Community gardens are a great opportunity to meet other people and to learn how to do gardening or planting, even if you don't have a yard or allotment of your own.

If you live in Chicago and want to find out more about community gardens in your area, Neighbor Space is a great place to start. Evanston also has several community gardens, as do other suburbs in the Chicago region.

https://healthiersteps.com/benefits-of-a-community-garden/

http://neighbor-space.org/

https://evanstonenvironment.org/community-gardening