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The Great Chicago Seed Swap at Chicago Flower & Garden Show

On Sunday, March 11th, I’ll be hosting the first ever seed swap at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. The swap starts at 3 p.m. outside the “White House Let’s Move Garden.” See below for full details. This is a seed swap, meaning, you bring a packet of seeds and you can exchange it for... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
March 1, 2012 at 1:47 pm

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Christmas Gifts for Current and Former Chicago Gardeners

Co-op Hot Sauce With Christmas around the corner you’ll soon be scrambling to find the perfect gift for the gardener on your list. This holiday season consider giving a gift that not only your gardening friend or family member will enjoy, but one that will make a difference in the lives of your fellow Chicagoans... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
December 3, 2010 at 10:53 am

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Nominate a "Community Gardener of the Year" for 2010.

GreenNet’s Annual “Community Gardener of the Year” Award Ceremony and Potluck Networking Dinner is an opportunity to recognize those Chicagoans who have worked tirelessly on behalf of a community garden. Community/school gardens along with garden clubs can nominate a member who they feel deserves to be named GreenNet’s “Community Gardener of the Year” for 2010... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
September 16, 2010 at 10:10 pm

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Cook County Jail Garden Harvest Fest 2010

Gardens are great equalizers; they’re also places where people can get a second chance. Today was the annual harvest festival and graduation ceremony at the Cook County Jail’s garden. Really, they need to start calling it an urban farm, a working urban farm. As I blogged about last year, the jail garden constructed a greenhouse... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
September 9, 2010 at 6:20 pm

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"Please do not steal the Vegetables!!"

This summer Chicagoans have been treating community gardens like personal food banks. After spending their summer carefully cultivating fruits, herbs and vegetables, some community gardeners are being beaten to the harvest by vegetable thieves. While not as expensive as rubies, diamonds and emeralds, these tomatoes, cucumbers and melons are just as tempting and pricey. Heirloom plants and seeds... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
August 30, 2010 at 9:56 pm

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Chicago Gardeners 7/25/10

I’m going to try something new here and share some local gardening links. I’m not sure if I’m going to make this a weekly or monthly feature. What I want to do here is share some links from fellow Chicago gardeners. The links may be to blog posts or they may be to pictures, video... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
July 25, 2010 at 2:02 am

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How The Dearborn Garden Walk Transformed a Neighborhood.

Walking around the Gold Cost neighborhood today it is hard to imagine that this Near North neighborhood was once declared a “slum” through the Land Clearance Act of 1948. Today, the neighborhood is home to some of Chicago’s wealthiest residents, designer boutiques like Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Harry Winston, and many more. I’m not old enough... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
July 4, 2010 at 8:01 pm

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White House Veggie Garden Inspires African American Gardeners, Seed Company Hopes to do Same.

Beyond the Obama head planter and the Chia Obama, the First Family has created an interest in gardening among many, but among African Americans in particular. “We had a lot more gardeners last year,” said Dr. Shemuel Israel, President of the North Lawndale Greening Committee on Chicago’s West Side. He credits the recession and First... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
January 7, 2010 at 7:56 pm

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'The Garden Conversations' Documents the 61st Street Community Garden

Photo by Patricia Evans used with permission of www.invisibleinstitute.com As the camera passes by an unidentified woman she asks, “Are you making a documentary about the death of the garden?” Off camera a man’s voice responds, “No, it’s the life of the garden.” The Garden Conversations is a collaborative effort between videographer Aaron Cahan, photographer... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
November 1, 2009 at 2:12 pm

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Vegetable Garden at Cook County Jail

Cook County Jail Vegetable Garden. (Panorama-click to enlarge) The last place you expect to see a vegetable garden is behind tall fences topped off with razor wire, but at the Cook County Jail there is a 13 thousand square-foot vegetable garden grown by inmates. This vegetable garden is a joint effort by The Cook County... Read more »

By MrBrownThumb,
September 11, 2009 at 1:56 pm

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