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Mark the 70th Anniversary of the original Victory Garden effort with a local gift…

Lurie Garden Workshops and Tours

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The Lurie Garden in Millennium Park is an urban oasis emerging from a harmonious blend of symbolism, landscape design and ecological sensitivity. Its design pays homage to Chicago’s transformation from flat marshland to innovative green city, or “Urbs in Horto” (City in a Garden). Visitors find respite and inspiration in…

Victory Garden Revisited

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A vacant lot at Peterson and Campbell avenues in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood has blossomed this summer into a vibrant urban garden...…

Peterson Garden Harvest

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The Peterson Garden Project is an organic, community vegetable garden on the corner of Peterson and Campbell in Chicago’s 40th Ward.…

Victory Garden is Underway

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Seeds are ready to be planted and the vegetables should be ready for the fall harvest…

40th Ward Victory Garden Ground Breaking

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Residents who, like those gardeners almost 70 years ago, want to work with their neighbors to grow their own food. …

Ruby Garden at Schreiber Park

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Schreiber Park, located in the heart of Rogers Park is home to the new Ruby Garden, a community...…

Edgewater Beautiful

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Edgewater Beautiful is the Edgewater Community Council's greening and beautification committee, encouraging practical...…

Rogers Park Garden Group

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The RPGG began in February 2007 when a few neighbors got together to see if it would be possible to form a garden group in Rogers Park.…