… Foods and the Chicago Botanic Garden The Chicago Botanic Garden and Kraft Foods partnered to create a three-season, sustainably-grown fruit and vegetable garden at Kraft Foods … garden opened in June 2011, with the expectation of yielding 14,000 pounds of food, equivalent to 28,000 meals. In accordance with the Kraft Foods mission to fight hunger, food grown in the garden is donated to local agencies. They include soup kitchens and food pantries in the networks of …
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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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… Mixed media Location: Joutras Gallery, Regenstein Center Artist statement: A Summer Journey is an installation that captures fragments of the landscape we inhabit. The work is an attempt to imagine a time when prairie land occupied two-thirds of the midwestern landscape, when it was … Location: Visitor Center Artist statement: How is nature’s palette composed? Is there more to the colors we perceive in nature? The scientific process of chromatography—Greek for “color …
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… welcome Snowflake Fairy, on your terrace give her room. She alone in February braves the cold to shed her bloom. —Elizabeth Gordon What can give us more hope that the end of winter is near than to see the young shoots of snowdrops (Galanthus spp . ) emerging from the … years and will multiply by themselves; however, they also can be propagated by division. The best time to move or divide snowdrops is when they have just finished flowering. Lift the bulbs …
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… Code of Conduct The Chicago Botanic Garden is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment. Garden staff, … conduct that is disrespectful to our staff, volunteers, visitors, and property at any Garden site, we reserve any and all rights permitted by applicable law, including removal, revocation of … The Chicago Botanic Garden is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment. Garden staff, volunteers, and all …
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… Senior Staff: Carmen Vergara Vice President of Community Partnerships Carmen Vergara is vice president of community partnerships at the Chicago Botanic Garden. She also currently … raised on the southwest side of Chicago and is fluent in Spanish. In her spare time, she loves to create floral arrangements, listen to fun music, and find a good hiking trail. … raised on the southwest side of Chicago and is fluent in Spanish. In her spare time, she loves to create floral arrangements, listen to fun music, and find a good hiking trail. …
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… Handmade greeting cards make people feel loved. Here is a fun and festive way to show friends and relatives that you care about them. It’s a great …
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… There comes a time in every plant parent’s life when you begin to think about expanding your family. Are you ready for more plant children? Should you … er, clones? Aside from the internal struggles, enlarging your plant collection by propagation is a relatively easy—and inexpensive—undertaking. It also makes a thoughtful gift over the … grow from a leaf cutting. Before propagating your favorite plant, find out which method works best . Cathy Thomas, the Chicago Botanic Garden’s propagation expert, shared a few tips for …
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… CaraDonna graduated from Humboldt State University with a degree in botany in 2010. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona in 2016. His … position at the Chicago Botanic Garden and Northwestern University, where his research aims to understand the causes and consequences of species interactions, mostly with plants and … pollinators. Louise Clemency, Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Louise Clemency is the field supervisor for the Chicago Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. …
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… Indoor plants are starting to “wake up” as we approach the Spring equinox this month. They are responding to the increasing … since the Winter Solstice on December 21. While plants are pushing out new growth, this is a good time to consider whether they need replanting, dividing, pruning, fertilizing or a … Wilting When leaves and flowers droop, it may signal not enough water or too much water. One way to check is to pop the plant out of the container and look at the soil. This works well with …
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