… I love my container gardens in the growing season, but what’s the best way to brighten your doorstep for the longest season of all: winter? The answer is the easiest kind …
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… New! It can be a challenge to keep a vegetable garden going all summer. Join horticulturist Nina Koziol to learn how to keep your veggies thriving until the first fall frost and beyond. Take away tips on …
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… New! Painting directly from life allows you to see the nuances of nature’s colors and edges that you cannot capture from a photograph, deepening your observational skills and artistic voice. Learn how to observe colors, lighting, and edges while immersed in various gardens. Step-by-step demonstrations guide you through the process of what to include and what to eliminate in your artwork. Dress for the weather. A supply list will be …
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… think about the top three issues in your garden last year —and the year before that. Hard to conjure up? That's because memory is simply unreliable when it comes to the hundreds of … in landscaping, or simply by making less work for yourself. The trick is to document in a way that's both practical and fun for you, the gardener who'll be referring to it. Documenting the process gives you the best information to build on for next year's garden. Garden Book, 1766-1824, page 35, by Thomas …
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… 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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… work well in cut arrangements. Then, inspired by our walk, create a beautiful flower display to take home and enjoy. Learn and practice basic floral design techniques. Bring garden shears or …
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… work well in cut arrangements. Then, inspired by your walk, create a beautiful flower display to take home and enjoy. Learn and practice basic floral design techniques. Bring garden gloves, …
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… a river, a specimen and an open floristic manual in each of their laps. Inspired, I stand up to look out my window at the plants in bloom in my campus view. I wonder if the present-day … students into the forest to learn to identify plants. They are learning to see plants a new way, through methods Martine encourages everyone to adapt: putting down electronic devices and … these can engender greater awareness, I think, but they are not enough. Unsurprisingly, the best way to connect people with the real world is still to get them outside, unplugged and in …
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… Q: In the fall, I always have trouble remembering where I need to plant bulbs in my garden, and often find myself planting too close to existing ones. Any suggestions? A: Although fall is the right time of year to plant spring-flowering bulbs in the garden, it is difficult to …
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… New! Do you want to draw, but have no idea how to start? This is the perfect course for you. Heeyoung Kim will guide beginners step-by-step from …
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