Our annual Ravenswood Garden Crawl & Happy Hour returns on Saturday, July 26th, 2025. Join us for free educational tours and workshops throughout the day or take our self-guided tour to explore gardens around the neighborhood. All programs are free! This is a rain-or-shine event.
New this year: a mini market! Stop by to purchase fresh flowers, local honey, and more. Visit us at Ravenswood & Sunnyside (west side of Metra tracks) between 9am to 3pm.
View the map below to find listings of places to visit during Garden Crawl, including RNA’s native parkway gardens, community spaces, and private home gardens.
Tours and workshops begin at the RNA info tent at Sunnyside and Ravenswood (west side of Metra tracks) from 9am to 3pm and include topics such as native gardening, birding, tree care and identification, beekeeping, and more! Peruse our mini market for flowers, local honey, and our fundraising garden-themed raffle. Stop by for free wildflower seeds, kids’ crafts, and a book reading from a children’s book author. After a day of inspiration and learning, join neighbors for a Happy Hour at Dovetail Brewery from 3pm to 5pm featuring live music and garden-themed raffle prizes. See schedule below.
GARDEN CRAWL TOUR SCHEDULE
New tours begin every hour between 9am-3pm and depart from the RNA event tent at Ravenswood & Sunnyside (west side of Metra tracks, see schedule below). This is a rain-or-shine event.
9am to 3pm – Self-guided tour of neighborhood gardens. Tour map here.
9am to 3pm – Come shop our mini market, including fresh flowers from Monarch Beauty Farm, local honey from The Hive Supply Company, free wildflower seeds from MWRD (while supplies last), and our garden-themed fundraising raffle!
9am – Learn to Bird Tour with the Chicago Bird Alliance
10am – Native Gardens Tour with RNA’s Greening Team
11am – Tree Canopy Tour with Kramer Tree Specialists and the 47th Ward Openlands TreeKeepers
12pm – Guided Tour of Winnslie Parkway, the garden and walkway between Winnemac and Ainslie that’s getting expanded south to Lawrence
12pm – Container Gardening in Chicago by The Helpful Hummingbird
12:30pm – Agnes Knows Nature children’s book reading by author Seth Marcus, followed by a children’s seed planting craft
1pm – Guided tour of the natural areas in Winnemac Park
1pm – Intro to Beekeeping Workshop with The Hive Supply Company
2pm – Montrose Metra Community Garden Tour (ends at Dovetail Brewery) with MMCG
3pm to 5pm – Happy Hour at Dovetail Brewery, with live music from Rachel Kazez and Friends
RAVENSWOOD NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION 