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Next Garden Work Day is Thursday, July 9th
We are open for the 2026 Season
We are open for the 2026 Season
We opened on Saturday, April 4th with a successful workday on March 28th. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with repairing beds and garden clean up!
We are tentatively full for the 2026 season. Plots may become available over the next few months. Please email hellohowardgarden@gmail.com to receive the waiting list link.
-- Hello Howard Leadership Team
For inspiration for this year you can find Hello Howard on Instagram. View photos from your fellow gardeners and share your own. Send photos via email at hellohowardgarden@gmail.com or tag us in your Instagram photos @HelloHowardGarden.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Thursday, July 9th - Garden Work Evening
5:00pm-Sunset @Hello Howard Community Garden
Come when you can and pitch in. We will have various types of projects and doing general clean up around the garden.
Saturday, July 11th - Yoga and Plant Meditation
10:00am-11:30am @Hello Howard Community Garden
Join Herbalist Kristi Anthemum for yoga and a plant meditation. Bring a mat or blanket. All ages welcome. Presented by the Chicago Center for Psychophysical Healing.
Saturday, July 11th - Family Days: STEAM and Stories in the Garden
11:00am-Noon @ Hello Howard Community Garden
For all ages. Our theme this month is how our garden grows. View and share informational flyer.
Wednesday, July 15th - Family Days: STEAM and Stories in the Garden
5:00pm-6:00pm @ Hello Howard Community Garden
For all ages. Our theme this month is how our garden grows. View and share informational flyer.
Saturday, July 18th - Garden Work Day
10:00am-12:30pm @Hello Howard Community Garden
Come when you can and pitch in. We will have various types of projects and doing general clean up around the garden.
Wednesday, July 22nd - Garden Work Evening
5:00pm-Sunset @Hello Howard Community Garden
Come when you can and pitch in. We will have various types of projects and general clean up around the garden.
Saturday, July 25th - Family Days: STEAM and Stories in the Garden
11:00am-Noon @ Hello Howard Community Garden
For all ages. Our theme this month is how our garden grows. View and share informational flyer.
Saturday, July 25th-Seedfolks -For Youth By Youth Theater
2:30pm @Hello Howard Community Garden
A play for all ages based that brings Paul Fleischman's beloved novel, Seedfolks, to life in the garden.
Sunday, July 26th-Seedfolks-For Youth By Youth Theater
2:30pm @Hello Howard Community Garden
A play for all ages based that brings Paul Fleischman's beloved novel, Seedfolks, to life in the garden.
Saturday, August 1st - Extending the Garden Season
5:30pm-6:30am @Hello Howard Community Garden
Join gardener Rose as she shares how to extend the garden growing season and how to build a small hoop for our plots.
Saturday, August 8th - Garden Work Day
10:00am-12:30pm @Hello Howard Community Garden
Come when you can and pitch in. We will have various types of projects and doing general clean up around the garden.
Wednesday, Aug 12th - Family Days: STEAM and Stories in the Garden
5:00pm-6:00pm @ Hello Howard Community Garden
For all ages. Our theme this month is Abundance! View and share informational flyer.
Wednesday, Aug19th - Garden Work Evening
5:00pm-Sunset @Hello Howard Community Garden
Come when you can and pitch in. We will have various types of projects and doing general clean up around the garden.
Saturday, Aug 22th - Family Days: STEAM and Stories in the Garden
11:00am-Noon @ Hello Howard Community Garden
For all ages. Our theme this month is Abundance! View and share informational flyer.
Saturday, Aug 22th - Garden Picnic Potluck
Noon-2:00pm @ Hello Howard Community Garden
Join your fellow Hello Howard Gardeners and friends for a community picnic. Bring a dish and snacks to share. More details to come.
Familiarize yourself with the Hello Howard Community Rules, Responsibilities, and Guidelines. We are a community garden and thrive to keep the garden a happy, secure, and enjoyable place where all participants can garden, learn and socialize.
You can also read in Spanish/Español or Haitian Creole/kreyòl Ayisyen.
Gardeners are asked to make a suggested minimum donation of $40 per plot to help cover community costs such as bed repairs, mulch, soil, compost, tools, and general maintenance. Additional funds raised help award scholarships to our community members.
Garden Neighborhoods
Garden Neighborhoods
This year, we have divided the garden into neighborhoods with a garden leader being a point of contact in those areas. Because our garden is so large - 223 plots! - we hope this will help us get to know our gardening neighbors better and help sustain lines of communication. Early in the season you should receive a welcome message from the leader listed below with their contact information.
Pink (north plots) - Tammy
Green (northwest plots) - Rachel
Yellow (northeast plots) - Aaron
Blue (central west plots) - Lisa & Katie
Red (central east plots) - Mac & Evelyn
Purple (south east plots) - Kelly & Alyssa
Orange (south west and front plots) - Mary & Terri
You will also still receive all garden emails from hellohowardgarden@gmail.com and should feel free to use that email at any time. Also, a quick note to those who have two plots, you may fall under different leaders. Please feel free to communicate with either or both.
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Community Partners
Community Partners
NeighborSpace supports community gardens so that community groups can focus on gardening and on their community building vision, generating food, beauty, play, health and safety for their neighborhoods.
They serves as Hello Howard's fiscal partner.
A Just Harvest fights poverty and hunger in the Rogers Park and greater Chicago community by providing nutritious meals while cultivating community and economic development and organizing across racial, cultural and socioeconomic lines in order to create a more just society.
They garden with us and receive donated produce as part of the Grow to Give program.
Food Not Bombs is a collective that rescues food from the waste stream and gets it to folks who need it, no questions asked, while supporting local movements to combat oppression and inequality.
They garden with us and receive donated produce as part of the Grow to Give program.
The Seed Library is Headquartered at the PO Box Collective at 6900 N Glenwood Ave and serves as a community resource for free seeds, learning skills for home gardening, and social action.
There is a seed sharing box at the garden's communication station in partnership with them. Everyone is welcome to take seeds and share extras.
Howard & Evanston Community Center
The Center assists low-income individuals and families in the Greater Rogers Park and Evanston to stabilize their lives and to develop the social skills necessary to become effective community members.
They garden with us and receive donated produce as part of the Grow to Give program.
North of Howard Together (NOH Together), facilitated by Family Matters, seeks to amplify collaboration among representatives of local organizations headquartered north of Howard in order to increase access to resources and strengthen community relationships.
Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo
The Institute studies the interaction between urban development and the natural ecosystem to develop scientific standards for minimizing conflict between them. They have various projects going on throughout the city and its community gardens.
They work with us as part of the Chicago Garden Wildlife Project.
School of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University
The newest school at Loyola University, the SES advances knowledge and action on biodiversity, environmental policy and economics, environmental health, food, systems, energy, and climate change.
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