… JOL 25 Advertising Night of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns 2025 Family Carousel Event dates: October 8 – 12, 15 – 19, 22 – 26 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. Link: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/halloween Specs: 2024 Assets Past: Meta … (up to 45 characters): We grow fun-sized frights for all ages Description (18 characters): Get tickets now Button CTA: Book Now Adult Carousel Event dates: October 8 – 12, 15 – …
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… The Regenstein Learning Campus The Regenstein Learning Campus is advancing the Chicago Botanic Garden’s influence as an education institution as it serves … hills and series of multisensory gardens, provides areas for learning, gathering, and hiding. Get ready to explore the natural world Butterflies & Blooms Immerse yourself in a habitat filled … Garden, for children to see, smell, and touch. 7 days a week Open every day for exploration. 1 Nature Preschool Only nature preschool at a botanic garden to utilize both indoor and outdoor …
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… Supervisor Tom Tiddens shares how to net and protect your small high-value trees from cicadas. Get more information about periodical cicadas here. When should we expect to see and hear the … are estimated to emerge around May 15 to 30 and stay active through June—but their emergence is weather-dependent; given the warm winter, we could be looking at emergence on the early side. … their numbers greatly. Also, researchers have estimated that in a woodland area, as many as 1.5 million cicadas may emerge. That’s a lot! Will we still have the annual cicadas this summer? …
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… too. Here’s what you’ll need: An egg carton —Cut into strips of three eggs-worth. You can get four insect bodies out of one egg carton, so you can explore and make more than one kind of …
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… Botanical Garden lost all their roses to a virus called rose rosette disease. I don’t just get calls about diseases or pests such as the emerald ash borer . I get called to the Butterflies & Blooms exhibition if the staff is worried about a larva or to the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden if there’s a raccoon …
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… COLOR CODED™ The Price is White Coneflower Pure white petals surround the orange disk of fertile flowers on this …
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… any seed starting are time, light, a growing medium, cleanliness, water, and attention. Time is critical. Some species need weeks longer than others. Impatiens, for example, need to be … a couple of standard fluorescent tubes in a utilitarian shop light works fine, if the fixture is hung on chains with S-hooks so its height can be adjusted. Install it securely in an … vulnerable to disease. The containers, too, should be sterilized by dipping in a solution of 1 part bleach to 10 parts water. As long as it's clean, though, you can start seeds in anything …
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… intimidated by where to start and how to care for plants. The Garden offers many resources to get you growing. Let’s dig in. Start Small Don’t have space to garden outdoors? Start indoors … like palms, rubber plants, and ficus trees can be grown indoors and outside once the weather is warm. And, for first-time indoor gardeners, we have a plant story for you. Outdoors If you … thumbs—around a patio, on a deck, on a balcony or near an entryway—growing plants in pots is a good way to add color and a little pizzazz. Flanking a walkway or a front door with large …
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Join us after school this winter as we take on pies in the ITW Kitchen. Ages 10 – 14 ITW Kitchen 3, Learning Center …
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New! Looking to grow your best garden yet? Join William Moss for an exciting and informative workshop covering various techniques for successful vegetable gardening in the Chicago area. Topics will cover tasks, techniques, and tips from winter to fall as well as basic botany, soil preparation, crop selection, rotation and planning, pest solutions, harvesting, and more. Demonstrations and …
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