Saturday 5/17, 10am-1pm
Sunday 5/18, 10am-1pm (Chicago Cares) 		  
    
Ginkgo Organic Gardens was founded in 1994 by community gardeners as a response to local hunger. They saw, on the one hand, surplus produce in urban gardens that ended up on the compost pile, and on the other, non-profit organizations unable to afford fresh produce for the homeless and low-income people they serve. Ginkgo Organic Gardens is a community production garden that aims to solve both problems. Using organic methods, we grow approximately 1,500 pounds of vegetables, herbs, fruit, and flowers each year and donate them to Uptown-area non-profit organizations.

As our name suggests, there is more than one kind of garden at Ginkgo. In front, there is a neighborhood park landscaped with benches, raised flagstone beds, perennials - including native prairie plants - and our namesake, a large female Ginkgo tree. Behind the park are raised production beds for vegetables, herbs, flowers and special demonstration projects; several types of fruit trees; composting areas; and a tool shed and patio shaded by Silver Maples.

Currently, we donate produce to Vital Bridges' GroceryLand, a food pantry that serves low-income persons living with AIDS. Like Ginkgo, GroceryLand has a strong, caring volunteer base, but until the garden was established, they had no responsive, reliable source of fresh produce. Past recipients of Ginkgo's bounty also include Lakeview Pantry, Inspiration Cafe, and the Native American Medical Center. Come join us and get your fingernails dirty!		     

Our 2008 workday schedule for April through November:
  • Saturday 10am-1pm
    (harvest & delivery day!)

  • One Sunday a month,
    10am-1pm:

    May 18
    June 22
    July 27
    August 24
    September 21
    October 19
    November 16

  • Thursday evenings
    630-800pm
  
For more information, drop us an email.
  Organic Plant Sale @ Kilbourn Park

  Ginkgo regrets that we are unable to hold a plant sale this year.
  We suggest the annual sale at Kilbourn Park. Go early!

  The Chicago Park District’s Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse will
  sell more than 150 varieties of organically grown vegetable, herb
  and flower seedlings. Plant prices range from $2 & up.

  Date & Time:  May 17 & 18 from 10am to 2pm
  Cost:  admission free, plant prices range from $2 & up
  Location:  Kilbourn Park, 3501 N. Kilbourn Avenue
  Ginkgo Organic Gardens location:
  4055 N Kenmore Ave
  Chicago, IL
  Closest EL stop: "Sheridan" on Red Line
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