Education — Community Gardening

Green Youth Farm

Contact Information

To volunteer:
Find out more about volunteering for this program or others at the Garden by contacting volunteer services, or visit www.chicagobotanic.org/volunteer/howto. To register to volunteer online, click here. Be sure to specify in the form that you would like to apply for the Green Youth Farm program.

To sign up for the program:
If you are a student or parent interested in learning more about the Green Youth Farm program, contact Angela Mason at amason@chicagobotanic.org, (847) 835-8254.

To sponsor the program:
Call (847) 835-8342 to talk with us about sponsoring a Green Youth Farm, or to collaborate with The Chicago Botanic Garden on this program.

To learn more:
Learn more about Green Youth Farm and other community gardening projects by visiting www.chicagobotanic.org/community or contact a community gardening staff member.

PHOTO: North Lawndale students pitch hay PHOTO: North Chicago students weed

The Green Youth Farms are run by the Chicago Botanic Garden in collaboration with the Lake County Forest Preserve District, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago and NeighborSpace. Green Youth Farm also is made possible by the generosity of the following organizations, agencies and individuals:

Institute of Museum and Library Services, The Guild of the Chicago Botanic Garden, Kraft Foods, Inc., Steans Family Foundation, Grace A. Bersted Foundation, Harris Bank, Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust, The Siragusa Foundation, Junior Garden Club of Lake Forest, HSBC, Umoja Student Development Corporation, Chef Ricky Moore, Goose Island Brewery.