Garden Websites

62nd and Dorchester Community Garden – 62garden.com
65th and Woodlawn Community Garden – www.65thandwoodlawn.com
Cook County Sheriff’s Garden-www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/programs/dscigarden.html
Altgeld Sawyer Corner Farm – http://altgeldsawyer.cornerfarmchicago.com/
Growing Power, Chicago projects: www.growingpower.org/chicago_projects.htm.

  • Altgeld Gardens Urban Farm
  • The Chicago Lights Urban Farm
  • Grant Park “Art on the Farm” Urban Agriculture Potager
  • Iron Street Urban Farm
  • Jackson Park Urban Farm and Community Allotment Garden

Green On Mclean – greenonmclean.wordpress.com
Green Youth Farm (Chicago Botanic Gardens) – growingstation.blogspot.com
Intergenerational Growing Projects – manage multiple gardens on the South Side. http://www.intergenerationalgrowingprojects.blogspot.com/
Lincoln Square Community Garden – www.lincolnsquare.org/pages/communitygarden/
Mindful Living Garden – http://mindfullivingchicago.blogspot.com/
Merchant Park Community Garden – www.merchantparkcommunitygarden.org
Monticello Avenue Community Garden – http://monticellogarden.wordpress.com/
Monarch Community Garden – http://geoponica.blogspot.com/
Peterson Garden – www.petersongarden.org
Riverbank Neighbors – http://www.riverbankneighbors.org/
Roots and Rays (Raizes y Rayos) Community Garden – http://raizesyrayos.wordpress.com/
Ruby Garden (In Schreiber Park) – www.therubygarden.com
Taylor Street Farm – taylorstreetfarm.org
The Talking Farm – http://www.thetalkingfarm.org/
Thomas Street Garden – http://thomasstreetgarden.org/
Xochiquetzal Peace Garden -http://xochiquetzalpilsen.org/
Windy City Harvest (Chicago Botanic Garden) – http://www.chicagobotanic.org/windycityharvest/

Archi-Treasures: www.architreasures.org Has information about many of their past projects, icluding:

  • Birdhouses (2003) at Willa Cather Elementary School
  • Casals Garden (2005) at Casals Elementary School
  • Cuentos En La Pared (2005-2006) – Logan Square Neighborhood Association
  • Fine Arts Garden (2006) at Pritzker Elementary School
  • Legacy Fence Project (2003)- Willa Cather Elementary School
  • Lion’s Garden (2004) – Lowell Elementary School
  • Mosaic Bench (2004 – Roberto Clemente High School
  • Prairie Garden (2006) – Logan Square Walks

North Lawndale Greening Committe’s website has information of a number of its member gardens – http://nlgreeningcommittee.org/

NeighborSpace’s website www.neighbor-space.org has photos and descriptions of numerous gardens:

If you know of links to other Chicago Community Gardens please contact us!