NLCCC GROWSS
All the news from the North Lawndale Community Coordinating Council's committee on GReening, Open space, Water, Soil, and Sustainability
Monday, October 7, 2024
Tree Walk on Douglas Blvd. - October 10
Monday, May 1, 2023
Monday, April 10, 2023
Litter-Free Lawndale spring clean-ups!
Litter-Free Lawndale is one of the GROWSS committee's key initiatives, working with the North Lawndale Homeowners Association and many other partners to help make North Lawndale the cleanest neighborhood in the city! One of our key strategies to accomplish this is community clean-ups.
This spring, we have already partnered in successful clean-ups around Unity Park at 19th & Kostner and YMEN at 13th & Pulaski. We also created a form you can fill out to request a partnership for a clean-up in your own area: https://bit.ly/litterfreelawn.
Upcoming are two big events: Earth Day and Chicago River Day!
Earth Day: Register NOW to join us from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 22 at Franklin Park as we clean in and around the park! We are looking for 120 volunteers to help make for an amazing day! Questions? Contact Jonathan Kelley at jonathanmkelley@gmail.com or text/call 312-420-2558.
Chicago River Day: Register here to join us on Saturday, May 13. We will meet at UCAN at 9:00 a.m. for a clean-up around Independence Blvd. & Central Park Ave. After we're done, stick around for a special Mother's Day festival sponsored by State Representative Lakesia Collins.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Scenes from 2022 GROWSS Youth Council
Annamaria Leon is a certified permaculture designer and teacher, and is active in her North Lawndale garden community. She is also the edible landscapes manager for Christy Webber Landscapes. Come spring, she revels in her backyard forest garden, which she shares with a multitude of birds, bees and butterflies.
Tree Walk on Douglas Blvd. - October 10
Join TREEmendous Lawndale, the Lawndale Pop-Up Spot, Morton Arboretum, and the Chicago Region Trees Initiative for a Tree Walk along beautif...
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This is a map to "connect the spots" -- shipping containers in community green spaces and gardens in North Lawndale! Each spot is ...
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Check out the way-finding signs, bike-racks and whirligigs in eight gardens throughout North Lawndale.
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Piet Oudolf at work on the Sears Sunken Garden plant layout The Friends of Sears Sunken Garden now have a brand new website. Make sure to c...