Tag Archives: plantmedicine

City Herbal Apprenticeship Program 2023

   Image of CFS plot, Provided by Kelly Zwicker Dear friends of City Farm School, As many of you may know, City Farm School ceased offering the well-loved Market Gardener Apprenticeship in 2022. Because of this, we’ve decided to change our project’s name to the City Herbal Apprenticeship Program (CHAP) to better reflect our current offerings andContinueContinue reading “City Herbal Apprenticeship Program 2023”

Spotlight: Medicinal Plants Internship at the City Farm School

Registration now OPEN Learn how to grow, use and transform a few common medicinal plants of North America over this introduction to herbal medicine course.  Taking place at both Loyola City Farm School Herbal Medicine Garden and the Concordia Greenhouse over the course of 6 months. Students will learn the basics of how to grow, harvest, preserve,ContinueContinue reading “Spotlight: Medicinal Plants Internship at the City Farm School”

New events at the Greenhouse!

We are getting excited about spring and the upcoming growing season at the Greenhouse, and we’re offering a ton of great workshops to help you get started! This week, you can come to our Art in the Atrium workshop on Sustainable Street Art and Guerilla Gardening and to our Herb Talk: Spring Clean. Both events are free and extremely fun! NextContinueContinue reading “New events at the Greenhouse!”

This week: Fun and Informative Workshops at the Greenhouse

Hey friends, This week the Concordia Greenhouse is hosting two fun workshops. On Tuesday, come to our Vermicomposting workshop to learn how to start up your own vermicomposting system. $5 to attend, $25 for workshop with worms. RSVP to info@concordiagreenhouse.com. On Thursday, join us for a Herb Talk to learn about super tonic Chinese herbs. More informationContinueContinue reading “This week: Fun and Informative Workshops at the Greenhouse”

Coming up at the Concordia Greenhouse

Hello from the Concordia Greenhouse! This week, enjoy some warm tea and good music at our awesome Greenhouse Dance Party! Next week, join us for two cool and informative workshops: our Botanica Erotica Workshop on Monday, February 16th and our Vermicomposting Workshop on Tuesday, February 17th. More details below. Please note that our Valentines Day Art in The Atrium workhsop is now full. AlsoContinueContinue reading “Coming up at the Concordia Greenhouse”

City Farm School Summer Workshop Series!

Hey folks!We hope you are all enjoying a great summer filled with plants, locally grown food and warm weather!We are very active with our outdoor City Farm School1 on the Loyola Campus! Check often for updates here on garden market updates as well as our amazing upcoming workshop series.  Please note that the Concordia GreenhouseContinueContinue reading “City Farm School Summer Workshop Series!”