Ravenswood Neighbors Association Garden Crawl & Happy Hour

Please join the Ravenswood Neighbors Association for our 3rd Annual Garden Crawl and Happy Hour on Saturday, July 27th. All programs are free!

New tours and workshops start every hour between 9am-3pm and will begin in the RNA event tent at Ravenswood & Sunnyside (west side of Metra tracks). Join our guides for free tours of Ravenswood native gardens, neighborhood tree canopies (with certified arborists), and the Sunnyside Savanna, with additional free workshops on beekeeping, container gardening, and birding in Chicago in our event tent, We will have local honey for sale, a kids’ craft, free native wildflower seeds (while supplies last), and our gardening-themed fundraising raffle. This event also features a self-guided tour of privately owned gardens in the neighborhood – tour map links are posted on our website.

If you live in Ravenswood and have a garden you would like to share on event day, please register your garden here: https://forms.gle/BjrHGmemYXrFZ4CfA

After a day of inspiration and learning, unwind at our Happy Hour from 3pm-5pm at Platform 47 (4709 N. Damen Avenue). Enjoy old-time bluegrass music from Rachel Kazez & Friends, enjoy a beverage with us, and network with fellow gardening and environmental enthusiasts.

Don’t miss out on this incredible celebration of nature and community! For more information, including the tour schedule, please visit: https://myravenswoodneighbors.org/garden-crawl/

This event is sponsored by The Ravenswood Neighbors Association, with special tour partners Kramer Tree Specialists, Montrose Metra Community Gardens, Openlands TreeKeepers, Chicago Bird Alliance, The Hive Supply Company, The Helpful Hummingbird, and Platform 47.

This is a rain-or-shine event.