Walnut Grove Vocational Farm & Prairie A DeKalb County Community Gardens Program

Walnut Grove What’s in Store for 2021? Vocational Farm In spite of the challenges of 2020—COVID-19 and rebuilding after an E01 tornado—Walnut 33600 Pearl Street Grove Vocational Farm (WGVF) is getting back in its groove! Kirkland, IL 60146 Since last July, our Individual Program participants, (nicknamed The Crew) have been holding 779.212.9543 down the fort, all the while adhering to COVID-19 safety guidelines. This group of 10+ adults with developmental disabilities has taken on new responsibilities and adventures throughout (1.5 miles north of the DeKalb County Community Gardens (DCCG) organization, such as working at our: Kirkland off Rt. 72) + Warehouse—packing food boxes (over 4,000 boxes for Grow Mobile distributions), completing inventory, learning warehouse safety practices and understanding product Hours labeling. April 27 – May 30, 2021 + Genoa Area Community Food Hub—learning proper food handling/sanitation and making Closed Mondays delicious desserts for our Pay-As-You’re-Able dinners. Tuesday - Saturday 2021 is already filling up with more great adventures for the Crew and groups are starting to 10 am - 5:30 pm be invited back to the farm. The Crew helps drive the direction of their work through their Sunday enthusiasm and excitement over different topics and tasks at the farm, warehouse, and our 11 am - 4 pm community. Right now, they are busy filling pots and trays, transplanting and seeding. Our monthly lessons focus on a wide variety of topics including learning proper care of , herbs, and vegetables sold in our greenhouse, food handling and preparation for canning, June 1 – June 30, 2021 freeze-drying, and our CSA boxes and monthly trips to our Dolce Vita/Northwestern Garden Closed for amazing lessons with Lori Brown. Sundays & Mondays Visitors Welcome at Walnut Tuesday - Saturday Give DeKalb 10 am - 5 pm Grove Prairie Year-Round County on May 6 Give Hope. Ease Hunger. Empower People. Partner in Our Success. We are counting down the days to the 24-hour day of giving that happens right here across DeKalb County!

DCCG invites you to join our ongoing efforts to ensure no one goes hungry in our communities. Welcome spring by walking the trail at the Prairie at All gifts shared with DCCG add Walnut Grove! Right now birds are choosing nesting sites to the growth and development and the Spring peepers (frogs) are starting to sound off. of the programs and services we Located 1/4 mile from WGVF, enter the parking lot from offer to give hope, ease hunger Wolf Road and begin at the nearby info kiosk. Throughout and empower people. the spring/summer, we will be adding new signage to Thank you for caring for our enhance visitor experience and our fingers are crossed Make your commitment to families, friends and neighbors. to bring educational programming in late summer. DCCG on Thurs, May 6, at www.givedekalbcounty.org. Watch Facebook for details! Box of Hope: New Options This Year DCCG’s Mobile Food Pantry Our Box of Hope (CSA subscriptions) look a little different this With four years of operation, our Grow Mobile has served year! We now offer seasonal boxes with added items from more than 85,000+ residents across DeKalb County. local producers in addition to our traditional 10-week 1,000,000 pounds of food–much grown in DCCG subscriptions. We are so pleased by these changes and hope gardens–have been distributed at pop-up events and you are too! as food drops. Check out the subscription options available for online purchase today! Go to www.dekalbgardens.org, then click Last year we added a second Grow Mobile and began Shop button. a partnership with BASICS DeKalb County to bring diaper distributions to many Grow Mobile events.

DCCG Online Shop Open Scan to access the online Grow Spring —flowers and veggies & herbs—are available to Mobile calendar or go to order at DCCG’s online store nowat www.dekalbgardens.org, www.dekalbgardens.org/food- needs/ then click Shop button. All online orders must be placed by May 1. (Pick up at WGVF or delivered for a small fee.)

Perennials New Varieties for 2021 Achillea Buddleia Helenium Phlox Rungia klossii Agastache Calamintha Heuchera Pulmonaria Mushroom Alchemilla Geranium Hosta Salvia Allium Geum Leucanthemum Sedum Height: 18 to 24 inches Amsonia Grass, Monarda Sempervivum Space: 12 to 18 inches Aster Miscanthus Nepeta Stachys Baptisia Grass, Perovskia Calling all mushroom lovers! Brunnera Panicum Persicaria The mushroom plant is a must have for your herb garden. The shiny green have Annuals a mushroom flavor and are Acalypha Gazania Osteospermum tasty raw in salads or sandwiches or cooked into soups Ajuga Geranium Panicum or stir fries. DCCG staff is very excited about this new Alternanthera Gomphrena Pansy herb! Aloe Gypsophila Pennisetum Angelonia Hedera Penta Argyranthemum Heliotrope Petchoa Petunia-’Retro Red‘ Artemisia Hypoestes Petunia Height: 8 to 12 inches Bacopa Impatiens Philodendron Space: 12 to 18 inches Begonia Ipomoea Phlox Bidens Isotoma Portulaca This semi-trailing petunia looks Caladium Juncus Rudbeckia Calibrachoa Lantana Salvia great in hanging baskets! The Carex Lobelia Scaevola petunia has an antique look. Celosia Lobularia Snapdragon The red and yellow flowers fade Cleome Lotus Vine Spikes to a pink and yellow . Coleus Lysimachia Coreopsis Mangave Streptocarpella Present this voucher for Cuphea Marigold Strobilanthes Cyperus Mecardonia Thunbergia One Free Dianthus Torenia Dichondra Mimosa Vinca Didelta Morning Glory Vinca Vine Tiny Tim Tomato Plant Dorotheanthus Nasturtium Zinnia Valid May 1, 2021 - May 30, 2021 Euphorbia Nemesia Limit one coupon per customer. While supplies last. Fuchsia Nierembergia

