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After an abundant 2025 growing season, the 184 Vedgewater plots, native plants, fruit trees, and garden beehive have been put to bed for the winter. With 173   plots tended by community members in 2025, including 39 new gardeners, we provided our community with the opportunity to learn about vegetable gardening, growing their own organic food, native pollinator plants, and sustaining our vibrant Edgewater community. Interest in the garden grew substantially in 2025, with 302

Hello EEC friends and environmental stewards! If you're interested in seed saving, check out our handout that overviews the process. Seed saving is a fun, hands-on and sustainable way to contribute to the spread of native plants! See previous blog posts about native plants and how to be a native seed steward for even more information!

As we embrace the beauty of the outdoors, we invite you to join us for volunteering opportunities during the 2025 gardening season. Join...

2024 Vedgewater Growing Season Annual Summary

A recap and highlights for Vedgewater 2023.

In partnership with and located at Edgewater's Chicago Public Library Branch, we are excited to announce a new free seed library in the...

Read Chicago's compost ordinance and the toolkit created by Johnathan Jackson.

New Information In September 2022, the Chicago Tribune published an investigation into dangerous forever chemicals in MWRD's...

Starting Saturday 6/25 11-11:45 am and going throughout the growing season every Saturday at the same time, the Commons at Vedgewater...

Native plants evolved to fit a particular ecosystem, bringing many benefits to gardeners and garden foragers.

Native gardening is the use of native wildflowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees to create functional, attractive landscapes.