UIS Campus Community Garden

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UIS Campus Community Garden

The Community Garden is an outdoor classroom where community members grow fresh produce, build relationships, and work to make our food system sustainable.

The intention of the UIS Campus Community Garden is to serve as a model of sustainability, to build community by providing a shared space for students and faculty to come together, to provide hands-on learning opportunities, to promote UIS by demonstrating our commitment to sustainability and student involvement opportunities, and to provide local food for campus dining.

07/27/2023

Our UIS Campus Community Garden worknight for tonight, Thursday 7/27, is canceled due to the heat index. Stay cool! The Garden is open for harvesting anytime, and we have some delicious cantaloupe ready to go. Feel free to visit in the morning when it is cooler! See you next week.

06/29/2023

Our Thursday garden worknight for June 29 is canceled due to the poor air quality. See you next week!

04/14/2023

We're back!!! Thanks to everyone who came out today to prep our beds for spring planting!

08/18/2022

Everything's starting to come together in the garden! Watermelon, cantaloupe, loofah, tomatoes, peppers, carrots, potatoes - you name it, we've got it! Updates coming soon for Fall 2022 Work Night events.

Happy gardening, everyone!

08/03/2022

Due to the heat advisory and thunderstorm on the way, the weekly work night has been cancelled for today. We’ll hopefully see you next week!

07/18/2022

Green, green, green! Good thing it's my favorite color! - All donated to the Central Illinois Foodbank 🌶

07/16/2022

Last Wednesday's work night was a success! Great conversation with new people, some plant maintenance, and we were blessed by the company of this sweet dog 🐶

What more could you ask for in a community garden? Join us this Wednesday for a great time!

07/13/2022

We finally had a volunteer last Wednesday! There's nothing more exciting than meeting a new person and giving them veggies for their dinner. Even if you can't make it at 4 or stay the whole time, volunteers/curious visitors are always welcome!

In addition to new deer friends, a friendly skunk decided to pay a visit last night! 🦌 🦨

Stay tuned for a veggie chip recipe I'll be trying out with eggplant, radishes, and beets. (As someone who's never eaten any of these veggies before, I'm excited to share the results)

07/06/2022

The garden has been busy the past week. Not only are multiple veggies/fruits now ready to harvest, we’re getting multiple visits from the local deer! The tomatoes are getting close to ripe and there’s more peppers than I can keep up with, but this is the rewarding part 🍅 🫑

The beans, beets, and radishes are close to being harvestable as well. Cucumbers will be coming soon 🥒

The collard greens, cilantro, kale, fennel, basil, and swiss chard are ready to eat (come to one of the work nights if you’d like to find out how to harvest anything or come by anytime and harvest them yourself)🥬

There’s something for everyone! 🪴

07/04/2022

Here are some great ways to incorporate veggies into your diet this summer!

07/03/2022

The radishes finally came in! We almost pulled them all because we thought they weren't going to produce anything, thankfully, all we had to do was wait another week. Patience is key!

07/02/2022

The first eggplant arrived on June 15th and the second picture (ready for harvest) was taken on June 30th! It's crazy how much veggies/fruits can grow in just a couple weeks

Address

5255 Shepherd Road
Springfield, IL
62703

Website

https://www.uis.edu/communitygarden/

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