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Put the Garden to Bed with NeighborSpace

Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (CT)

Chicago, IL

Put the Garden to Bed with NeighborSpace

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Put the Garden to Bed Ended $75.00 $1.88
"Garden Bed" (four tickets) Ended $250.00 $6.25
Plant a Seed Fund   more info Ended

Event Details

Don’t miss our second annual Put the Garden to Bed  celebration, featuring delicious seasonal food and drink, S’mores, live music and the presentation of the 2009 NeighborSpace Garden Award winners.

(click here to see images of last year's fun) 

 

Are you are Gardener? Get 1/2 off today! 

Simply enter "community" when ordering online.  

 


 2009 NeighborSpace Garden Awards:

Next Generation Garden Award: Bush Community Garden of Hope, South Chicago

Urban Oasis Award: Thomas Street Garden, Humboldt park

The Velma Johnson Award: Doretha Penn, North Lawndale Greening Committee 

Garden Stewardship Award: Edna White Garden, Morgan park

Civic Achievement Award: Brickyard Garden, Woodlawn

  


Put the Garden to Bed will feature live music from the Chicken Fat Klezmer Orchestra and the Luna Blues Machine.  


 

NeighborSpace would like to thank the City of Chicago, the Chicago Park District, and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for their ongoing support and leadership. Special thanks to Christy Webber Landscapes for hosting and to our sponsors, Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, Rosenthal Bros., Inc., Mission Accounting and Freeborn & Peters, LLC.

 

When & Where



Rancho Verde (Christy Webber Landscapes)
2900 W. Ferdinand Street
Chicago, IL 60612

Saturday, September 26, 2009 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM (CT)


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Hosted By

NeighborSpace and Chicago Park District



NeighborSpace is a nonprofit urban land trust dedicated to preserving and sustaining community managed open spaces in Chicago

Its network of almost 70 gardens provide thousands of people the opportunity to grow fruits, vegetables and flowers; to restore habitats; and create unique gathering places in their own neighborhoods.

NeighborSpace’s partners in the community can rest assured that the land will remain dedicated to conservation and their efforts will never be displaced.