The University of Illinois at Chicago has one of the first nutrition related teaching gardens. Take a walk through and discover how the food is grown!
Operating as usual
07/08/2024
Summer favorites harvested today!
Cucumber versus zucchini: which wins a place on your plate?
One is perfect on the grill, another pairs well submerged in your lemonade but both level up with a drizzled of olive oil & balsamic vinegar.
Cucumber or zucchini: who rules your summer plate?
06/26/2024
Raspberries, a new addition to the garden this year. They have perennial roots and crowns and will grow new canes every year.
Bees are the main pollinators for raspberries. How perfectly paired with our new hives!
Come visit the garden & see how they're growing.
Pictured: an immature raspberry fruit setting in.
06/01/2024
Today the Nutrition Teaching Garden had very special guest visitors!
UIC students from the Urban Health Program braved the rainy day for a guided tour of the garden.
Some items we discussed:
how the garden is integrated into many
AHS nutrition courses,
garden volunteer opportunities,
the importance of composting,
& our new bee hives. 🐝🐝🐝
See you again soon!
Tag yourself or a friend you see.
05/21/2024
It's that time again! Welcome this summer's Nutrition Teaching Garden caretaker: Yvonne Izquierdo. She'll be helping maintain the garden, upkeep the composts, and lead volunteer days.
Stop by and say hi! Yvonne is a mushroom enthusiast, avid composter, and vegetable whisperer.
Stay tuned for this summer's garden adventures!
06/13/2023
Zumba with moved from garden to classroom due to rain today, but that didn’t stop this group from finding the right moves!
07/19/2022
What: "Green Thumb Yoga" - yoga class presented by the UIC Nutrition Teaching Garden and Campus Recreation
Where: UIC Nutrition Teaching Garden UIC College of Applied Health Sciences
When: Tuesday, July 26 from 12-12:45
Additional Details:
- Class is free and open to everyone at UIC
- All levels are welcome - no prior yoga experience required
- Yoga equipment will be provided
- After class, participants will enjoy spa water made from freshly harvested herbs, plus they will get to take home veggies and herbs from the garden
RSVP to: Sarah Corapi at [email protected]
10/16/2021
Be sure to tune into the Mike Nowak show TOMORROW at 9am, to hear more about the UIC Nutrition Teaching Garden and other winners of the 2021 Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards!! Chef Renea will give a quick recap of the 2021 growing season... don't miss it!
Celebrating Gardeners in 2021 Peggy and Mike congratulate winners in the Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards 2021 60-Second Garden Video Challenge. We look at some fun videos and talk ...
10/16/2021
Celebrating Gardeners in 2021 Peggy and Mike congratulate winners in the Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards 2021 60-Second Garden Video Challenge. We look at some fun videos and talk ...
07/13/2021
Check out what fruits and vegetables are growing in the UIC Nutrition Teaching Garden this summer and please log into You Tube to give a "thumbs up" to our video for the 2021 Chicago Excellence In Gardening Awards Challenge
The UIC Nutrition Teaching Garden--Spring 2021 The UIC Nutrition Teaching garden is an outdoor classroom space at UIC's College of Applied Health Sciences within the Department of Kinesiology and Nutritio...
04/09/2021
The UIC Nutrition Teaching Garden is already showing off its spring colors....get ready for a vibrant season!
04/09/2021
Students are hard at work here at in the garden.... the warm temperatures this past week have prompted early radishes and spring peas to sprout🌱
04/02/2021
This week, in Chef Renea’s Food and Culture lab course, students planted personal micro green trays to tend at home on their window sill.
☀️ 🪴 🚿 ⛅️
Be sure to water your seedlings this week and tell us how you used these shoots in your kitchen in the comments!
04/02/2021
A few weeks ago, we of a hopeful 🌱
In just two weeks, trays of kale and Swiss chard are nearly ready to be taken outdoors, with the help of the friendly gardeners at the
Tender seedlings should be given time to acclimate before transitioning to the outdoors full time, so they spend a few hours outside in the sunshine every day to prepare for this transition, also known as “hardening off”.
01/26/2021
❄️ Storms ❄️ like these make us want to inventory our seed collection and make big plans for the spring garden 🪴
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