O+ Festival: Chicago Presents a Family Bike Tour encompassing Art, Bike Safety, Education, and Gardening

O+ Festival: Chicago Family Bike Tour 

Saturday, July 9th 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

O+ Festival: Chicago Family Bike Tour (approx. 2.25 miles) led by Working Bikes representatives and Checkpoint Garden Service Projects led by Neighborspace and Openlands representatives with O+ Festival: Chicago’s Eco-Team.

Family Bike Tour Registration (9:30 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.): La Catrina Cafe (1011 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608)
-Bike Safety and Registration

Checkpoint 1 (10:00 a.m. -10:45 a.m.): The Butterfly Garden /El Jardin de las Mariposas (S. Carpenter Street & W. 18th Place, Chicago, IL)
-Garden care lesson and eco-service project

Checkpoint 2 (10:45 a.m. -11:15 a.m.): Xochiquetzal Peace Garden/Jardín de la Paz Xochiquetzal (1903 W. 23rd Street, Chicago, IL)
-Art and eco-service project

Checkpoint 3 (11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.): Orozco School Garden (1940 W. 18th St., Chicago, IL)
-Garden history and eco-service project

Finish-line (12:00 p.m.): The Resurrection Project’s Zocalo courtyard (1818 S Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60608)
–The Wellness Expo+

*We encourage family bike tour participants to take advantage of the free supports at the Wellness Expo+ (Noon to 2 p.m.)

For a map of the O+ Festival: Chicago Family Bike Tour, please use the following link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aSHh_98k5d0xYpr2qumPWiBDWAE&usp=sharing 

The schedule above is for people to know where we will be incase they arrive late to the bike tour. However, anyone may continue to join us at any checkpoint beyond the proposed time frame. The main goals of this family bike tour are to (1) familiarize the community with each garden, (2) show community members how to care for each garden properly, (3) make gardening, art, education, and biking a fun, family-friendly experience, and (4) promote holistic living.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to join us, with or without a bike. If you would like to join us as a biker, please use the following link to register ahead of time: https://www.eventsprout.com/register/o_festival_chicago

Check out more of the amazing work our bike tour partners are up to: 

La Catrina https://www.facebook.com/lacatrinacafeon18/

NeighborSpace http://neighbor-space.org/

Openlands http://www.openlands.org/building-school-gardens

Working Bikes http://www.workingbikes.org/

The Resurrection Project http://resurrectionproject.org/