the west woodlawn botanic garden & village farm initiative is born!

© BIG NFP 2014 All Rights Reserved

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