About the Rogers Park Garden Group
The RPGG ceased activities in the fall of 2017. Adopt grants are still being provided. Details can be found on the Adopt page.
The RPGG began in February 2007 when a few neighbors got together to see if it would be possible to form a garden group in Rogers Park. Most other Chicago neighborhoods have garden clubs of some kind so it seemed that Rogers Park, with its community of active gardeners and wide parkways, would be interested in supporting a garden group. In April 2007 the RPGG launched its first public meeting at Charmer's Cafe and since then has held meetings or events monthly between April and October, overseen several large community garden projects, has underwritten smaller Adopt-a-Public Way endeavors, and has grown to over 170 members.
Our Mission
The RPGG's mission is to promote gardening in the Rogers Park community (from Devon north to the city limits, Lake Michigan west to Ridge Avenue) through education and by assisting in the growth and development of green places.
If you are interested in reconstituting the Rogers Park Garden Group, or forming a whole new organization, and would like to find out more about what the RPGG did, it’s successes and challenges, please contact rpgardengroup@gmail.com.
The RPGG ceased activities in the fall of 2017. Adopt grants are still being provided. Details can be found on the Adopt page.
The RPGG began in February 2007 when a few neighbors got together to see if it would be possible to form a garden group in Rogers Park. Most other Chicago neighborhoods have garden clubs of some kind so it seemed that Rogers Park, with its community of active gardeners and wide parkways, would be interested in supporting a garden group. In April 2007 the RPGG launched its first public meeting at Charmer's Cafe and since then has held meetings or events monthly between April and October, overseen several large community garden projects, has underwritten smaller Adopt-a-Public Way endeavors, and has grown to over 170 members.
Our Mission
The RPGG's mission is to promote gardening in the Rogers Park community (from Devon north to the city limits, Lake Michigan west to Ridge Avenue) through education and by assisting in the growth and development of green places.
If you are interested in reconstituting the Rogers Park Garden Group, or forming a whole new organization, and would like to find out more about what the RPGG did, it’s successes and challenges, please contact rpgardengroup@gmail.com.
