VISIT

We are currently working on our new project: The Firehouse!

EXPANDING OUR REACH

Building on our history of adaptive and creative reuse, we’re turning this firehouse into a center for circular economy programming. When complete, The Firehouse will feature shared use indoor growing space for plants and fungi, indoor and outdoor classrooms, maker space, a teaching kitchen, in vessel composting, and community meeting/event space. It will also serve as a hyper local center to collect materials that don’t get recaptured in Chicago. 

FIREHOUSE MARKET

FIREHOUSE MARKET HOURS

Our retail space at the firehouse offers a variety of different products, from food and beverages to home and garden goods, all made locally and/or with circular economy practices!

In addition to in-person shopping, you can now pre-order from our online store and pick up your order during open hours. We also have swap opportunities for plants, puzzles and books!

Thursday 2pm – 5pm

Friday 11am – 5pm

Saturday 11am – 5pm

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING

PUBLIC WORKSHOPS + CLASSES

Plant Chicago hosts and facilitates a wide range of educational programs for the general public, such as aquaponics, fermentation, seed starting, foraging, container gardening, vegan baking, renewable energy, composting,  DIY projects, and more

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We also host a variety of events to cultivate local circular systems, from farmers markets to swap events!  

Home kitchen scraps & plant material  

Bring your kitchen scraps to the marketplace during our open hours and we’ll send them off to a local composting facility to be turned into nutrient-dense compost for local farms. See this guide from our composting partner for details on what types of household organic materials you can drop off.

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Household batteries

Don't throw out those AAs! Bring them to us and we will send them to a recycling facility. 

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Houseplant cuttings

Bring a houseplant cutting or two to swap it for a new houseplant friend. Don't have a cutting to spare? We're accepting pay-what-you-can donations for all houseplant cuttings.

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Puzzles

Drop off the one you just finished and swap for another. 

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Books

Our Little Free Library accepts free books all of the time! Leave a book and take a book!