… To understand spring, you must walk in the woods. A Native Ecosystem Here, in the Chicago Botanic Garden’s McDonald Woods, spring arrives unaided by mowers and edgers, or fertilizers and bags of peat moss. In this hundred-acre restored oak woodland, spring means the welcome presence of natural wetland …
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… virtual experience you can take anywhere! Enjoy enchanting stories about spooky plants found in fairy tales and folklore. Discover the mystery of foxgloves, aconite, and other ghoulish … two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. Julia Zoltowsky, horticulturist Online …
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… trees and shrubs at this time of the year, it’s not a good idea to plant evergreens this late in the season. Evergreens planted in late fall don’t have time to become established before the onset of cold winter temperatures … unable to take up enough water due to their reduced root mass. It is best to plant evergreens in the spring when they have an entire growing season to become established. …
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… If a botanist shouts “Eureka!” in a forest, can you hear it? Well, that’s exactly what happened—so to speak—when a team of … the pink lady’s slipper ( Cypripedium acaule ), a dazzling orchid that has not been seen in Illinois since 1999. That’s right. For a quarter century, conservationists had begun to accept that the species no longer existed here. That all changed in May when Grant Fessler, a botanist with the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plants of Concern rare …
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… paintings to life by incorporating interest, storytelling, and perspective. Students can work in any media. A supply list will be sent. The School’s CEUs=18 hours ART elective This class will … two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. Thomas Trausch, artist, TWSA master status …
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… into your landscape painting this summer. Students will learn how painters think about color in nature. A brief review of color and light will help students represent the landscape, and Nina Weiss will also discuss composition ideas. Students will create small paintings in the medium of their choice, including gouache, acrylic, watercolor, and oil. Color drawing …
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… information that the collector noted as potentially important. Properly prepared and housed in modern museum cabinets, in a climate-controlled environment, herbarium specimens will survive indefinitely. Specimens collected by Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s are still used for research today. The Chicago Botanic Garden has a small herbarium …
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… New! Learn the proper methods to grow a living plant arrangement in a water-filled vase, including which plants do best growing in water and how to care for them to keep them happy and healthy for a long time. Adding unique …
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… Define your style and clarify your artistic vision by taking a journey of self-discovery in photography leading to an exhibition-worthy portfolio. Through writing, creativity exercises, … two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. FPC requirement, master track Dianne Kittle, fine art photographer Online Course …
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… our landscape is one of poison ivy's lessons. Thankfully, there are few toxic plants to touch in our native flora, poison ivy is by far the most common." How to identify poison ivy Poison … gardeners, and anyone who enjoys the outdoors to become familiar with its characteristics in all seasons . It can grow as a sprawling ground cover, a woody shrub, or a woody vine climbing fences, trees, telephone poles, or even buildings in more rural areas. Urushiol, the resin responsible for producing allergic reactions in people, …
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