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We invite you to join us for volunteering opportunities during the 2026 gardening season ! All reoccuring events are now posted. Stay tuned for one-off volunteering opportunities as we progress through the season. See you out there! Join us for a fun-filled day of volunteering at Vedgewater Volunteer Days and make a positive impact in our community! The first Vedgewater Community Garden Workday of the season is April 11th from 10:30am-1:30pm! RSVP here . Following workdays wi

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!

For the past few months, journalist Kyle Mucerino has been attending EEC events and reporting on them in a variety of articles. We much appreciate the awareness and involvement he has been bringing to the organization, and we wish him luck in his last year of school! See his bio and a few samples of his stories below. Kyle Mucerino is a reporter for the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he is pursuing his master’s degree as part of the class of 202

LEARN ABOUT SEED SAVING AND HELP US PROCESS, ORGANIZE, AND SAVE SEEDS FOR THE PARKWAYS FOR POLLINATORS PROJECT!

We had a great time biking around and seed collecting from Parkways for Pollinator sites on November 1! Thanks to all who volunteered their beautiful gardens. We're looking forward to another year of cultivating pollinator parkways in 2026!