Appearances
Weekly 2019- Friday | 11:30am to 12:30pm
Let’s Grow in the Edible Gardens! – Weekly Garden Activities
Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center
Northeast Side near Anthropologie
Come explore the Edible Gardens at Westfield Old Orchard with Garden Educators from the Organic Gardener. From 11:30AM-12:30PM every Friday, we will learn about growing food, caring for the environment, and observing nature through hands-on STEAM activities. We welcome children ages 2-12 and their families to join us throughout the growing season in the Edible Gardens! Free and open to the public. Click here for more information.
Weekly 2019- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday (April-October) | 9:30am – 12:30pm
Lincoln Park Zoo, Farm-in-the-Zoo
The Edible Garden
2001 N Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
The Edible Garden, located in the Farm-in-the-Zoo, in collaboration with Chicago’s Green City Market, lets kids experience hands-on lessons on the origins of food. Family visits and field trips offer the opportunity to plant, weed, compost and harvest, establishing a deeper connection to the resources that sustain us all. The Edible garden is open to all, weather permitting, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (April – October).
Saturday, June 15, 2019 | 11:00am- 12:00pm
Lincoln Park Zoo, Farm-in-the-Zoo, Home Composting
The Edible Garden
2001 N Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Composting in the city is possible! Garden Leader, David, and local compost servicer, Jonathan from Healthy Soil Compost, will share different options of home composting. Options include how to use a small tumbler to compost in small backyards and balconies, using worms to vermicompost, and how to schedule compost home pick-up services to an off-site location.
By making a suggested donation of $5, it helps maintain The Edible Gardens as a free, education resource to the Chicago community.
Wednesday, June 19 2019 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Green Women: June 2019 Gathering
Middlefork Farm
1660 Sunset Ridge Rd
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
Just what you need – a regenerative night down on the farm! Jeanne and Verdant Nolan of The Organic Gardener have welcomed us to their wondrous home, Middlefork Farm. Visit goats, alpacas, chickens, honeybees, vegetable gardens, and an orchard as we tour their stunning 4.5 acre demonstration farm. Fertile ground for hearing the latest buzz and cultivating relationships with sustainable sisters from North Shore Green Women AND Chicago Women Green.
Plus special guest environmental journalist and professor Amanda Little will share her new riveting book The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World about the race to secure the global food supply and how we’ll feed humanity sustainably in the coming decades. The Book Stall will have copies available for sale during the event.
Light snacks and drinks provided. Jeanne is even growing a huge salad just for the event! Click here for registration.
Saturday, July 27, 2019 | 11:00am- 12:00pm
Lincoln Park Zoo, Farm-in-the-Zoo, Expand Your Growing Season: Mid-Summer Gardening Maintenance
The Edible Garden
2001 N Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Make the most of the growing season by learning essential garden maintenance from Garden Leader, David Toledo from The Organic Gardener. By attending this workshop, you will learn about harvesting, managing plant diseases and pests, how to soak your greens, work with climate, keeping a tidy garden, and how to start seeding fall crops.
By making a suggested donation of $5, it helps maintain The Edible Gardens as a free, education resource to the Chicago community.
Saturday, August 17, 2019 | 11:00am- 12:00pm
Lincoln Park Zoo, Farm-in-the-Zoo, Herbs: How to Plant, Shape, Harvest and Preserve
The Edible Garden
2001 N Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
Learn how to grow flavorful, fresh herbs for the perfect additions to your dishes and drinks. Attendees will learn how to shape, harvest, and preserve herbs. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own pruners and will get to take home some herbs from our gardens, including rosemary, sage, lemon sorrell and lavender.
By making a suggested donation of $5, it helps maintain The Edible Gardens as a free, education resource to the Chicago community.
Jeanne’s diverse experience as an organic farmer, environmental activist, and eco-entrepreneur allows her to speak to many different aspects of the growing good food movement.
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