Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse and Community Garden: volunteer

January 30, 2010

Got Dirt? Growing Healthy Kids

Volunteer Training Opportunity at Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse

Saturday, February 27; 10 am – Noon

Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse

3501 N. Kilbourn, Chicago

Presented by Illinois Nutrition Education and Training Program (Illinois NET) - Training programs to initiate and enhance your school's local wellness policy

Kids love getting dirty. Learn how you can use a garden project to bring core subjects alive, encourage healthy eating and increase physical activity. The Got Dirt? program will help participants initiate a successful garden project at a child care, park or school site. Successful projects will be highlighted. This training is designed for serving children PreK – Grade 6.

This training is open to all Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse volunteers as well as Master Gardeners or Chicago Park District volunteers who are working with their local school or park garden.

Please register in advance at kirsten.akre@chicagoparkdistrict.com. If you are working with another garden, please specify the garden name and location.

This is a wonderful opportunity, not to be missed!

Posted at 12:05 PM in Classes, volunteer | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

October 10, 2009

Perennial Give Away

"The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses." -- Hanna Rion

Openlands connected Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse to Elite Growers who have over 1,000 1 gallon perennial plants they would like to donate to gardeners and community gardeners/public spaces. They will be deliverying the plants on Tuesday, October 13 anytime between 10 am - 10:30 am. To facilitate this we need your help!

Here are a few ways you could participate.

1. Help unload the truck when it arrives. Volunteers can come to Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse at 10 am to help prepare for the delivery, unload and sort the plants for distribution. Volunteers would be welcome from 10 am - Noon or later if you can.

2. Pick up plants! Do you have a space in need of a few plants. Are you working for a public garden that could plant them soon. Come and pick up some perennials for your gardens! People can pick up plants on Tuesday, October 13 from 1 pm - 5 pm.