Page 2 Vegetables, & Herb Plants WGVF has over 70 different varieties of tomato plants, including 30+ heirloom varieties. Plants can be purchased at 33600 Pearl Street, Kirkland or online at www.dekalbgardens.org click on the Shop button. Vegetable & Fruits Jalapeno* Black Cherry San Marzano* Spearmint Bok Choy Oregano Broccoli Jamaican Yellow Black from Tula* Sheboygan* Brussel Sprouts King Arthur Black Krim* Sugary Greek Cabbage Large Cayenne Blondkopfchen* Sugar Lump Italian Famosa Mariachi Bloody Butcher Sungold Parsley Golden Acre Melrose Brandywine* Sunsugar Curled Late Flat Dutch Mexibell Bush Champion Super Fantastic Plain Ruby Perfection Cantaloupe Orange Blaze Bush Early Girl Supersonic Rosemary Cauliflower Poblano (Ancho)* Bush Goliath Supersteak Arp Collards Purple Beauty Campbells 33* Super Sweet 100 Spice Island Cucumbers Revolution Celebrity Sweet n’ Neat Scarlet Rungia Bush Pickling Scotch Bonnet Champion Tiny Tim Sage Marketmore Salad Bush Hybrid Serrano* Cherokee Chocolate Wins All* Common Spacemaster Shishito Cherokee Purple* Wisconsin 55* Pineapple Straight Eight Super Chili Chocolate Cherry Yellow Pear* Savory Eggplant Sweetie Pie Delicious* Watermelon Summer Black Beauty Tabasco* Early Girl Sugar Baby Winter Patio Baby Tarragon, French Rosa Bianca Thai Hot* Fourth of July Herbs Kale Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Punch Cherry Basil Stevia Scarlet Red Pumpkins Giant Oxheart* Cinnamon Thyme Winterbor Jack-Be-Little Ghost Cherry Lemon English Kohlrabi Squash Golden Jubilee* Lemon Leeks Lime Spicy Orange Lettuce Acorn Green Grape* Pesto Perpetuo Buttercrunch Butterbaby Green Zebra* Purple Ruffles Water Cress Romaine Butternut Genuwine Red Rubin Okra Delicata Hillbilly* Siam Queen Peppers (*Heirloom) Hubbard Indigo Blue Beauty Anaheim* Spicy Globe Sebring Italian Ice Baron (Red Beauty) Sweet Better Belle Spaghetti Jelly Bean Red Borage

Bhut Jolokia Yellow Crookneck Jelly Bean Yellow Chamomile Big Bertha Zucchini Jersey Giant Paste Chives Wonder* Swiss Chard Jet Star Common Carmen Tomatillos Jolly Carolina Reaper Garlic Cayenne Tomatoes (*Heirloom) Julia Child* Cilantro Chablis Abraham Lincoln Juliet Lavender Cherry Hot Amish Paste* Kelloggs Breakfast* Lemon Balm Cherry Sweet (Pick) Aunt Ruby’s German Lemon Boy Lemon Grass Chichimeca Green* Marglobe* Chocolate Beauty Lemon Verbena Corno di Toro* Beefmaster Nebraska Wedding* Lovage Cubanelle* Beefsteak* Park’s Whopper Marjoram Early Sunsation Better Boy Paul Robeson* Mint Garden Salsa Big Beef Pineapple* Chocolate Giant Marconi Big Boy Pink Girl Golden Caliwonder* Mojito Big Italian Plum* Red Pear* Gypsy Orange Habanero Big Mama Red Profusion Peppermint Habanada Big Rainbow* Roma Pineapple Italico Black Brandywine Rutgers

Page 3 2280 Bethany Road, DeKalb, IL 60115 Phone: 779.212.9543 e-mail: [email protected] www.dekalbgardens.org

Upcoming Events Hours & Location

Walnut Grove Vocational Farm Opens Walnut Grove Vocational Farm April 27, 10 am - 5:30 pm 33600 Pearl Street, Kirkland, IL 60146

April 27 - May 30, 2021 Cherry Valley Road Give DeKalb County Closed Mondays County-wide online giving day Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 5:30 pm www.givedekalbcounty.org Sunday 11 am - 4 pm. May 6 WGVF

June 1 - June 30, 2021 Pay-As-You’re Able Dinner Wolf Road Closed Sundays & Mondays at the Genoa Hub Tues. - Sat. 10 am - 5 pm Scout Road

May 27 Street Pearl

Fall Open House at WGVF TBD

Local Flavors Dinner at Tapa La Luna Route 72 Kirkland September 12 To order online visit: www.dekalbgardens.org, click on the Shop button. N Kingston 4 miles