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  • … New! Score with these winning recipes and get ready for a football party or any sports occasion. Learn how … cuts, and explore techniques for cooking by braising. Featured recipes include a spinach salad with warm beer dressing, bloody mary chili, and fan-favorite cookies. Take home a vegetable …
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  • … Solve a mock crime with Chicago Botanic Garden scientist and soil expert Louise Egerton-Warburton, Ph.D., using the … of the soil and other natural materials. Now you can be an expert, too. Ages 10 & up with a caregiver Design Studio, Regenstein Center …
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  • … New! Join Heidi Joynt to build and take home a lush, hand-tied bouquet with flowers from her farm. Participants will learn the steps Field & Florist takes in designing … will be spent sharing resources and tips for growing your own backyard cutting garden. Come with questions. All materials and vase included. Heidi Joynt, co-owner, Field & Florist Classroom …
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  • … An orchid with history Photo by CT Johansson [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons When the great naturalist … spur of this Madagascar orchid, he pondered over its pollinator, eventually proposing a moth with a long proboscis, though none was known at the time. He was proven correct posthumously, 40 …
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  • … New! Parties come together easily with food your guests help assemble. This hands-on cooking class will provide you with the basics to throw a fun party. Make an IPA onion dip, find out how to create a build your …
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  • … a spinach and parmigiano reggiano soufflé, as well as a classic French dessert soufflé infused with Grand Marnier. Wow your next dinner guests with these stunning creations.  Meg Dhamer, private chef and owner, The Secret Supper Club ITW …
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  • … Broad creamy margins decorate the leaf edges of this lipstick vine with reddish-orange flowers in clusters at the tips of the stems. This native of southeast Asia … ledge. Like many other ephiphytes it grows best in consistently moist but well-drained soils with minimum fertilization. …
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  • … ) is a true aster native to eastern Asia. The plants grow vigorously into bushy 3-foot plants with small, dark-green, toothed leaves. In October and into November, they are topped with intense violet buds that slowly open to reveal contrasting yellow centers. When fully open, …
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  • … how this zebra plant earned the common name of Burning Spike. The spikes can easily reach 6’, with bright red buds opening into yellow flowers. The leaves are equally dramatic - dark green, puckered, and outlined with light green veins in the characteristic zebra plant pattern. It’s happy outdoors in Florida, …
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  • … Anise hyssop ( Agastache foeniculum ) is a midwestern native that can reach a height of 4 feet with a spread of 3 feet. It blooms from June through September with lavender flower spikes that attract hummingbirds and butterflies; the seeds are attractive …
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