… trees and shrubs this fall or add new plantings with tips from Garden experts. Take steps now to ensure the health and beauty of your garden come spring. Planning and Prevention “This summer … Sensitive plants such as magnolias will particularly benefit from mulch. A good rule of thumb is to spread the mulch as wide as the reach of the branches. Do not pile it against the trunk, … help absorb rainwater, and provide wildlife habitat among other benefits,” he said. It’s best to plant about a month prior to a hard ground freeze, says Dr. Bell, who recommends planting …
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… Are you looking for an easy way to help the planet? Consider composting your food waste. Composting with worms, also known as … view part 2 Worm Composting View part 3 Why compost? Reducing the volume of your garbage is good by itself. Removing food from the waste stream is especially beneficial because food …
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… The Rainwater Glen The shallow, troughlike depression that surrounds the Plant Science Center is called the Rainwater Glen, and it functions like a river’s floodplain. Though beautiful, it is above all practical: designed to hold back stormwater runoff, it allows deep-rooted native plants to facilitate absorption and help filter impurities. The native plants in the Rainwater Glen have … it functions like a river’s floodplain. Though beautiful, it is above all practical: designed to hold back stormwater runoff, it allows deep-rooted native plants to facilitate absorption and …
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… into venturing out too soon. Winter still reigns in February, making it a month for gardeners to respond to the season’s challenges, plan for the growing year ahead, and tend to indoor plants … that emerges in spring. Tree and Shrub Care Pruning tips Weather permitting, late February is an ideal time to heavily prune large woody plants that are fully dormant. The absence of … require little pruning. But because evergreens bleed heavily when pruned, this task is best done in the winter months when they are not in active growth. Juniper ( Juniperus ) can be …
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… Speakers Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Alsdorf Auditorium Clare Cooper Marcus is professor emerita, Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of … She is co-author, with Naomi Sachs, of Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-Based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces (Wiley, 2014) . Brian Bainnson, … firm puts priority on bridging research with practice, utilizing human psychology and site ecology in bringing ideas to life. Epstein helped establish the ASLA Therapeutic Garden …
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… Winter is a great time to celebrate the beauty of the natural world and wildlife around you. After a big … for little ones, searching for animal tracks and talking about what you find can be a fun way to stimulate meaningful conversation. This winter, I walked around my Chicago neighborhood …
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… Worth Keeping Ornamental shrubs are the backbone of our planted landscapes. It’s hard to imagine American gardens without hydrangea, boxwood, or viburnum, but it’s easy to take these workhorse shrubs for granted. Plant trends come and go, but as the industry gets … the hottest new thing, favorite old cultivars can slip out of commerce unnoticed. All we need is a new pest, disease, or drought to make us sit up and pay attention to these faithful …
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… The Chicago Botanic Garden is one of the largest public gardens in the world, with more than 2.5 million plants on 385 … Many new visitors may not realize that nearly one-quarter of the Garden's acreage — 81 acres, to be exact — is water. In fact, most of the 27 gardens are located on one of nine islands. Even … Gardens of the Great Basin A cooling summer walk along the water’s edge is a unique way to explore the Garden, while treating yourself to views and vistas on a panoramic scale. The …
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… Winter is actually the best time of year to prune your deciduous plants. Wait for a relatively mild, … shrubs. As soon as trees and shrubs go into dormancy, pruning can begin, and you can prune up to the time when buds begin to plump up. From mid-November to mid-March, you can shape and thin …
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… and divers return As the lakes thaw at the Garden in March and April, migratory ducks stop to feed and rest on their journeys to their northern breeding grounds. It's the perfect time for visitors to study the beautiful … feeding and courtship behaviors. The next time you see a duck at the Garden, notice how it is feeding: Is it sticking its rear end up into air? Does it dive into the deep part of the …
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