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  • … Colin Crowley Garden Chef Recipes As executive chef for Terlato Wine Group and Terlato Wines International, Colin Crowley prepares meals for a … Bluff, visiting winemakers can chat with the chef in his gourmet kitchen as he prepares a meal to accompany their libations. Colin presents his crab salad recipe here, featuring fresh vegetables and herbs you can get locally. He recommends pairing it with Sanford Chardonnay from Santa Barbara County. Lump …
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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 … Bike to the Garden The trail is open during Garden hours . Buy Garden Admission   Cyclists can slow …
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  • … Spring Photo Tour Explore Visual Perspective Download the GardenGuide App when you visit to use this tour on your phone Distance: .5 miles  Time: 1 hour 20 mins - 1 hour 40 mins … form with pattern.   Stop 7: Photo Tip: Spring-Enabling Garden Watch for ferns along the way, as they stretch up from the soil. When you reach the Guardian Statue, turn right to Evening … form with pattern.   Stop 7: Photo Tip: Spring-Enabling Garden Watch for ferns along the way, as they stretch up from the soil. When you reach the Guardian Statue, turn right to Evening …
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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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  • … The Chicago Botanic Garden is on #TitanWatch. That’s right: if you visit the Garden’s Semitropical Greenhouse, you will see  Sprout , the latest corpse flower from the Garden’s collection of 13 titan arums to begin a bloom cycle.  Our corpse flowers ( Amorphophallus titanum ) are now on display in a … blog ( subscribe today ), and follow the Garden on  Facebook  and  #CBGSprout  on  Twitter  to get the latest information.  Corpse flowers are BIG. In their natural habitats, they can reach 10 …
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  • … Do you have areas in your garden with lots of beautiful perennials? Learn tips and tricks to spread the wealth to other garden areas by dividing perennials in the fall. Explore the basics, then head outside to put these skills into practice. Bring gloves. Dress for the weather.  Heather Sherwood, senior horticulturist, Chicago Botanic Garden Design Studio, …
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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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  • … 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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  • … and the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion (CPHP) to help patients with diet-related diseases who are also food insecure. Located in Chicago's … would default to cookies and cakes.” –VeggieRx Survey Participant “With VeggieRx I was able to get off the pre-diabetes medicine, which wasn’t overnight but happened over time. I have also … bundle of collards 1 bundle of beets 2 cucumbers 2 tomatoes 2 bell peppers 2 squash 2 onions   Visit & Contact VeggieRx Location: Farm On Ogden Address: 3555 W. Ogden Ave., Chicago IL Phone: …
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  • … or beans, or snip stems of basil or dill and bring the bounty into your kitchen, it doesn’t get any fresher than that. Growing vegetables and herbs not only saves money in the long run, but adds delightful flavor and nutrition to your culinary creations. The best part? You don’t need a giant garden or a lot of maintenance. Many edibles, like radishes, …
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