… an application and a brief telephone interview two months prior to your visit. The study tour is offered from May to October. Session Length The study tour can be scheduled for a minimum of … but expect possible variations due to program schedule demands. Fees The cost of the study is $150 per person per day. The fee must be paid in advance or on the day of the tour. … an application and a brief telephone interview two months prior to your visit. The study tour is offered from May to October. Session Length The study tour can be scheduled for a minimum of …
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… out a Plant Diagnosis form, please provide as much information as possible, including where it is planted, light received, watering practices, chemical treatments given, age, and other … a crushproof container, preferably a clear container that you can see through. Our diagnosis is only as good as your sample. Please follow our guidelines for collecting and submitting … out a Plant Diagnosis form, please provide as much information as possible, including where it is planted, light received, watering practices, chemical treatments given, age, and other …
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… England to Chicago in the late 1950s, she’d never heard of a prairie. In England, a grassland is called a meadow. But every kid in the neighborhood near Chicago’s Midway Airport called the … pioneer cemeteries, in random spots along railroad tracks, and in botanical gardens. You can get a little taste of tallgrass wildness at the Garden’s Dixon Prairie —a 15-acre re-creation of … changing not only daily but with the seasons and from year to year.” The Dixon Prairie is a recreated prairie. “The soils and the hydrology are the foundations for the different …
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… Patterned by Nature – A Better Pattern A Better Pattern is a dynamic collaboration with Columbia College Chicago’s School of Fashion. This … A Better Pattern is a dynamic collaboration with Columbia College Chicago’s School of Fashion. This …
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… the Garden’s mission through compelling storytelling, brand strategy, and audience growth. She is passionate about building meaningful brands that inspire engagement and drive sustainable … the Garden’s mission through compelling storytelling, brand strategy, and audience growth. She is passionate about building meaningful brands that inspire engagement and drive sustainable …
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… to weird hippie health food restaurants in Chicago. For her birthday, my mom knew she would get her requested restaurant, so she would pick the only organic one in town. We all got … Robert Frost’s familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end …
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… One of the most recognized lines from Shakespeare is the following: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” You would have to read Hamlet to get the backstory, but one thing I know as an ecologist, is that we would be in a lot of trouble …
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… plant materials they saved are from populations that no longer exist. Now, all of that data is coming together for the first time in a research study by graduate student Claire Ellwanger. … conservation graduate program run by the Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University—is using modern analysis tools to uncover the genetic history of the species. What she finds will … diversity was a part of the species in the past. “The herbarium samples will allow us to get a sense of historic genetic variation to compare to levels today,” she explained. Along with …
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… One of the top questions we have been getting about Spike the titan arum is “How do you know how much water to give it?” The care and feeding that we have given Spike … arums—our collection of nine Amorphophallus titanum growing in our production greenhouses—is very specific! Yes, the cultivation requirements for these plants are strict. Titan … can be somewhat challenging! Providing them with the unique cultural requirements to get them to live long enough and to eventually bloom is a mighty task. However, all the extra …
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… Gardening is all about embracing change. You plant seeds and wait to see which ones will sprout. You … Garden—and how the Garden will look when we are able to reopen. Only essential staff is on-site at the Garden and health and safety guidance on social distancing means big changes in the … north stairs of the Regenstein Center. With fewer people to work around, we’ve been able to get some construction projects done in a more timely manner. As a gardener, I know that plants …
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