Evanston resident Holly Jordan was shopping on Evanston’s Central Street a few years ago when she happened upon Evanston Garden Fair’s red-and-white striped tent. Inside, she said she found tables of plants and many passionate gardeners eager to give advice, including members of the Lincolnwood Garden Club, a group of resident garden enthusiasts aiming to.
Our Evanston, Dear Evanston and Evanston Rules are three local media organizations that aim to engage the immediate community through resident-first reporting. These emerging outlets have been established amid an existing crisis in local news: According to research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, nearly 1,800 local newspapers have closed since 2004..
Nonna’s Marinara Bed: teeming with tomatoes, basil, thyme, onions and garlic. The Three Sisters Gtegan: corn down the center, with pole beans twisting up the corn stalks and squash at the base. These crop composites were featured among last year’s four themed vegetable gardens at the Levy Senior Center, organized by the Levy Senior Center.
When longtime Evanston resident Laine Hoffman looks out her window at night, she said her yard is aglow with lightning bugs. Across the fence, her neighbors’ yards are dark, she said. The difference? Hoffman said she is selective with what she plants in her garden. “All my plants down in the garden, unless they were.
“I need you healed, I need you whole,” Yoga instructor DuShaun Branch Pollard repeated to a group of Chicago-area community organizers and activists at a Zoom yoga practice last year. This event was one of many organized by the Socially Engaged Yoga Network – an initiative that seeks to promote accessibility, diversity and social change.