Join a walking tour

Monday – Friday​
10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m. 

Free with admission

Stroll through garden beds planted with tomatoes, okra, corn, and other vegetables grown in victory and post-emancipation gardens. Then head indoors to explore other gardens of resilience.

These 45-minute tours include stops at:

• Fruit & Vegetable Garden
• Heritage Garden
• America Grows exhibit in the Regenstein Building

Feeling crafty? Come fold something beautiful with us

Saturday, August 29
2 – 4 p.m.
Krehbiel Gallery

Free with admission

Origami artist Ishita Gupta will guide you step-by-step in creating your own paper flower. 

Make your own LEGO garden

Daily, during Library hours
Lenhardt Library

Create your own garden using LEGO bricks. Get inspiration from LEGO models created by local artist Daniel Olvera.

Note: LEGO builds are "make-and-leave"

Make your own LEGO garden

Daily, during Library hours
Lenhardt Library

Create your own garden using LEGO bricks. Get inspiration from LEGO models created by local artist Daniel Olvera.

Note: LEGO builds are "make-and-leave"

60,000 LEGO bricks. One incredible community.

Daily, during Library hours
Free with admission

Get up close to a giant LEGO diorama of the Farm on Ogden, the flagship location of Windy City Harvest. Artist Rocco Buttliere brings the community hub to life in extraordinary detail—a 10-foot-long, 1:40-scale model crafted from more than 60,000 LEGO bricks. Picture tiny lettuces, a micro aquaponics tank, and Garden staff working for their community-centered mission.

Write your own "Declaration of Interdependence"

We’ll provide the materials—you bring your ideas, reflections, and creativity to share your connection to nature.

Garden scents and sounds

We invite you to "smell" and "hear" a community garden. Close your eyes and imagine yourself surrounded by the sounds and scents of the growing season. What do you smell? What do you hear?  

Featured ARtists

Camille “Katahtu’ntha” Billie

Rocco Buttliere, LEGO Artist

Ishita Gupta, Origami Artist

Lucy Knisley, Comic Artist

Regin Igloria, Book Artist

Daniel Olvera, LEGO Artist

Rachel Nador, Felt Artist