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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
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