April 7, 2008
2008 GreenNet Green and Growing Fair
What: 2008 GreenNet Green and Growing Fair
When: April 26, 2008 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where: Garfield Park Conservatory – 300 North Central Park
Cost: FREE Admission – Open to All
Come one; come all to this extraordinary spring event! We have an outstanding line-up for GreenNet's 16th Annual Green and Growing Fair, including the launch of ONE SEED CHICAGO.
As One Book; One Chicago is to reading, One Seed Chicago is to urban greening. With this new program GreenNet invites you to Grow Together. This year's seed is the Sunflower. Imagine thousands of these versatile plants linking together community gardens across the City! Pick up your free seed packet at the Fair, at events throughout the summer or by sending your name and address to info@neighbor-space.org.
This year the Fair will feature several performing artists. Enjoy down home local musicians while eating lunch at the Green Cafe. While roaming through the Conservatory, you'll enjoy a sneak preview of Walkabout Theater's forthcoming play, "War Garden: An Experiment in Patriotic Agriculture." The show, which is co-produced by NeighborSpace, and this summer will be performed directly in community gardens throughout the City, is a comedic exploration of Chicago's wildly popular war garden movement of WWI (victory gardens in WWII).
Get first dibs! Buy the season's first spring vegetables and seedlings as well as seeds, worm compost and other gardening materials and supplies from local growers and vendors. Vendors will also be selling local crafts such as painted pots, notepaper & jewelry (just in time for Mother's Day!)
Enjoy these demonstrations, activities and more:
Basics of composting
Rot Pot seed starting
Home-made solar ovens
LOW COST Tool sharpening by the CHICAGO Botanic Garden's Green Youth Farmers
Community Garden Poster Session – Meet Chicago Garden Leaders
$5.00 Classes on Native Landscaping & Basic Composting
OUR Popular silent auction of garden related items
And….. the launch of ONE SEED CHICAGO: 2008 Sunflower - Come to the Fair to pick up your free seed packet
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April 5, 2008
Help Judge Student Hort Projects at Ag School
Master Gardeners,
The Ag. School could use your help. They are in need of judges for the FFA Section Fair. You would be judging student horticulture projects/specimens.
When: Saturday, April 12
Where: Ag. School - 3857 W. 111th Street
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon
Needed: 8 to 10 people if possible
The judges will be orientated from 8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Thank you for your consideration.
To volunteer contact Nancy at nkreith@gmail.com
Nancy Kreith
Extension Program Coordinator
University of Illinois Extension
3807 W. 111th Street
Chicago, IL. 60655
office: 773.233.0476
fax: 773.233.0910
cell: 708.567.6101
url: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/cook/
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April 2, 2008
Kate Needs Help With Youth Programs
Kate Weinans, Youth Program Organizer needs some assistance with the following programs:
Wednesday, April 16th–9 a.m.-2 p.m.
One Master Composter or Gardener to assist an already recruited MC (Ella Russell)
Dunne Elementary- 10845 S. Union, Chicago, IL
Assist in 4 classrooms: 2 Worm Compost Projects with 3rd graders and 2 Lettuce in a Bag projects with 1st graders.
Contact Kate at kweinans@uiuc.edu
Friday, April 18th-- 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
2-6 Master Gardeners
Ag School 3807 W. 111th St
Garden Workday with 80 high school students (and their teacher sand chaperones) in the Demonstration garden and perennial garden.
Contact Nancy Kreith at nkreith@gmail.com
Saturday, April 19th-- 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
1-2 Master Gardeners
Ag School 3807 W. 111th St Chicago IL
Garden Workday in the Demonstration Garden to 6-8 youth from Hull House (teenagers???! think)
Contact Kate kweinans@uiuc.edu
Tuesday, April 22nd- 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
1 Master Gardener 9:00 a.m. -12, noon, 1 Master Gardener 12 noon -3:00 p.m.(Jane Tiffen and Ruth Melulis are already in for MC's)
Daley Plaza 50 W. Washington St
Worm Compost Demonstration for Earth Day
Contact Kate kweinans@uiuc.edu
Friday, May 9th-12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
1 Master Gardener
Christopher Elementary-- 5042 S. Artesian Chicago, IL
Assist 25 girl scouts re-pot flowering plants for Mother's Day. Anyone with inexpensive crafty ideas to spruce up those boring, cheap plastic greenhouse planters is WELCOME!!!! These will be gifts.
Contact Kate kweinans@uiuc.edu
Kate Weinans
UIUC Extension Youth Program Organizer
3807 W. 111th St
Chicago, IL 60655
Phone: 773-233-0476
Fax: 773-233-0910
kweinans@uiuc.edu
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April 2, 2008
Common Threads Job Openings
Hello Friends,
We are growing here at Common Threads. As of this coming fall, we will have 17 different cooking classes going on in one week! Crazy exciting! Consequently, we have two openings here at Common Threads. Last summer, I emailed you two job descriptions and ended up hiring three individuals, all of who came from the Common Threads network. So again, I thought I would again go through the friends of Common Threads in search of two amazing people that might complete our family (at least for now)!
We are looking for a Client Service Coordinator and a Program Assistant. The Client Service Coordinator position is a job that requires wearing multiple hats (event coordination, grant writing and other admin tasks) and requires a real people person who is detail oriented. The Program Assistant will be working hands-on with our kids in the kitchen and garden on a daily basis, so this person needs to have a true love of children while also being diligent about coordinating class related logistics.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Have a wonderful day and a phenomenal week!
Linda
Linda Novick O'Keefe
Executive Director
Common Threads
312.752.2680 - office
312.277.9517 - fax
linda@ourcommonthreads.org
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April 2, 2008
Volunteer at Green and Growing Fair
We need volunteers to help with set-up, break down, seed planting demos, silent auction and garden book sale, greeting and information tables, and much more...
Volunteer shifts for the Green and Growing Fair are:
Set up: 6:30 a.m -9:30 a.m.
Break down: 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
First Shift: 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Second Shift 12:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
If you would like to help with this fun event please contact me at hpicciuca@garfieldpark.org or by phone 773-638-1766x24 with your preferred shift time.
Highlights of the 2008 Green and Growing Fair
You will be able to buy the season's first spring vegetables and seedlings as well as seeds, worm compost and other gardening materials and supplies from local growers and vendors.
Vendors will also be selling local crafts such as painted pots, notepaper & jewelry (just in time for Mother's day!)
Demonstrations on...
Square foot gardening
Basics of composting
Rot Pot seed starting
Home-made solar ovens
Community Garden Poster Session
Popular silent auction of garden related items and more
Free Tool sharpening by the Botanic Garden's Green Youth Farmers
$5.00 Classes on Native Landscaping & Basic Composting
Lunch in the Green Café Accompanied by down home local musicians!
The lunch of ONE SEED CHICAGO: The Sunflower Seed!
Thanks so much and hope to see you at the event!
Harmony Picciuca
Garden and Volunteer Programs Coordinator
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
300 N. Central Park Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60624
773.638.1766 x 24
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