… Watercolor is a luminous, beautiful medium. Learn to pair the delicacy and gestural brushwork of watercolor with expressive line work in pen; and add depth and vibrancy to your watercolor paintings with the enhancement of colored pencil. Some experience …
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… Light pruning of deciduous trees and shrubs can be done this month. Heavy pruning is best done in late winter or very early spring before buds break. Immediately prune back any branches damaged by snow and ice. During periods of thaw, continue to water trees and shrubs, especially newly planted trees and all evergreens. Take advantage of thaw to water …
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… Q. What is the difference between aggressive and invasive plants? A. The Chicago Botanic Garden defines an invasive plant as “a species, … usually nonnative, that is able to establish itself within existing native plant communities and is posing a threat to the integrity of the community.” An aggressive plant is one that … garden where it is unwanted. A plant may be aggressive in one area of a garden or neighborhood and well behaved in another. …
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… Building a great washpack on your farm site can help you increase efficiency and reduce waste while you process the bounty of a harvest. Learn about the materials, design, and construction process for Windy City Harvest farm sites all over the city. Season after season, we improve and refine our build strategy over multiple seasons so every site has a functional washpack that …
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… fertilizer this month to trees or shrubs that have not received any fertilizer this year and/or have demonstrated need — for example, stunted growth, failure to fully flower or leaf out, … foliage, recovery from disease, or insect attack. Continue to water newly planted trees and shrubs, especially evergreens, up until ground freezes. Milder temperatures can fool … woody plants don’t require as much moisture in fall as they do in summer. Many deciduous trees and shrubs can be planted when they demonstrate fall color or drop their leaves. This indicates …
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… Q. I am trying to train clematis and five-leaf akebia to climb trees. What are good supports to use that won't damage the vines? A. Both clematis and five-leaf akebia ( Akebia quinata ) grow by wrapping their leaf stems around a support … sever or burn the plant. String fishing line loosely because, as trees grow, the line can cut and damage expanding woody tissue. …
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… in monarch butterfly beauty, life cycles, adaptations, interactions with other organisms, and other NGSS-related life science concepts. While providing tips for creating … we will talk about conservation issues, discover a technique for estimating population sizes, and learn about monarch tagging to track migration. ISBE PD Hours: 6, Gateways: 6 Grade level: …
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… opens to the public. Participants should have a working knowledge of camera controls and lens settings. Close-focusing/macro lens and tripod are strongly suggested. Dress for the weather. The School’s CEUs=2 hours FPC …
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… With more than 81 acres of water at the Garden, these areas and the reflections they create are ideal image subjects. Learn how to control the “speed” of moving water in a still image and manage reflections. Class is limited to DSLR or mirrorless cameras. Dress for the weather. …
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… Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is no longer being updated. …
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