THE WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER FILLED QUICKLY - SIGN UP NOW FOR THE MARCH 2009 CHICKENS WORKSHOP

Farm fresh eggs from your own back yard?

YES!

Please join us for a workshop on best practices for Basic Backyard Chicken Care in Chicago.

Our December 14 benefit dinner has been post-poned. Please check back for news of our next dinner in the first quarter of 2009.

This Workshop is CLOSED -- to put your name on the wait list, send an email to chicago@learngrowconnect.org

Want to harvest fresh vegetables ALL YEAR LONG, right here in Chicago?

Learning Center staff and urban growing expert Tim Wilson of the Resource Center's CITY FARM will explain principles and practices for extending the growing season in our climate.

This workshop will describe simple and elegant methods and appropriate technology including:

The March workshop is FULL -- send an email to chicago@learngrowconnect.org to get on the waiting list --

The next workshop will be November 7.

Farm fresh eggs from your own back yard?

YES!

Please join us for a workshop on best practices for Basic Backyard Chicken Care in Chicago.

Do you have a balcony, patio, or a front or back yard? Then plant a transition garden!

This workshop, led by Thea Carlson, Angelic Organics Learning Center and Victoria Anderson, Gethsemane Garden Center, will show you how we can transition from today’s reliance on industrial agriculture that is heavily dependent upon depleting fossil fuels to a system of local food production that nourishes our bodies and spirits.

Learn about the fascinating life of bees, see our urban beehives, and prepare to start a hive of your own.

You’ll leave ready to select and order equipment, set up a hive, install the bees, and tend and inspect a hive. We’ll taste a variety of honeys and other products from the hive.

This is the first in a series of two workshops designed to prepare you to keep bees in the city. Beekeeping II: Harvest and Winter Care is offered on Saturday, July 18.

Please join us at the 4th Annual Chicago Food Policy Summit to learn, strategize and connect with others who are all contributing to Edible Policy change in Chicago!

• Presentations will include reports on food policy related successes
• Hear from Chicago’s youth
• Join a policy working group for CHANGE! in ‘09
• Guest Speaker: Chef Rick Bayless

Join Angelic Organics Learning Center at the 17th Annual Green and Growing Urban Gardening Fair at Garfield Park Conservatory.

Kick off the growing season with:

Help us develop our urban farmstead demonstration site with a workday at Angelic
Organics Learning Center's Chicago garden and greenhouse at First
Presbyterian Church.

Work and learn with Learning Center staff on soil preparation,
planting, and compost building in the biointensive herb and vegetable
garden. Please come ready to get dirty and work outdoors in any
weather.

Please RSVP by registering below, emailing us or calling 773.288.5462

The chefs from Sunday Dinner are opening up their private dining club to friends of the Learning Center.

Sunday, May 31, 7 pm
Wicker Park Neighborhood (Address will be emailed upon registration)
Chicago, Illinois

Menu

CELEBRATE summer, the time of ripening, and the longest day of the year with Angelic Organics Learning Center!

See the flier here.

12-3pm: Work and learn in the garden

Help us celebrate the summer solstice with a workday at Angelic Organics Learning Center's Chicago garden and greenhouse at First Presbyterian Church.

Work and learn with Learning Center staff on soil preparation, planting, and compost building in the biointensive herb and vegetable garden. Please come ready to get dirty and work outdoors in any weather.

Please RSVP by registering below, emailing us or calling 773.288.5462

New and returning beekeepers will learn methods for harvesting, extracting, and bottling honey, natural disease control, and preparing your hives for the winter months.

We’ll do a full hive checkup (weather permitting) and taste urban honey fresh from the comb.  

We will also cover simple treatments to prevent pests and diseases, and review steps you need to take to help your bees survive the cold of winter.