Scenes from 2022 GROWSS Youth Council

In the picture, Annamaria Leon, seating at Love Blooms Here Plaza (location: Douglas Blvd between Central Park and Millard)

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.

In the picture Annamaria Leon, caring for plants at Love Blooms Here

Participant of GROWSS Youth Council cutting flowers without damaging them

In the picture, Annamaria Leon and Hugo of Growss Youth Council, at Love Blows Here Stewardship Community Day

Check out the way-finding signs, bike-racks and whirligigs in eight gardens throughout North Lawndale.

WAYFINDING MAPS ARE INSTALLED

Come check out our beautiful maps of North Lawndale.

Way-finding maps have been installed in the eight gardens whose gardeners had worked with Working Bikes to secure a grant from SPIN. This made the design, fabrication and installationof the maps possible, at locations where the grant had allowed for bike-racks to be set last summer.

Each garden is represented by an Adinkra symbol that speaks about their mission and values. This one is at the Love Blooms Here Plaza at the corner of Douglass Boulevard and Central Park Avenue. 

 

 

 

 

 

The map was finalized by @karlihonrothdesign with a concept by @kaharirastafari thanks to @ridespin and @workingbikes Check them out. Visit all eight gardens and discover North Lawndale’s community effort towards Greening, Open Space, Water, Soil and Sustainability. #northlawndalewayfinding

Applications open for the NLCCC Youth Council!

The NLCCC GROWSS Youth Council is a collaboration between Lincoln Park Zoo and various North Lawndale organizations and stakeholders. The purpose of the youth council is to create confident leaders who build relationships with each other, their neighbors, and nature, in order to create a healthier and more vibrant community.

This spring and summer, youth council members will work on projects designed to connect people to nature through social media, attend community engagement opportunities, and more.

The youth council is open to anyone ages 16–22. This application is for both the spring and summer sessions of the youth council; accepted applicants must commit for the entire duration of the program (April 27–August 1).

• Spring session

- Begins April 27 and runs until June 3

- Meets every Saturday in-person and every other Thursday virtually (three hours each week)

• There is a three-week break between June 3 and June 25

• Program will resume for the summer session on June 26 - August 1. Meets in-person four days a week, three hours a day (typically Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday)

Accepted applicants can earn up to $1,140 for the duration of the spring and summer sessions. Additionally, accepted applicants have the option to apply for the fall session of the youth council, a six- week session that includes one three-hour meeting each week, for an additional $288.

If you have questions, please contact Jaeda Branch, Community Programs Coordinator, at jbranch@lpzoo.org.