Spring is here; the rain, the crocuses, and green grass tell me so. It can be hard to find space to grow (plants), feel nature in the city, but there's lots of community groups out there doing it. Dig your hands in the earth - get muddy connecting to nature and community.  Check out 61st St Community Garden at Risk - a thought provoking essay by Jamie Kalven.

MIT has ROBOT GARDENERS! - UChicago: the gauntlet has been thrown down.

The image below is a detail from greennetchicago.org's map of South Side Community Gardens.

Some Local Community Organizations that run Gardens:

• Growing Power's Jackson Park Project
• Brickyard Community Garden in Woodlawn
• Angelic Organics Urban Initiative
  
• Experimental Station's Urban Farm Project
  
• Woodlawn Center on Urban Ecology

Citywide Resources:

• Urban Extension at UIC
• NeighborSpace - including gardens in Woodlawn & South Shore
• Chicago Park District's Community Gardens
  

My favorite local environmental & community development organization:

• Center for Neighborhood Technology - Amazing work for almost three decades.
  

University Resources:

• Sustainability at UofC
• Sustainability Partners at the Civic Knowledge Project