Join Deep Roots Project “Grow Your Own” movement. Learn how to grow your own food and join others while doing it. Register for our webinar on March 3 at 6pm that is sponsored by the Oak Park Library
Sign up for the SUPERFOOD GARDEN SUMMIT
Nutrient Rich Foods With Ease
FREE Livestream event July 22-25
16 Garden Visionaries Help You Grow
Please join Deep Roots on Friday, July 3, from 5 - 8 pm for informal live music played by friends and neighbors in Estelle Carol’s front yard food garden located at 323 S. East Ave, Oak Park.
FREE webinar on Thursday, May 28 at 6pm
Kurt Hansen will present a webinar for beginners and intermediate gardeners with a priority on first-time gardeners. He has tips for a bountiful harvest including soil, varieties, fertilizing, pruning, trellising, and harvesting. Tomatoes are "heavy feeders." Learn how to replenish the soil nutrients throughout the season.
This webinar substitutes the 4th webinar in our original First-time Food Gardener webinar series that had been announced for this date.
This event is online. You will receive a link via email to join the live webinar!
Even though the leaves are off the trees and there may be snow on the ground, gardening is still on our minds here at Deep Roots. In fact, now is the best time to be thinking about our gardens, as some things need to be planned long before the first plants poke up from the ground.
Join Deep Roots Project Sunday, February 23 for a free workshop at the Oak Park Main Library at 3pm in the first floor Community Room! We allowed extra time at the end to advise people who need help with their garden planning.
It’s time to share our lessons learned this edible gardening season (and previous seasons too). Bring your gardening questions, discoveries, successes, mistakes and experiences.
We will review the Deep Roots edible garden checklist for success.
Our goal is to make garden both fun and efficient. We are always thinking of new ways to save time and money. Many members of the Deep Roots community like to learn edible gardening by trying out new methods and tweaking old ones.
Bring your gardening stories and questions.
In memory of Eco-Champion Sally Stovall
Deep Roots Project and Green Community Connections invite the community to see and taste the beauty of this showcase edible garden between 4 and 8 p.m. Sunday, July 21, at the home of Estelle Carol, 323 S. East Ave., Oak Park. Bringing a dish and/or beverage to share is not required but is greatly appreciated.
July 21 Schedule:
• 4 to 6 p.m. showcase garden tours + potluck appetizers
• 6 to 8 p.m. potluck dinner
• 7 p.m. sing along (songs to remember Sally chosen by her children)
This garden is dedicated to Sally Stovall, local eco-champion and co-founder of Green Community Connections, who died suddenly on May 21. To learn more about Sally's wide-ranging environmental work, go here.
RSVP here on EventBrite to help us anticipate attendance.
Get a sneak peek of the garden in this video.
Volunteers needed to help setup ice cold beverages, tables, and chairs in the back yard shade garden as well as greeters, tour guides, and cleanup crew. Contact lisa@greencommunityconnections.org.
WHEN: Sunday, June 9, 2-4pm
WHERE: Oak Park Main Library (Community Room)
834 Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301
Join us to learn many tips on how to prevent pest in your edible garden. Preventing garden pests is far easier (and more fun!) than dealing with pest outbreaks after they show up. Even some natural sprays can harm your soil and your plants. So creative, vigilant and knowledgeable prevention is best. If you fail at preventing pests, then learn from them.
WHEN: Thursday, May 30. 7-9pm
WHERE: Oak Park Main Library (Community Room)
834 Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301
A whole-foods, plant-based diet is a way of eating that celebrates plant foods and cuts out unhealthy items like added sugars and refined grains. Plant-based diets have been linked to a number of health benefits, including reducing your risk of heart disease, certain cancers, obesity, diabetes and cognitive decline.
WHEN: Sunday, May 26, 2-4pm
WHERE: Oak Park Main Library (Community Room)
834 Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301
Presented by Kurt Hansen
Both native and edible plants are needed for a healthy ecology and improved food harvest. Including flowers and perennials as well increases the beauty of the whole landscape.This workshop will cover garden design with BOTH natives AND edibles. We want native gardeners to learn how to include edible plants. And we want edible gardeners to learn how to include native plants.
WHEN: Saturday May 25, 9am-1pm
WHERE: Pilgrim Church parking lot, 460 Lake St, Oak Park
Deep Roots will have a booth inside the Farmer market for the “Green Days” only. Check out our activities, workshops, store products and volunteer opportunities.
WHEN: Saturday May 18, 9am-1pm
WHERE: Pilgrim Church parking lot, 460 Lake St, Oak Park
Deep Roots will have a booth inside the Farmer market for the “Green Days” only. Check out our activities, workshops, store products and volunteer opportunities.
