Our Story
We are located on Chicago's Northwest Side, inside the southeast corner of Addison and Milwaukee, in a triangle of land bordered by three alleys. This piece of land sat unused for over 100 years. We have 50 individual plots, each 8' by 8' in size.
We're all booked for the 2019 growing season, but message us here or email [email protected] to be added to the waiting list.
If you are a member of the Merchant Park Community Garden, please visit our private Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2035830906737821/ and message us to join.
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Hi garden friends!
I will be unable to water my plot from July 2 through July 6. So depending on the weather if it could be watered a couple times (I’m going to water it tomorrow, July 1) it would be much appreciated!
And if there is any produce (maybe some cucumbers and okra) during that time please do help yourself.
Community members, neighbors, and staff of Scammon Elementary have come together to set up a rapid, response mutual aid fund for Scammon students and families impacted by Covid-19.
Right now families are struggling to pay for food, housing, healthcare, school supplies, and/or other critical needs. We want to make sure that everyone in our community has what they need for the remainder of this crisis.
As a former student, neighbor, and current educator of this school, I know how much I have been blessed by our families over the years. It’s now time to give back, for the benefit of us all.
The Scammon Solidarity Fund is live and open for donations via Venmo.
If you are able, please donate today. This is your local CPS elementary school. All funds will be disbursed to Scammon families in need of immediate support.
Venmo: @Scammon-Solidarity-Fund
For: Scammon Solidarity Fund (If the app prompts you for a pin, it is 6913)
If you know someone from within the Scammon boundary, roughly Irving Park to WELLINGTON, Pulaski to Cicero Ave, who needs financial relief please email us at:
[email protected].
**NOTE: This solidarity fund is in no way affiliated with Scammon or CPS. This is an effort put forth by community members for our school community. This is NOT a tax-deductible contribution - solidarity, not charity.**
Hi neighbors! I am sad to say I'm in the process of moving out and I have this lovely jam packed bag of seeds, plant food, seed envelopes, and plant markers that I would love to pass along. Please let me know if you'd like this bag of garden goodies.
Today’s Harvest! Lettuce, green beans, garlic chives, carrots and a few radishes..
Today’s harvest! Lettuce, green beans, garlic chives, and a few carrots and radishes!
Hello everyone!
My wife and I are leaving for vacation tomorrow morning and are wondering if anyone can water our plot while we're away from July 27th until August 5th. We are willing to do a trade with someone and water for you! We're plot #23 -- mostly tomatoes and basil!
The garden is lush, beautiful, and productive. Wednesday mornings we harvest plot 50 for the Irving Park Food Pantry. If you have more in your plot than you can eat, let us know, we will lightly harvest, we’d never take everything! Respond to this post with your plot number. THANKS!
Lots of greens and herbs in this week’s donation to the Irving Park Food Pantry. The garden is thriving and we have veggies going to waste - please let us know if there is anything we can harvest from your plot. We lightly harvest if you choose to donate!
Urgent: The lock to the water tank may be broken. It looks like the combo reset cap on the side eiher fell off or someone deliberately took it off and was messing with it. Now the lock is stuck in an unlocked position.
Hi,
This is new gardener Mary Wisniewski O'Malley. We're in plot #9. I unfortunately wasn't able to go to the first day of gardening because of a first Communion party way out in the northern suburbs. I got to my plot in the early evening and found many mysteries. It seems that our plot has not been used for a while. There is what seems to be a raspberry bush grown wild in one corner, and a strawberry plant, but other things I couldn't identify. I cleared out the weed trees and obvious weeds, but hesitated pulling other things, for fear they are perennials. Can I meet some expert plant identifier to see what I should pull, and what I should save? I could meet you at 3 p.m. Sunday, if that works for anyone. Looking forward to gardening -- it's a nice sunny plot.
Hi everyone. As we get ready for garden season, please save the date for our garden party. It’s our 5th anniversary of hosting a garden party for a local non-profit. We decided to host the garden party for Filament Theatre one more year. I didn’t even realize last year that the average ticket price for a child is only $9 while the average cost for Filament to serve each audience member, adult or child, is $40. Keeping ticket prices low is one way Filament realizes their goal of giving every child in our community access to a cultural experience that is empowering, inclusive and artistically excellent. Join us to celebrate and support our community.
