🌸🍹 Blooms & Brews: Ravenswood Garden Crawl 🌿✨ (NEW TIME!)

NEW MEET TIME OF 10 am instead of 10:45 am!

🌸🍹 Blooms & Brews: Ravenswood Garden Crawl 🌿✨

4th annual Ravenswood Garden Crawl & Happy Hour!

We love our garden walks! 🌼✨ Let’s wander Ravenswood’s charming neighborhood on a self-guided garden walk through hidden gems, community gardens, and green spaces. Enjoy tons of guided tours, workshops, and special events along the way!

Come soak in the summer blooms, meet neighbors, and support this fantastic Chicago tradition.
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🗓 Saturday, July 26, 2025
🕙 10:45 AM – 4:30 PM
💵 $10 donation for guidebook & map (supports RNA)
📍 Meet at: RNA Info Tent at Sunnyside & Ravenswood (west side of Metra tracks)
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✨ What’s New This Year?
🌸 Mini Market featuring fresh flowers, local honey, wildflower seeds (while supplies last), and raffle prizes!
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🌼 Event Highlights:
✅ 30+ lush residential & community gardens to explore
🎨 Live art creation by local visual artists
🎶 Music by neighborhood performers
🌱 “Ask-the-Master-Gardener” table for expert plant advice
🍻 Happy Hour at Dovetail Brewery with live music
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🎯 Tentative Itinerary for Our Group:

🕘 10 AM – Meet at RNA Info Tent & pick up guidebook
🕙 10 AM–2 PM – Self-guided tour (official map included!) + optional guided tours:
🌳 11 AM – Tree Canopy Tour (optional)
🐝 1 PM – Intro to Beekeeping with The Hive Supply Company (optional)
🌱 2 PM – Montrose Metra Community Garden Tour (ends at Dovetail) **
🍻 3–4:30 PM – Happy Hour at Dovetail Brewery, 1800 W Belle Plaine, with live music **
**-These last 2 items I will have to miss as I need to leave at 2:30 pm, but all are still welcome to stay later if they wish to check these out!
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🍽️ Optional Post-Walk Eats:
✅ Dovetail Brewery – 1800 W Belle Plaine
✅ Indian Clay Pot – 1800 W Irving Park Rd
✅ I-Cafe – 1814 W Irving Park Rd
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🌿 Mini Market Goodies:
🛍️ Fresh flowers, local honey, wildflower seeds, raffle prizes
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🗺️ More Tours & Workshops All Day:
✅ 9 AM – Learn to Bird Tour (Chicago Bird Alliance)
✅ 10 AM – Native Gardens Tour
✅ 11 AM – Tree Canopy Tour
✅ 12 PM – Container Gardening Demo
✅ 12:30 PM – Children’s Book Reading & Craft
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🛑 Please Note Our No-Show Policy:
❗ 3 no-shows without updating = 3-month RSVP freeze
✅ Cutoff to update RSVP = event start time
✅ Running late? Message your host directly
✅ Always check in when you arrive
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🌿✨ Bring your curiosity, a sun hat, and a friend—let’s make it a beautiful day in Ravenswood together! 🌻🌱
— Giovina 🌿💛