2024 News & Events
End of Season
As the season comes to an close, the RBVG Board hopes members had a bountiful season. A few reminders about the end of the season: the Garden officially closes on November 1st, plots must be cleared by November 1, and gate locks will be changed on December 1st. Feel free to place your tools in the shed, but please be sure they have your name on them. Dispose of garden refuse in the 63W Compose Area or your individual compost bins. Have a wonderful and safe off-season. We will see everyone in Spring!
Welcome UC Student Volunteers
This fall and during the off-season, Board Member Ana Kovic will oversee student volunteers from the University of Chicago working on two projects for the RBVG. The first is redesigning our meditation garden, and the second is historical research on the garden. Please make them feel welcome and let them know we look forward to the results becoming mainstays of the Garden.
Member Parking Passes
After a long seven-year struggle, members will once again have access to the Garden Parking Lot. The Chicago Park District has reinitiated its Parking Security, and residents who had been parking in the garden lot overnight over the years will no longer be allowed to do so without incurring a parking ticket or being towed. All current Garden Members will be given a parking pass identifying them as members of the RBVG to display from their rearview mirror to avoid being ticketed. Members should see Manuel to receive their pass. If your pass is not with Manuel, please email Olga at the Garden's email address.
Welcome Lincoln Park Research Group
The RBVG is proud to welcome Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoological Society, the Urban Wildlife Institute, and the Chicago Garden Wildlife Project to the Garden. The groups will conduct research on the interaction between urban and natural ecosystems. If you see young people with green polo shirts walking through the garden smiling and taking pictures, they are members of one of the groups.
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Thank you to Board Member Ana Skovic for signing the Garden up for the study.
