… This evergreen succulent is native to Madagascar and grows to a foot in height under full sun to partial shade and dry conditions. In late winter and early spring it produces attractive red and orange blooms. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Blackberry Farm’s artisan chef and farmstead educator Jeff Ross says, “Good gardeners cook and good cooks garden.” He understands the too-frequent disconnect between the planted fields and a talented kitchen, and seeks to erase that distance. With an education in American history, …
Type: Item Detail
… New! See, touch, smell, and taste common ways to use herbal preparations including dried, capsules, decoctions, infusions, salves, tinctures, syrups, poultices, essential oils, and flower remedies. Learn an herbal view of how “dis-ease” gradually builds in the body, and ways to reverse that process. Walk into the gardens to become acquainted with various herbs …
Type: Item Detail
… Mary Macaroni and the Impastas are one of Chicago’s premier kindie bands. Mary and her Impastas have an interactive music show guaranteed to bring dancing, singalongs, … with their music and mayhem. Mary was recently voted Chicago’s Best Clown by ChicagoKids.com. In the show, kids get to help Mary Macaroni with magic tricks, shakers, and dancing along to …
Type: Event for Calendar
… the mythological Greek youth Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool and was transformed into a flower, these plants are easy-to-grow perennials commonly called narcissus. Although all narcissus grow from bulbs and produce strap-shaped leaves, the flowers span a wide range of shape, size, and color and are classified in 13 divisions according to flower shape and origin. Daiquiri is a …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Agaves are rosette-forming perennials growing in the desert and mountainous regions of North, Central, and South America and in the Caribbean. They bloom once at maturity, which can be anywhere from 5 to 40 years. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… in a rounded mass. The red flower spikes, reminiscent of a bottle brush, are nectar rich and very attractive to hummingbirds and insects. It grows to 3 feet high and 5 feet wide and prefers full sun and average soil moisture. It is fire resistant and can be …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Often seen in floral arrangements and bouquets, ‘Lucifer’ is an eye-catching cultivar with brilliant red, tubular flowers that appear in mid-summer on arching 3-foot-tall stems. Its leaves are pleated and swordlike and emerge from a corm. Crocosmias like it warm, and although ‘Lucifer’ is considered the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Joanna J. Stroz, a versatile artist based in Copenhagen with Polish and Danish roots, is renowned as a carillonneur, composer, music producer, singer-songwriter, percussionist, and drummer. With two albums under her belt, Nordic Wave (2010) and Drums and Bells (2015). Joanna continues to captivate audiences with her unique blend of …
Type: Event for Calendar
… As Senior Manager of Conservation Impact, I tell stories, build relationships, and advance strategic priorities. Collaborating with departments across the Garden, I help increase the impact of our conservation, restoration, and plant science programs. My main focus is supporting the Garden’s local, regional, and national efforts to increase the supply of native seed for habitat restoration. I help manage …
Type: Staff bio
