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HOW WE WERE …BORN… Our journey from blight to beauty in a single year. 2013-2014
Our gateway to America’s first square mile urban oasis. Sustainability Teaching Garden
60th & St. Lawrence Avenue
Vacant Blight For Decades Spring 2013
Duane Jarrett Chief Gardening Officer BIG: Blacks in Green™
He’s a village treasure we discovered by door-to-door flyering.
“Unfunded” Improvement By Blacks in Green Neighbor Stewards In One Year
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West Woodlawn Botanic Garden & Village Farm Initiative St. Lawrence Gateway Summer 2013
West Woodlawn Botanic Garden & Village Farm Initiative St. Lawrence Gateway Spring 2014
Awaiting Seating & Signage
Spring Garden 2014 Prairie Garden [taking root, Below]
Delicate spring becomes Bold summer 2014
SUMMER 2014 GARDEN They say years 1-2-3 of the garden it Sleeps, then Creeps, then Leaps. Here we are mid-summer, Year 2.
Wisdom. Patience. Stewardship.
Horticulture Plus Agriculture
Intimate Respite Where pride in neighbors doing for self comes together to rest and share. Summer Garden 2014
West Woodlawn Botanic Garden & Village Farm Initiative St. Lawrence Gateway Summer 2014
Welcome To Fall
Our Garden Entrance On The Alley Fall 2014
Prairie Garden ~ Fall 2014 Gift of IDNR
The Shade Garden Fall 2014
A Winding Welcome
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Hundreds and varieties of gardens – large and small – are planned for West Woodlawn. Join us in making history. A mile-square Botanic Garden & Village Farm System – an oasis being birthed from the blight by neighbors, for the world. Naomi Davis, President BIG: Blacks in Green™ 6011 S. St. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago 60637 www.blacksingreen.org 773-678-9541