Our events and workshops are free (unless otherwise noted) and open to everyone!
This hands-on workshop is designed to help gardeners of all experience levels prepare for a successful and abundant growing season. Bring your extra seeds to swap!
This hands-on event features Deep Roots’ compost-based method, native plants, and simple “milk jug” winter sowing for bigger home harvests
This holiday season, give a gift that lasts—fresh food, vibrant health, and joy right outside the kitchen door. A Deep Roots Project raised bed is more than a garden—it’s a living present that keeps on giving all year long.
Gardeners, neighbors, friends—come celebrate community, good food, and beautiful soil. Drop by anytime, take a garden tour, and stay as long as you like. Everyone’s welcome!
A free self-guided tour of inspiring food gardens in Oak Park and River Forest.
Join Deep Roots Project “Grow Your Own” movement. Learn how to grow your own food and join others while doing it. Register for our webinar on March 3 at 6pm that is sponsored by the Oak Park Library
Healthy soil is the single most important factor in increasing the harvest and growing nutrient dense organic produce that keeps our families and community healthy.
In this free online workshop, learn about how to maintain healthy soil and best practices for fertilizing. Bring your questions for the Q&A at the end of the presentation!
Sign up for the SUPERFOOD GARDEN SUMMIT
Nutrient Rich Foods With Ease
FREE Livestream event July 22-25
16 Garden Visionaries Help You Grow
Please join Deep Roots on Friday, July 3, from 5 - 8 pm for informal live music played by friends and neighbors in Estelle Carol’s front yard food garden located at 323 S. East Ave, Oak Park.
Join us for our very first weekly Q&A on Zoom. Bring your gardening questions or learn what issues other gardeners are facing. No need to RSVP. See you then!
Link to join Zoom meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84932592965
Meeting ID: 849 3259 2965
FREE webinar on Thursday, May 28 at 6pm
Kurt Hansen will present a webinar for beginners and intermediate gardeners with a priority on first-time gardeners. He has tips for a bountiful harvest including soil, varieties, fertilizing, pruning, trellising, and harvesting. Tomatoes are "heavy feeders." Learn how to replenish the soil nutrients throughout the season.
