Benjamin Carroll visits Botanic Backyard with ideas for quick and easy centerpieces for your Thanksgiving table.
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Nancy Clifton shows us how to dye natural fabrics with natural colors from plants you can find in your yard and your fridge! Video ©2012 WGN-TV |
Have a great time as yourself, or in an outfit that matches your dog's. It's the Spooky Pooch Parade! Video ©2012 ABC-7 Chicago |
Other than the obvious poison ivy, did you know you might get a reaction to yew or bulbs in your yard? Tune in to find out more. Video ©2012 WGN-TV |
Eliza and host Phil Ponce discuss the merits of planting in the fall, whether you should water this year, and what some good fall picks might be for your garden. Video ©2012 WTTW Chicago Tonight |
How to preserve flowers by drying: use heat, light, and air to preserve beautiful dried bouquets. Video ©2012 WGN-TV |
Vince Gerasole of CBS-2 News Chicago talks with former inmates about the Cook County Boot Camp and Windy City Harvest gardening programs, and the difference these programs have made in their lives. |
Benjamin Carroll stops by Botanic Backyard with some tips on how to make your Chicago garden a little more Japanese. Video ©2012 WGN-TV |
Nancy Clifton joins Botanic Backyard with tips on preserving your bountiful tomato harvest. Video ©2012 WGN-TV |
Is it too late to grow some herbs for the summer? Nancy Clifton tells you what's good in the garden, and year-round. Video copyright©2012 WGN-TV |
Benjamin Carroll offers tips on plants to brighten up a shade garden. Video copyright ©2012 WGN-TV |
Dig In® Chicago visits Butterflies & Blooms, where VP of Visitor Experience, Harriet Resnick, describes how the exhibit works, and what amazing butterflies you can expect to see. |
Nancy Clifton answers Botanic Backyard questions about salvaging your lawn and trees during the drought; and plants to attract butterflies Copyright ©2012 WGN-TV |
Heather Sherwood explains how to make sure the maximum amount of water gets to your plants, and how to avoid possible watering problems. Video copyright ©2012 ABC7 Chicago |
Some young explorers are getting hands-on lessons in science at Camp Chicago Botanic Garden where the entire facility serves as their laboratory. ©2012 ABC7 Chicago |
Lisa Dominique of FM News 101.1 got her hands dirty when she clocked in some quality time at the Garden with horticulturist Tom Soulsby. ©2012 WIQI FM News 101.1 |
It's an exhibit at the Chicago Botanic Garden that draws record attendance. Art Norman shows off the magical landscapes. Video copyright©2012 NBC5 Chicago |
Bonsai is an art form that celebrates patience and refinement over a period of time. Consider that—like the tree—you, too, are a work in progress, full of potential. ©2012 Harpo, Inc. |
Find out how to care for your roses for spectacular blooms all season long. Video copyright©2012 WGN Chicago |
Nancy Clifton has answers for container-loving shade annuals and perennials in this Botanic Backyard. Video copyright©2012 WGN Chicago |
Cindy Baker visits Botanic Backyard with answers on great perennial picks for your home garden, including the beautiful shade-blooming foamflower and Solomon's seal. Video copyright©2012 WGN Chicago |
Eliza Fournier visits Chicago Tonight to talk about spring! Divide your perennials, plant a soilless spring container, and put in a rain garden with these expert tips. Video copyright©2012 WTTW Chicago Tonight |
Benjamin Carroll answers Botanic Backyard questions with Ana Belaval on what to do about frost-damaged plants, and how to care for tender sapling trees this cold spring. Video copyright©2012 WGN Chicago |
Heather Sherwood, Senior Horticulturist, explains what frost damage looks like, helps us select cool season annuals to grow and shows how to protect annuals from frost. Video copyright©2012 ABC7 Chicago |
Nancy Clifton gives tips on what to plant in containers now for a pretty, easy, and early spring vegetable crop. Video copyright©2012 WGN Chicago |
Eliza Fournier visits Chicago Tonight with tips on what our early spring means for gardeners, what to plant now, and what a switch from USDA Zone 5b to Zone 6a means for Chicagoans. Video copyright©2012 WTTW |
Nancy Clifton offers advice on good spring bloomers for your garden that will survive a possible frost. Video copyright©2012 WGN Chicago |
Unseasonably warm temperatures are causing May flowers to bloom a lot sooner, and they are bringing in a batch of early bugs. Video copyright©2012 ABC7 Chicago |
Cindy Baker answers Botanic Backyard questions on safe use of, and winter pruning with chainsaws. Video copyright©2012 WGN Chicago |
Nancy Clifton visits Botanic Backyard to answer questions about winter pruning and talks about the Garden's first annual seed swap on Sunday, February 26. Video copyright©2012 WGN Chicago |
Heather Sherwood and Mike Caplan share tips for Valentine's Day gifts and arrangements; how to keep your cut flowers longer; and which gifts you can plant and keep for the season. Video copyright©2012 ABC7 Chicago |
Ivan Watters, curator of the Chicago Botanic Garden's bonsai collection, talks about the show and the culture and creation of bonsai. Video copyright©2012 ABC7 Chicago |
A January thaw brings out some interesting early blooms. Mike Caplan and Heather Sherwood to talk about January plant care in warm (and cold and snowy) weather. Video copyright©2012 ABC7 Chicago |