WHEN: Sunday, May 5, 2-4pm
WHERE: Oak Park Main Library (Community Room)
834 Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301
Managing for soil health is one key step toward having a successful garden this summer. Avoiding compaction, covering with dense leaf mulch, applying organic matter, adding biochar, and keeping the soil covered are simple tips that will reap great rewards.
WHEN: Saturday, April 27 10am - 2pm
WHERE: Public Works Center
201 South Boulevard
Oak Park's celebration of green living returns with the Village's 10th annual Earth Fest. The family-friendly event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 at the Public Works Center, 201 South Boulevard.
WHEN: April 11, 7-8pm
WHERE: Ascension Church, 601 Van Buren, Oak Park
Presented by David Murphy, Director of Deep Roots Project
WHEN: April 7, 2-4pm
WHERE: Oak Park Main Library, Community Room
834 Lake Street Oak Park, IL 60301
Jeff Swano is our expert on beautiful toxic-free lawns and the owner of Dig Right In Landscaping. He has been leading the way in residential organic lawn care since 2005. Over the years, he has come to fully understand the science and techniques necessary to build and sustain healthy soil ecology.
Learn about the best practices for creating a non-toxic healthy beautiful lawn and yard from Jeff Swano at the next Deep Roots free workshop. Videos from past workshops will be coming soon to our website. Sign up for our newsletter to be notified when the next workshop will be offered.
WHEN:
Saturday, March 30th
5:30pm - 7:30pm
WHERE:
Good Earth Greenhouse
7900 Madison Street
River Forest IL 60305
5:30 pm – Dinner and networking
6:30 pm – Presentation and discussion of Deep Roots volunteer opportunities
RSVP HERE. If you don’t RSVP come anyway.
MORE DETAILS HERE.
WHEN:
Sunday, March 24th
12:00pm - 2:00pm
WHERE:
Sugar Beet Co-op Building
Community Room
442 S. Grove Ave.
WHEN: March 23, 2 - 2:30 pm
WHERE: The Good Food Expo at the UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd, Chicago
WHEN:
Sunday, March 3rd
1:00pm - 3:00pm
WHERE:
Oak Park Public Main Library
834 Lake Street
First Floor - Community Engagement Space
Oak Park, IL 60304
WHEN:
Sunday, January 27th
2:00pm - 4:00pm
WHERE:
Oak Park Public Library - Maze Branch
845 Gunderson Avenue
Oak Park, IL 60304
Please join the Deep Roots Project as host Dan Gibbs (https://www.chicagobackyardfarmer.com/) leads an interactive workshop on how to get maximum yield from your garden by making a successful crop plan.
Presenter: Dan Gibbs
Date: Saturday, October 27, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Oak Park Public Library, Maze Branch, 845 Gunderson Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
With a minimal amount of strategic effort you can set up your edible garden for success. Did you know that the care you take in closing your edible garden for the winter will have a direct effect on preventing pests and diseases the following spring? Conventional growing methods say if you see a pest you spray it. Learn how to grow clean healthy food without pests and diseases by managing nutrition & organic material in your soil, plus using a few more simple tricks. Dan Gibbs is an OPRF native who has been using organic growing methods for 15 years as a commercial farmer and avid gardener. Local agriculture is one of his passions.
You are invited to come join us Friday, October 26th at the Good Earth Greenhouse at 7900 Madison Street in River Forest starting at 6:00 for food, fun and friendship! Meeting from 7-8 pm and we will start and end on time.
Looking to grow food, find a community garden space, connect with other gardeners, build a raised bed or figure out a good design for your yard? Come to our monthly volunteer meetings for the Deep Roots Project where the first hour is all about supporting YOU! We meet on the 4th Friday of every month at the Good Earth Greenhouse from 6-8 pm. Click below to see meeting details about our September 28 meeting and to receive updates.
Location: Oak Park Main Library
First Floor - Community Engagement Space
834 Lake Street
Oak Park, IL 60301
Time: 2-4pm
Title: Free watering and irrigation workshop
Date: Sunday August 26th from 2 to 4pm.
Location: Estelle’s garden, 323 S. East Ave, Oak Park
Learn about various ways to water your garden including when to water, how to water with a hose, rain barrels, drip irrigation, automatic irrigation, the importance dense mulch.
Many people ponder how to water a garden. They may struggle over questions such as, “How much water should I give my garden?” or “How often should I water a garden?” It’s really not as complicated as it seems, but there are some things that should be considered. These include the type of soil you have, what your climate or weather is like, and the types of plants you are growing.
You are invited to come join us Friday, August 24 at the Good Earth Greenhouse at 7900 Madison Street in River Forest starting at 6:00 for food, fun and friendship! Meeting from 7-8 pm and we will start and end on time.
6:00 - 7:00 pm Networking ~ Supporting our Community Roots
7:00 - 8:00 pm Deep Roots Project Agenda
Please bring a friend, your kids and family and RSVP here so we can expect you. This is our time to share good environmental stewardship!
