Blooming Fest News
City Cancels Blooming Fest Event Due to COVID-19
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to cause cancellations of public gatherings across the country, the City of West Chicago has announced that in the interest of public health and safety it is cancelling Blooming Fest, the downtown garden festival scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 2020. “We have been monitoring the situation closely, following the […]
Garden, Craft, and Food Vendors Wanted for West Chicago’s Blooming Fest
General Vendor ApplicationFood Vendor Application The City of West Chicago is now accepting applications for vendors for its annual downtown garden festival, Blooming Fest, scheduled on Saturday, May 16, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Organized by City staff and community volunteers, the event combines the West Chicago Garden Club’s annual plant sale with a craft and fine […]
Parkway Trees are Celebrated at Downtown Festival
Columnist Merle Burleigh meets with representatives of CN EcoConnexions From the Ground Up Grant Program and America in Bloom Through America in Bloom, West Chicago was the recipient of CN EcoConnexions From the Ground Up grant of $25,000, which was used for the planting of about 100 trees in the City’s 2019 tree planting program. […]
Blooming Fest
The 2020 event is cancelled due to COVID-19. Blooming Fest will return in 2021
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Blooming Fest – All You Need to Know
Saturday, May 18, 20199:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Downtown West Chicago Click here for all the details. Blooming Fest is this Saturday and there is plenty in store for garden lovers and downtown enthusiasts.
The GardenWorks Project raising funds through organic seedling sale at West Chicago’s Blooming Fest
The GardenWorks Project, a West Chicago based nonprofit dedicated to fighting food insecurity, will be participating in West Chicago’s Blooming Fest this year. The organization will be raising funds for their spring season with a vegetable seedling sale on May 18, 2019 from 9am – 3pm in West Chicago in conjunction with Blooming Fest. “We are proud […]
Register Today for Artéculture – Space is Limited
Registration now open for Artéculture Art in all forms will be on display at Kindred Coffee Roasters, 148 West Washington Street in downtown West Chicago during the month of May, as the local business once again hosts Artéculture in partnership with the West Chicago Cultural Arts Commission. Owners Sarah and Patrick Harms and Ryan […]
One West Chicago’s Symbolic Community Garden is in Full Bloom
Pride in community diversity was in full bloom this past Saturday at downtown West Chicago’s signature spring event, Blooming Fest. City of West Chicago staff planned an activity which invited the community’s younger residents to create flowers made of paper which were assembled and “planted” in a symbolic community garden. This activity was designed to […]
The Anatomy of a Plant Sale: West Chicago Garden Club’s Labor of Love
West Chicago Garden Club (WCGC) members have been hard at work preparing for their annual plant, shrub and tree sale fundraiser scheduled for this Saturday, May 19, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in downtown West Chicago at Blooming Fest. The WCGC sale was the original inspiration and has become the anchor for the […]
Community Invited to Live Remote Broadcast with Scott Mackay & 95.9 The River Radio
Listen Here for 95.9 Promotion of Blooming Fest and America in Bloom Live Remote with Scott Mackay of 95.9 The River Friday, May 18, 2018 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Gallery 200 – 103 West Washington Street Scott Mackay, morning radio personality on 95.9 The River, returns to downtown West Chicago for another live remote broadcast out […]
