Bowmanville Community Organization » BCO Gardening Committee

Bowmanville Gardening Awards!

Craig — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:43:32 +0000

The Bowmanville Garden was awarded first place in Mayor Daley’s 2009 Landscape Awards Program for Region 2. The award was presented to Bill Kuczek, BCO Gardening Committee Chairman at a ceremony on November 14, 2009 at the Garfield Park Conservatory. In attendance and representing the BCO was Bill Kuczek, B.A. Church, Betty Redmond, Craig Hanenburg, and Ellen Jurczak. See all the pictures in the Photo Gallery.

Betty Redmond was awarded 2009 “Community Greener of the Year” by GreenNet on Saturday November 14, 2009. This award recognizes a gardener who is nominated by other community gardeners for their work and leadership in community gardening. A GreenNet board reviews the nominees, selects the winners and awards a monetary prize and an award certificate. Congratulations Betty! Your efforts and passion are appreciated

Last Scheduled Garden Work day is this Saturday Oct 24

Craig — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:59:16 +0000

Come out and help us get the gardens ready for winter. Come to the Bowmanville Garden at 11:00. We will be planting bulbs and installing the silt fence to protect the garden from winter salt.

Urgent Gateway Garden workers Needed this week!

Craig — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:08:23 +0000

Please RSVP if you can attend or help in any way.

Thursday 10/8 9:30 until dusk

Friday 10/9 – 9:30 until done

Rain or shine.

Bring shovels, hand trowels, rakes, brooms, wheelbarrows, wagons and watering cans.

Coffee from Pauline’s Restaurant will be served each morning. Thursday we’ll have Calico Beans for lunch, and would welcome other lunch and refreshment contributions each day.

It’s out of the ordinary for us to request help from our garden volunteers on weekdays, but this is how things have worked out with Greencorps this season, since the plant delivery did not happen before our major installation date last saturday. We certainly understand that you have work and childcare commitments, but if you have a free day, for the Columbus Day holiday, or any time available during or after your work day, we could sure use your help. We’ll be planting perennials, bulbs, and shrubs on both days, as the Greencorps crew finishes building the pergola.

Betty Redmond

866-837-1006

2009 Garden Walk recap

Craig — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:33:11 +0000

The 11th annual Bowmanville Garden Walk was on July 11, 2009

11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Pictures from all 23 locations are in the Photo Gallery.

Congratulations to Diana Leifer! She was awarded the Best In Show ribbon for her Garden.

Congratulations to Billy Kuczek! He won the photo contest!

Winning Photo : “Sit Next to Me”

The Bowmanville Community Organization (BCO) Garden Walk featured over 19 residential gardens and 3 community gardens including the Bowmanville Community Garden 1st place winner in 2006 in Mayor Daley’s Community Landscape Award program (Region 2).

Bowmanville residents welcome the public by opening their yards to display their gardens creating a friendly venue of hospitality and shared learning about gardening. The gardens are also reviewed on various criteria including design, creative use of plants, and neighborhood enhancement. The University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener Program will be hosting their “Ask a Master Gardener” information table. This year a special education program was presented at the Gateway Garden by Master gardeners Bobbie Seltzer and Pierre Poinsett. At the end of the day the Garden Walk award party welcomed all the particpants and we also had a special guest; Congressman Mike Quigley.

Congressman Mike Quigley visited the Garden Walk party and viewed the photo contest.

2009 Garden Walk

Craig — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:56:28 +0000

Bowmanville Garden Walk July 11, 2009

Weekend Activity Chicago Neighborhoods and Gardening

The 11th Annual Bowmanville Garden Walk is on Saturday July 11, 2008, 11:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The Bowmanville Community Organization (BCO) Garden Walk features over 20 residential gardens and 3 community gardens including the Bowmanville Community Garden 1st place winner in 2006 in Mayor Daley’s Community Landscape Award program (Region 2).

Bowmanville residents welcome the public by opening their yards to display their gardens creating a friendly venue of hospitality and shared learning about gardening. The gardens are also reviewed on various criteria including design, creative use of plants, and neighborhood enhancement. The University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener Program will be hosting their “Ask a Master Gardener” information table. The event also hosts an amateur photo contest where the people’s choice winner will receive a prize and be recognized in next year’s Garden Walk promotional materials. The winning photo used this year is “Garden Bench’ by Tom Kennedy in the poster below..

BCO welcome tables with program maps will be located at the community green space at the intersection of Bowmanville and Bell Avenues and at the Gateway Garden at 1801 W. Balmoral Avenue. BCO accepts contributions, and all funds received during the Garden Walk are used to improve the community gardens and beautify the neighborhood. A $3.00 donation is suggested to cover the cost for the printed color program booklet. Bowmanville is a Chicago neighborhood located just west of Andersonville and north of Lincoln Square, with boundaries of Ravenswood Ave to Western Ave (going east to west), and Foster Ave to Rosehill Cemetery (going south to north).

Gateway Garden Adds Vegetable Plots

Craig — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:32:54 +0000

Vegetable Garden plots are coming to the Gateway Garden! The 2009 Summer Expansion project for the Gateway Garden will include the addition of 18 ten foot by ten foot garden plots.

The Garden Committee is taking reservations now.

You should be a current member of the BCO, and willing to volunteer time working in the community gardens. An application form with agreement terms and guidelines will be available soon. Call the BCO toll free line and leave a message to be considered for one of the plots. 866-837-1006

BCO gardeners protect the gardens!

Craig — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:41:47 +0000

Bowmanville Gardeners brave the cold on December 6!

On a snowy Saturday this December Billy Kuczek, Ed Wolke, Ray Ahlgren and Jean Swoboda were out installing protective salt barriers for our Community gardens. The project is part of planned garden sustainability project funded by the grant from GreenNet.

2008 GreenNet Grant awarded

Craig — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:11:18 +0000

Garden Committee:

The BCO Garden Committee applied for and was awarded a grant from GreenNet.
The grant is for garden sustainability. We will be using this money to update and add watering equipment and other important items to the gardens this summer.

Come out and enjoy the warm weather with the Garden volunteers. Work dates for this summer are as follows: