Education — Community Gardening

Green Youth Farm

Contact Information

To volunteer:
Find out more about volunteering for this program or others at the Garden by contacting volunteer services, or visit www.chicagobotanic.org/volunteer/howto. To register to volunteer online, click here. Be sure to specify in the form that you would like to apply for the Green Youth Farm program.

To sign up for the program:
If you are a student or parent interested in learning more about the Green Youth Farm program, contact Eliza Fournier at , or (847) 835-8352.

To sponsor the program:
Call (847) 835-8342 to talk with us about sponsoring a Green Youth Farm, or to collaborate with the Chicago Botanic Garden on this program.

PHOTO: North Lawndale students pitch hay PHOTO: North Chicago students weed

Green Youth Farm is a program of the Chicago Botanic Garden in collaboration with the Lake County Forest Preserve District, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, NeighborSpace, Cook County Sheriff’s Boot Camp, Chicago Public Schools, and the Chicago Park District. Green Youth Farm is made possible by the generosity of the following corporations, foundations, government agencies, organizations, and individuals:

Major Support for this progam comes from the After School Matters, Inc., The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Alvin H. Baum Family Fund, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust, The Grainger Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Barbara Notz Hines Foundation, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity/Office of Workforce Development, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Walter S. Mander Foundation, McKenna Foundation, Quad Communities Development Corporation, Sheridan Foundation, and the Steans Family Foundation.

Additional Support for this program comes from the Brinson Foundation, Corner Bakery Café, Garden Club of Barrington, Grossinger Autogroup, HSBC-North America, Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund, Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation, North Shore Garden Club, Inc., Janice Becker, Edward K. Hibben, Virginia A. Hotaling, the University of Chicago, and Stacy Vaccani.