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SPREADING THE EDIBLE GARDEN WORD!

We Can Grow It!smWe’ve had a lot of fun talking about “Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow.” This lecture uses historical documentation, photos and other media to reveal how Chicago lead the nation in urban food production during WW2. And how we are poised to do it again with the home grown food revolution of this new generation…

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We’d love to talk to your organization. For scheduling, please send an email to info@theyarden.com

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday, July 11

Tuesday, July 31

Saturday, August 11

Thursday, August 23

Saturday, September 10

Friday and Saturday, September 14 and 15

Sunday, September 16

Sunday, November 4

OUR STORY

In 2006 we bought a “yard with a house attached to it” for the sole, myopic, obsessive purpose of growing a vegetable garden. And we are damned and determined to convince, cajole and  charm as many Chicagoans as possible to tear up their own yards and grow their own food!

2010 runner up "Best Urban Gardening Blog" and "Best Blog About Growing Food"

2010 runner up "Best Urban Gardening Blog" and "Best Blog About Growing Food"

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Member Culinary Historians of Chicago

Member Culinary Historians of Chicago

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Recipient 2011 "Garden Hero" Award

2009 Honorable Mention "Vegetable" Category in Mayor Daley's Chicago Landscape Awards

2009 Honorable Mention "Vegetable" Category in Mayor Daley's Chicago Landscape Awards