… Ticket Exchange Lightscape ticket exchange is offered online. Follow these easy steps to change your Lightscape event date and time, or … Review your original order on the "View Purchase History" page. Step 6: Expand the ticket view to show ticket details. To change the date and time, Select New Date/Time button. Step 7: View …
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… the Garden complies with its obligations as a federal contractor, including, but not limited to, its obligations under laws governing affirmative action. The vice president of Human … working in connection with the Garden’s educational programs and activities. The Garden is required by Title IX and the regulations of the federal agencies that provide funding to its … or by calling the Garden’s anonymous hotline at (844) 764-7270 or chicagobotanic.ethicspoint.com , which may be done anonymously. Anyone who experiences such conduct is strongly encouraged …
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… online training course uses an online teaching program called Blackboard Collaborate, which is hosted by Illinois Compass. Trainees can access the Illinois Compass platform through a web … an online course. Illinois Compass uses Java technology extensively. In order for Compass to work properly, you need to have the appropriate Java plug-in installed on your computer. To get the most recent version of the Java plug in for your windows computer, go to www.java.com , click on the Free Java Download button and follow the directions. It is important to have a …
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… natives are great for crafts, decorations and food. A member of the squash family, pumpkin is high in beta-carotene, potassium and vitamin C; low in fat; and high in fiber. Smaller, three- to six-pounders are the best for pies since they're sweet and non-stringy. As with all squash, the flowers are edible …
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… look, you’ll notice signs of wildlife all around you, too. Their connection makes for the best kind of codependency. Killdeer, a shorebird that commonly nests at the Garden. Plants and … at the Garden, you can find examples of this everywhere. The milkweed in the Dixon Prairie is a favorite meal of the monarch butterfly. In the Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden, … and other perennial seeds. Crabapple and dogwood trees set fruit that many birds like to feed on in late fall and winter. In addition to plants providing food to all kinds of wildlife …
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… The Chicago Botanic Garden is helping increase the supply of native seed at the local, regional, and national … wildlife, and people thrive. Inside their small packages, native seeds hold the power to restore our prairies, woodlands, and wetlands. The native plants that grow from these seeds … change and invasive species increase, nationwide shortages of native seed slow down efforts to restore habitats, build green infrastructure, and grow urban gardens. The solution—producing …
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… Nelumbo lutea , the American yellow lotus, is the only lotus native to the United States. Hardy from Zones 4 to 11, it grows naturally in … rhizomes, and leaves are an integral part of the Asian diet. Interestingly enough, one of the best and most popular lotus cultivars now grown in aquatic gardens is 'Mrs. Perry D. Slocum' — …
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… Woodcut January 19 to April 14, 2013 Joutras Gallery In a remarkable ink and paper documentation, Bryan Nash Gill … captures the miracle of nature and time through every line, crack, and tree ring. The result is Woodcut, an exhibition in which Gill reveals the fascinating history of individual trees … pole and a tree hit by lightning, is from land near his home. He sands and burns the wood to prepare it, before creating the print by pressing paper onto the individual ridges and shapes …
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… About The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and so much more. Our roots grow throughout the greater Chicago area and beyond, inspiring people to connect with plants whether through science, urban agriculture, lifelong learning … the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1965 and its opening in 1972, the Society created a permanent site on which to carry out its mission. The Garden today is a successful public-private …
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… 14 – 17, 2017 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Register now Enjoy a creative break and the opportunity to carve an heirloom garden sculpture from a block of Indiana limestone under the creative … plants, or sculptures featuring the human face. Garrity, who resides in the West of Ireland, is an award-winning sculptor who previously served as sculptor-in-residence of the Mount Rushmore … is required. Additional information concerning the artist is available at www.djgarrity.com . Students of all ages have enjoyed the light approach that Garrity brings to the art of …
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