mindful living
Second Sunday Suppers
Second Sunday of each month
4-7pm @ Crown Liquors
Join us for an FREE monthly community dinner - neighbors and volunteers share their ideas about the garden as well as their homemade dishes. What better way to connect with your community than over a home cooked meal? Drinks available for purchase at a cash bar. All ages are welcome. If you'd like to contribute, shoot us an email!
Weekly Garden Workdays
April through October, TBA
Wear sturdy shoes and clothes you don't mind getting dirty! At these regular garden workdays, expect to do any of the following general garden maintenance: planting, spreading mulch, painting, pulling weeds, watering, and harvesting.
Group Volunteer Days/Field Trips
by appointment
Looking for a productive activity for your family, church group, or classroom? Contact us to schedule a group volunteer day - a perfect weekend activity for folks who love the great outdoors and want to make a difference. Shoot us an email for more information.
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Help us keep the food growing and the classes flowing!
thanks to our donors!
In addition to private donations, Mindful Living has been the grateful recipient of assistance from the following programs:
Ongoing: Chicago Greencorps Plant Distribution Days
Five times a year, this Chicago city program distributes free annuals, perennials, bulbs, seeds, and vegetables to public gardens. These distribution days ensure that Mindful Living will always have things to grow in its beautiful raised beds.
2009 Grant: Fiskars Project Orange Thumb
One of only 22 U.S. recipients for this grant, Mindful Living received $1,000 worth of Fiskars professional gardening tools and $1,000 towards green goods (mulch, compost, plants and seeds).
2010 Grant: Chicago Greencorps Garden Assistance
This amazing two-year program combines gardening workshops with professional horticulturist expertise, installation from job trainees, and access to Greencorps garden materials. With acceptance into this program in 2010, Mindful Living acquired two new raised beds and a custom three-bin compost system, all built and installed by Greencorps job trainees. In 2011, they returned to enclose two beds with a sturdy hoop house for early seed-starting, complete with interior shelving. They even fulfilled our biggest dream by designing and building Greencorps' first full-sized tool shed (with room for future chickens!). A huge thanks to all the Chicago Greencorps job trainees, who are doing great work for their city, the environment, and their futures.