… in the fields through late October, harvesting spinach, arugula, kale, and collards, along with cherry tomatoes, peppers, carrots, beets, and more—some of which goes to eligible patients … On our main campus, at the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden, our teams are filling baskets with figs, apples, golden raspberries, and blackberries, along with cantaloupe, pumpkins, okra, corn, eggplants, and more—all of which is donated to the …
Type: Blog
… to the Garden's woodland habitats, including McDonald Woods . She works collaboratively with our team of ecologists to manage the Garden’s natural areas while helping to train the next … the Garden’s Stewardship and Ecology of Natural Areas (SENA) program. She also collaborates with other staff in the Garden’s Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action, as … learning, and community engagement activities. Through strategic partnerships, including with the Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC), Heather helps grow the Garden’s role as a leader …
Type: Staff bio
… of Rome and Florence Join an exclusive tour to some of the most beautiful gardens in Europe with Kris Jarantoski, executive vice president and director of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The … from September 15 to 25, 2015, customized for Chicago Botanic Garden members in collaboration with Insight Vacations and Frosch Travel. Featured gardens include the Vatican Gardens in Rome—a … deluxe accommodations at Hotel Majestic in Rome and the Gallery Art Hotel in Florence, with airport transfers and baggage handling, as well as nine breakfasts, two lunches, and four …
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… A hybrid of the cattelya orchids, ‘Dark Waters’ is a compact plant with spectacular 3-inch red flowers from March to April and July to August. The petals are long with ruffled lips. Considered easy to grow, it prefers moist soil, good drainage, and partial shade with bright morning light. The orchid family consists of a large number of genera, each with its …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Creamy white flowers are speckled with dark purple spots with variations in amount of spotting from one plant to the next. The parents for this selection … native to lowland tropical jungles in and around New Guinea. Very high humidity is required with moderate to strong sunlight and well drained soil media. The orchid family consists of a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… means "of the snow," referring either to the snow-like flower or the plant's early flowering. With especially hardened tips to push through the late-spring snow, Galanthus nivalis was … This dwarf, bulbous perennial has linear or strap-shaped green to gray-green, glaucous leaves (with a powdery surface, like that on grapes). At the top of its erect, leafless flowering stalk is a solitary, pendulous, bell-shaped flower with three pear-shaped, white outer segments and three shorter inner ones, marked with a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… will prepare and take home a sample of stock to use in recipes at home such as wild rice with ham, roasted pumpkin with apple and chipotle, and shrimp wonton. This class is a great precursor to the Sauce class …
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… It is not common in the wild and very rare in the trade. It can grow to a height of 20 feet with a slightly narrower spread. The bark is striped with silvery lines and the new foliage emerges as a bright red, turning to yellow and a deeper …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… is a large, deciduous shrub that can slowly grow to 16 feet high and 10 feet wide. It blooms with panicles of scarlet flowers that appear in late spring to early summer. These provide a contrast with its dark green foliage. It is not fussy about soil type as long as it is well drained and in …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This is a small to medium sized tree (25 feet tall with a similar spread). It blooms with small panicles of yellow flowers in the spring. Unlike many buckeyes, this cultivar is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
