… Digitial Photography Contest Tips for resizing your photo for the Garden Photo Contest From Robin Carlson, staff photographer If you are using Photoshop: Open your photo. Go to the image dropdown menu and select 'Image Size'. Enter 1024 in the top box for pixel width, … you can use these free online resources to shrink your files: http://www.shrinkpictures.com/ http://www.picresize.com/ … Contest From Robin Carlson, staff photographer If you are using Photoshop: Open your photo. Go to the image dropdown menu and select 'Image Size'. Enter 1024 in the top box for pixel width, …
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… Winter is actually the best time of year to prune your deciduous plants. Wait for a relatively mild, sunny day, get out your pruners, and take a critical look at your trees …
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… from experts, explore behind the scenes, swap seeds with gardeners Admission: Free admission to Super Seed Saturday events; preregistration is not required for the Seed Swap Registration is requested for the free lecture, free tours of the Dixon … 13th Annual Seed Swap Burnstein Hall & Krehbiel Gallery 2 – 4 p.m. Gardeners come together to share, swap, and learn more about seeds. Gather expert tips about starting and saving seeds, …
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… upon the land surrounding the pond until the area eventually became both inhospitable to wildlife and inaccessible to the Garden's visitors. Now, thanks to a generous birthday gift from her husband, Roger Brown, … the Skokie Lagoons and the Garden's Dixon Prairie, and will create a larger contiguous space for wildlife, not only for birds but also for dragonflies, butterflies, frogs, and insects—all of …
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… Alicia Green, M.A., NCC, HTR Coordinator, Buehler Enabling Garden Alicia Green is responsible for maintaining the Buehler Enabling Garden as a world-class display and for delivering … began her career at the Chicago Botanic Garden in 2000 as the nursery grower. She continued to gain experience in interior landscaping, exterior landscaping, high-end garden retail, and … of horticulture for the College of Lake County. Mark has authored A Landscaper's Guide to Perennial Flowers with English/Spanish Glossary and published several magazine articles. His …
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… For Chicago-area gardeners, January is primarily a time for planning, not planting. With winter in full swing in our USDA Hardiness Zones 5b and 6a, January is a great month to prepare for the gardening season ahead and to tend to the indoor plants brightening our living … be pruned in dormant winter months to minimize the risk of oak wilt disease. Heavy pruning is best performed later in winter or in early spring just before bud break. However, immediately …
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… Thanksgiving Centerpieces There’s so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving—family, home, hearth, and all those nifty tips the Garden is providing to green up your holiday! Food, of course, is the central element, and with just a little more … There’s so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving—family, home, hearth, and all those nifty tips the Garden is providing to …
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… Garden plant finder, and general plant guide, among other fun and useful things. GardenGuide for Android GardenGuide for iPhone Check the Garden's calendar . There are events geared to children of all ages. Some events, such as flower shows or evening musical performances, appeal to visitors young and old. … for Android GardenGuide for iPhone Check the Garden's calendar . There are events geared to children of all ages. Some events, such as flower shows or evening musical performances, …
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… With the Kentucky Derby—and mint julep season—approaching, it's time to consider mint, a fast-growing, almost wonderfully invasive plant. Mint survives Chicago … hardier than ever. Cuttings easily take root and begin propagating anywhere they touch soil. For these reasons, grow mint in a plastic pot, so it doesn’t take over your yard. (The roots are … your flavor There are more than 600 types of mint on the market. Here are a few that work best in the kitchen: Kentucky Colonel spearmint (Mentha spicata ‘Kentucky Colonel’) got its …
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… Director, Windy City Harvest @email Britt Calendo is the program director for Windy City Harvest. In this role she oversees our Apprenticeship, Corps, and Youth Farm … Botanic Garden in 2014, working at Rodeo Farm as a Harvest Corps crew leader. From 2014 to 2018, Calendo worked as the PCC Austin Farm coordinator, where she helped to build out and run a community farm in collaboration with PCC Community Wellness. Britt was the …
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