… Fruit & Vegetable Garden The Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden is one of the biggest and best of its kind in the Midwest. This 4-acre working garden shows you how to grow edible plants in a setting designed to surprise and delight. You might have a little pot … vegetables, and herbs that flourish in Chicago-area gardens and show you the most sustainable way to grow them. We use organic growing methods. What do you do with all that produce? …
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… Plants for Life 2020 Growing the Garden The Chicago Botanic Garden's ten-year strategic plan, " Keep … in 2009. The Keep Growing plan includes a $125 million capital and endowment initiative to enable the Garden to continue to engage, educate, and inspire, and to improve plant and ecosystem health close to …
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… is an enjoyable virtual experience you can take anywhere! New! Discover beautiful shrubs for the home garden. Andrew Bunting will give an overview of the best-of-the-best hydrangeas and many other varieties including Physocarpus, Aronia, Aesculus, Spiraea, …
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… Worm Composting Now that you have a worm compost bin, here are five tips for maintaining it so that the worms are happy, it does not smell bad, you don’t get fruit flies or other pests, and you get some nice compost for your yard or houseplants. View … the top piece of newspaper moist by spritzing it with water. Worms need a moist environment to thrive and this sheet will reduce water loss and create a barrier between the food and the …
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… open the Regenstein Learning Campus on September 10 and 11. The seven-acre campus is designed to serve learners of all ages, and facilitate connections between people and the environment … each day from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Learning Campus, open daily, will be the new headquarters for the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden , which offers 1,500 classes, … to sustain and enrich life,” said Jean M. Franczyk, president and CEO of the Garden. The 26,700-square-foot Learning Center, with 12 indoor and two outdoor classrooms, anchors the new …
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… Bike to the Garden Bike to the Garden The trail is open during Garden hours . Buy Garden Admission Cyclists can slow … Preserves of Cook County, the Garden has created this beautiful and accessible trail. Look for interpretive signs describing the moraine, wetland, and woodland regions of the Garden's …
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… Midway to Montana bluestar is known for its fine textured foliage, pale blue flowers and golden yellow fall color. Members of the … clusters at the stem tips in late spring or early summer. The foliage ranges from threadlike to willow-like and looks attractive throughout the growing season with the bonus of good to …
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… Fall Quiz Fall Quiz From crisp leaves underfoot to ghoulies dangling from trees, fall is in the air—and here at the Garden we’ve noticed that people have *strong opinions* about the best way to mark the season. Take this quiz to find your fall personality. Take the quiz below to …
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… Q. Is there anything that I can do to prepare my trees and shrubs for winter? A. The best thing that can be done to prepare your plants for winter is to make sure …
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… enough? Gardeners often focus on color and design in their beds, borders, and yards and forget to factor in fragrance. Yet scent is keenly important to humans, as it is capable of triggering … plants. In this month's edition of Smart Gardener : a dozen plants in all shapes and sizes to get your scent palette primed. 3 Bulbs with Bouquet Snowdrops (Galanthus) Blooms in March Famous … in summer. Look for 'Honeybells' and 'Sweet Susan' in the Sensory Garden (one of the best locations for fragrance on the grounds), a fine patch of fragrant 'Royal Standard' just …
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