Articles filed under Giving Garden
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Giving gardens have grown in Northwest suburbsSep 22, 2017 6:12 am - Back in 2000, the Daily Herald started a unique program that urged backyard gardeners to "plant a row for the hungry" and donate their surplus vegetables to area food pa...
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Smart Farm in Barrington proves to be a smart ideaOct 27, 2014 2:34 pm - Organizers with the Smart Farm in Barrington are wrapping up their sixth growing season, and the numbers are staggering. This grass-roots, educational farm project produ...
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Community turns out to grow, harvest for Fremont Township food pantrySep 22, 2012 11:03 pm - They say it takes a village to raise a child. In the case of Fremont Township in Lake County, it takes a community to grow a garden. For the third year, township officia...
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Covenant Church members on a mission to grow crops for the hungrySep 04, 2012 6:13 am - Members of the Covenant Church of Schaumburg don't mince words. The name for their garden plots located just south of the church building, off of Meacham Road, says it ...
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Summer school students cultivate life lessons from gardeningAug 20, 2012 12:01 pm - A small courtyard tucked away in the back half of London Middle School in Wheeling reinvented itself this year as a vegetable garden, extending learning beyond the class...
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Master Gardeners tend 4 plots to donate produce to food pantryAug 06, 2012 10:01 am - Master Gardeners see themselves as educators as much as gardeners, with their mission of helping people “learn to grow.” However, members of the DuPage County Extension ...
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Garden club members work to fill food pantry with produceJul 23, 2012 10:48 am - An unusual garden stood out among the many stops on last month's garden walk hosted by the Schaumburg Garden Club: a 5,000-square-foot vegetable garden, whose sole purpo...
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Fresh Giving Garden concept sprouts all over ItascaJul 06, 2012 5:38 pm - Drive around the village of Itasca and you are sure to see green garden stakes rising out of container plants in front of homes and businesses. A closer look reveals the...
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Clerics of St. Viator sow a Giving GardenJul 03, 2012 8:45 pm - Drive back into the wooded acres that surround the Province Center for the Clerics of St. Viator, in Arlington Heights, and a garden surrounded by a white picket fence p...
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Drop off Giving Garden donations at area food pantriesJun 20, 2012 11:08 pm - Each summer, the Daily Herald sponsors the Giving Garden program where suburban gardeners can donate extra fresh fruits and vegetables to more than 50 local food pantrie...
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