🌿 Bucktown Garden Bash: Art, Music & Blooms – 21st Annual Walk 🎨🎶

🌿 Save the Date! Bucktown Garden Walk – Sunday, July 13 🌼

🗓 Sunday, July 13, 2025 | 🕚 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Meet at: Lottie's Pub 1925 W Cortland St, Chicago, IL 60622
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🌼 Let’s stroll through one of Chicago’s most charming neighborhoods and explore over 125 gardens!

We’ve done this before, and it’s always a hit—this year features even more live music, visual artists, and community pop-ups. Expect great vibes, cool people, and tons of inspiration.
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🗺 TENTATIVE ITINERARY:
10:00 AM – Meet & Greet at Lottie's Pub
🎟 Pick up your Garden Walk guidebook ($10 suggested donation)
10:00 AM – 1:30 PM – Do the self-guided garden walk
🌷 125+ gardens
🎶 Live music
🎨 Visual artists
🛍 Local shops offering event specials
1:30 – 3:00 PM – Optional food & drinks at local favorites:
🍽 Huaraches Mexican Restaurant – 3705 W Fullerton Ave
🍽 Manchamanteles – 2415 W North Ave
🍽 The Leavitt Street Inn & Tavern – 2345 N Leavitt St
🍽 Lottie’s Pub – 1925 W Cortland St
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🌟 WHAT TO EXPECT:
✅ 125+ private & public gardens
🎶 Live musicians playing throughout the neighborhood
🎨 Artists creating in real-time
🍷 Rose + beer gardens, food trucks
🛍 Discounts at local businesses
📸 Photography contest (submit your best garden shots!)
🪴 "Ask a Master Gardener" table with expert plant tips
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🔗 More info & updates:
🌐 bucktown.org/bucktown-garden-walk
📘 facebook.com/bucktowngarden
💻 Digital guide/map will be posted online—stay tuned!
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🚗 IMPORTANT NOTES:
⚠️ You will NOT end where we begin.
If driving, be prepared to walk back to your car.
🅿️ Street parking available but limited—arrive early & check signs.
🚇 Public transportation strongly encouraged – CTA Trip Planner
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🚨 NO-SHOW POLICY REMINDER:

• ❌ 3 no-shows without RSVP updates = 3-month pause from RSVPs
• ✅ Cutoff to change your RSVP = event start time
• 👋 Check in with host when you arrive!

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This is one of our favorite summer events—don’t miss out!

Tag your garden-loving friends and let’s celebrate creativity, greenery, and community together in Bucktown! 🌿