… Sale features cactus and succulent plants grown by members of the Cactus and Succulent Society of Greater Chicago. …
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… It’s “gee whiz” science time for teachers as we mess around with potions and props that awe and amaze. This three-day workshop invites you to play with dry ice experiments, invisible ink, bath bombs, elephant toothpaste, ferro pets, and other surprises that you can replicate with your students. Discuss how to use these phenomena …
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… love to help out in the kitchen? Bring your little chef to the Garden for stories, songs, and games followed by a cooking activity. This one-hour caregiver-and-child program is designed for children ages 4 – 5. It is the perfect way to encourage children to eat their fruits and veggies and have fun, too! Simple, delicious recipes are easy to replicate at home. Families …
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… love to help out in the kitchen? Bring your little chef to the Garden for stories, songs, and games followed by a cooking activity. This one-hour caregiver-and-child program is designed for children ages 4 – 5. It is the perfect way to encourage children to eat their fruits and veggies and have fun, too! Simple, delicious recipes are easy to replicate at home. Families …
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… love to help out in the kitchen? Bring your little chef to the Garden for stories, songs, and games followed by a cooking activity. This one-hour caregiver-and-child program is designed for children ages 4 – 5. It is the perfect way to encourage children to eat their fruits and veggies and have fun, too! Simple, delicious recipes are easy to replicate at home. Families …
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… Plan view drawings can be beautiful and informative—but not everyone can read plans. This class prepares students to illustrate landscape design concepts in section and elevation view. Students will learn layered drawing techniques including measured line drawings and illustrative overlays. The School’s CEUs=7.5 hours GDC elective Jodi Mariano, PLA, ASLA, …
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… This class is for individuals who are interested in learning and expanding their knowledge of edible landscaping techniques, design, and maintenance. This course is appropriate for growers with some gardening experience. Students will create a four-season planting plan for an existing farm site and will present their planting design as a final project. Certificate course Instructor TBD Farm …
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… of houseplants, however, that can lead double lives — in the winter they're indoor plants, and in summer they become seasonal bedding plants. They're not new plants, but are used in a new way. They may be planted directly into the ground alongside other annuals and perennials, or they might be planted in containers or window boxes. The Chicago Botanic Garden's Circle Garden uses houseplants in its three-season rotation of annuals. And many gardening centers, quick to pick up on trends set by prominent garden designers, offer …
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… New! For years Marta McDowell has been occupied with writers who garden, and whose horticultural interests have changed her planting beds as well as her bookshelves. Starting with Mark Twain and connecting to authors ranging from Henry David Thoreau to Louisa May Alcott, this lecture explores the writing-gardening connection. A book sale and signing will follow the talk. Marta McDowell, instructor, New York Botanical Garden Linnaeus …
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… ‘Ruby Glow’ is an upright, bushy, 12’-15’ tall shrub that grows in sun to partial shade and is noted for its early blooms, starting in February, as soon as temperatures rise above … from a red-purple calyx. When temperatures drop below freezing, the petals will curl up and then open again when warmer temperatures return. Large round leaves initially a medium green, … witch hazels were created by the hybridization of Hamamelis japonica (native to Japan) and Hamamelis mollis (native to western China). Archived Copy: This content was captured before …
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