The Boys and Girls Club of Roseland has a garden that the youth take care of. They grow herbs and vegetables that are harvested by youth and taken home to their families.

This Neighbor Space garden provides food for the community and serves as a space of environmental exploration for Whittier Elementary students.

The park has two gardens that are fairly large, but not cared for. Currently a retired park district employee comes to the park to take care of them. They are planted with flowering plants (no vegetables), but not a priority for the park.

Portage Park Garden Club is a social garden club that sponsors a garden walk. The plants are donated by Kilbourn Green House. Each fall, they donate produce to a food pantry.

Andi is leading a Service Learning program at Fenger. Two youth from program will represent the program at the Share Fair.

School has active and comprehensive green curriculum and a very nice garden and bird habitat across the street from the school.

Openlands protects the natural and open spaces of northeastern Illinois and the surrounding region to ensure cleaner air and water, protect natural habitats and wildlife, and help balance and enrich our lives.

Openlands’ vision for the region is a landscape that includes a vast network of land and water trails, tree-lined streets, and intimate public gardens within easy reach of every city dweller. It also includes parks and preserves big enough to provide natural habitat and to give visitors a sense of the vast prairies, woodlands, and wetlands that were here before the cities. In sum, Openlands believes that protected open space is critical for the quality of life of our region.

God’s Gang has a goal to enable youth and adults to choose a life of self-help while strengthening their communities through various programs.