Growing Home's Backyard Barbecue

You’re Invited to Growing Home’s Backyard Barbeque Sunday, September 21, 2025

Join Growing Home for our annual Backyard Barbeque—a festive farm-to-table friendraiser celebration of food, farming, and community! This event showcases the vibrant spirit of Greater Englewood through:

• 🍽️ Incredible bites and beverages from talented local chefs and caterers (early arrival encouraged, first come first served)
• 🎶 Live music and entertainment throughout the day
• 🌱 Tour of Growing Home's urban farm, gardens, and block spaces
• 🧑‍🌾 Interactive raffles and games

🗣️ Plus, hear from a Growing Home program alumni speaker, sharing their journey and impact

This event will uplift and support Chicago’s local food system—and proceeds directly benefit Growing Home’s workforce development programs, food access initiatives, and community healing work.

Visit neighboring farm partners on your own in Englewood, Auburn Gresham and Back of the Yards: Urban Growers Collective, and Grow Greater Englewood.

Regular priced all-inclusive tickets ($100) will be available until the day of the event.

Community tickets: $25 all-inclusive community tickets are available to Greater Englewood and Auburn Gresham residents and businesses until the day of the event. Limit 4 tickets per person please.

Email us directly at [email protected] to receive the community ticket Promo Code or ask questions. You can also call us at 773-549-1336.

With your Eventbrite receipt, you should have received your ticket attached. You can print that out or bring a digital copy.

If you are purchasing your ticket at the door, the sites will be able to take check, cash, Venmo and/or credit card.

Free street parking is available at all sites! Urban Growers Collective's Green Era Campus offers parking. Street parking is available all along 58th and Halsted Streets around GGE's Englewood Village Plaza.

The plants will be loving it...and the show is still on! In 2022, this event was in the pouring rain and it was the best rain party ever! At the main anchor sites we have tents so you can enjoy the activities under shelter. We will also have ponchos on hand so you can stay dry if you decide to tour around at the farms.

Thank you! We appreciate your support for our local urban growers and farm-based workforce development programs. You can donate to Growing Home"

Online at growinghomeinc.org/donate, Venmo @growinghomeinc

Before the event, you can contact us at [email protected]. If you have questions the day of the event, you can ask us in person at 5814 S. Wood Street. You can also call us at 773-549-1336.

Thank you – We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Growing Home is a nonprofit social enterprise operating urban farms in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago as a vehicle for innovative workforce development programs and fresh food access initiatives.

Host or Publisher Growing Home, Inc.