggplant and swiss chard, opened this weekend. Visit www.oneseedchicago.com to get more information about each plant, vote for your favorite and register to recieve a packet of the winning seed. Teachers can request a classroom size packet along with an educator guide. “For the fourth year One Seed Chicago…
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BUGS (Building Urban Gardens) Class Starts January 29, 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR! If you want to take the Building Urban Gardens (BUGs) classes in 2011 you need to sign up now. NeighborSpace will subsidize the complete costs of the class. Just tell Julie that you are a NeighborSpace gardener and the name of your garden when you sign up. Don’t wait. Do it today.…
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Harvest Fest Photos
In the “better late than never category”; Root Riot Harambee and Root Riot Oak Park Harvest Fest 2010
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ROOT RIOT HARAMBEE’S AWARD-WINNING GARDENER
Grace, our youngest gardener, has won third place as GreenNet’s Community Youth Gardener of the Year. A potluck and awards ceremony will be held at the Garfield Park Conservatory on November 10, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. All fellow gardeners are welcome to attend the event. More information is available at www.greennetchicago.org.
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Root-Riot Harambee’s Youngest Gardener
This is Grace. She is 11-years-old and the youngest Root-Riot Harambee gardener. Grace has tended to her garden the entire season and participated in scheduled work days. She has persevered when some have given up and others have abandoned their gardens. Because of her dedication, Grace has been nominated as GreenNet’s “Community Youth Gardener of the…
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Openlands Community Gardening Networking Opportunity
HOMEGROWN CHICAGO Community Vegetable Garden Training & Support Program For Chicago residents who want to eat healthy food they grow themselves in community-run gardens Hello, Community Food Gardeners, Openlands will be hosting a gathering for gardeners who participated in the HomeGrown Chicago Community Vegetable Gardening workshops last spring or who may not have…
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Community Garden Happenings
———————————————————————————————————————————————— TomatoFest Closing Party Benefits N. Lawndale Garden –Sunday, Sept. 26th This summer Slow Food Chicago teamed up with Neighborspace, Chicago Honey Co-op and the North Lawndale Greening Committee to transform a vacant lot into a small farm. The project, called preSERVE, is the beneficiary of Custom House Tavern’s TomatoFest closing party! From 1:00-3:30pm, chefs from some…
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Community Garden Happenings
At Root Riot Harambee’s monthly meeting we discussed the possibility of obtaining a greenhouse or a “Hoop House”. The Greater Englewood Garden Association, GEGA, a collective of gardens in vacant lots, schools, and churches, has a “Hoop House”. For anyone interested, the next GEGA meeting is this Saturday, September 11th at 10:00 – 11:30 am…
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Root-Riot Harvest Fest, Sept 18
Our first Harvest Festival will be Saturday September 18, 2010 from 3:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. We encourage all members and their families of both Root Riot Oak Park and Root Riot Harambee to attend what is expected to be a very festive and fun event. The “Friends of Root Riot” are also invited to…
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Root Riot Harambee Dedicaton Event
The Root-Riot Harambee dedication was a celebration of the newest community garden in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s west side. The theme of the ceremony was to honor and showcase the young men and women in this community responsible in large part for the success of Harambee garden. Harambee gardeners and guests provided refreshments; the…
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