Tuning into the growing season is a great way to stay grounded during the spring months.
Here are a couple ideas for getting in the groove of gardening. Remember even if you’re caring for houseplants or growing a couple container tomatoes, having a relationship with plants can help us adjust to the changing seasons and lower our stress levels. Getting some sunshine helps too :)
Windy City Harvest Plant Sale – Saturday May 11
Windy City Harvest is excited to announce our upcoming community event, Spring Sprout, which will be held on May 11, 2024, 11am – 4pm, at the Farm on Ogden in North Lawndale (3555 W Ogden Ave Chicago IL 60623) in conjunction with our annual Plant Sale.
We will have annual vegetable and flower starts for sale, free food (while supplies last), a community resources fair, live music, and tours of Farm on Ogden. We would love to see you all there!
As the Chicago Botanic Garden’s urban agriculture program, Windy City Harvest is making a difference in communities on the West and South Sides of Chicago. By focusing on growing food, improving health, and creating job opportunities, we're helping build strong, vibrant neighborhoods that thrive.
If you have any questions you can reach out to: bcalendo@chicagobtoanic.org
Spring Flower Show: Showers of Flowers
Join us this spring for Showers of Flowers, the 2026 spring flower show at the Garfield Park Conservatory. “Showers of Flowers” highlights more than 80 hanging baskets that demonstrate vertical possibilities for your green thumb! The baskets will feature trailing vines, like ivy and sweet potato, bushy asparagus ferns, and colorful flowers like pansies, petunia, and calibrachoa. Let the beauty rain down upon you while you enjoy ground plantings, including seasonal favorites such as daffodils, tulips, lupines, cymbidium orchids, astilbe, snapdragons, and ranunculus, against a backdrop of azaleas, camellias, and hydrangea.