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Last Market & Harvest Fest🎉 Celebrate the Season with Us!

Join us for our final market of the year and our beloved Annual Harvest Festival—a joyful gathering to honor the partnerships, volunteers, programs, and community accomplishments that made this season unforgettable. Enjoy vendors, jump house for kids, live music, hands-on activities, and heartfelt moments of gratitude. Visit Shedd Aquarium:Learn about our partnership with the Teen…

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Community Design for Lawn

We’re excited to invite your input as we continue designing our community space. Community engagement began in 2020–2021, and your feedback has already helped shape the physical site and our newest design concepts. Now, we’re gathering ideas to guide the next phase—and we want to hear from you! 📣 Share your thoughts in our online…

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  • 🌿 2025 Residency Program Facilitator Application 🌿  

    We’re curating a vibrant calendar rooted in wellness, creativity, and community—and we’re inviting you to propose offerings that align with our shared values. We welcome proposals for one-time pop-ups, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or full season residencies. Current Opportunities: 🧘‍♀️ Yoga & Somatic – Monday evenings in the Mural Area 🔔 Sound Healing – Wednesday evenings…

  • Get the buzz on the Bees!

    Join our Beekeepers for an overview of urban beekeeping, including honey bee biology, best practices (such as native species advocacy), and modern-day challenges.   Date: Saturday, April 5th, 2025  Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm  Location: Watershed Art & Ecology (1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608) Those who complete 101 are eligible to continue to our limited…

  • Announcing El Paseo Community Market!

    🌿 You might have heard… we’re launching a market at the garden this May! 🌞 We are so excited to announce the El Paseo Community Market, a weekly market coming to Pilsen where our community can shop local, for local – all summer long 🛍️🌸 From fresh produce, eggs, flowers and bread to conchas, coffee,…

  • 🌿 We’re looking for support! 🌿

    We are looking for free-lance support (1099 employees). Join our team at El Paseo Community Garden! We’re looking for: 1️⃣ Community Market & Sales Associate – Manage sales at farm stand, oversee farmers market vendor check-in, collect social media content, etc. 2️⃣ Administrative Assistant – Keep things running smoothly with program support, outreach, correspondence, and…

  • Garden with us!

    Gardening applications are now open! Apply by March 7!  http://bit.ly/4aINFcl

  • Trick-or-Treat!

    Trick-or-Treaters! Stop by to make some s’mores and get some candy this Halloween 10/31 from 5 pm to 8 pm! We will be accepting candy donations this Sunday 10/27 from 10 am to 1 pm. Contact us to volunteer and help give out candy.

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