… its Regenstein Learning Campus , including the Learning Center and the Nature Play Garden. The 26,700-square-foot Learning Center—the heart of the Campus—is a hub for plant-based community and civic engagement, intergenerational learning, hands-on coursework, … The Learning Center enables the Chicago Botanic Garden to significantly expand programs for early childhood education and to train a wide audience of early childhood caregivers and …
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… The Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, No. 13 Revitalisation When my cold soul yearns for nourishment
I visit new spring gardens where death and life dwell together I walk winding … their beautiful architecture decorated with snow, often windblown into puffs and spears, in place of petals. Sometimes I have to crack through the last layers of ice and snow as I get my … garden fork. And the planting hasn't even begun! Yes, you could say that I'm happiest, at my best, and with my clearest, most productive thoughts when I am gardening, mowing, clearing wooded …
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… taking care that the top and bottom stems of each plant were exactly the same diameter at the place they were to be grafted. Our grafting tools included clear silicon tubing cut to 10 to 15 … slipped around the cleft graft. Newly grafted plants were then set into a “healing chamber,” a place with indirect light and high humidity, for up to a week. In the healing chamber, the plants can heal without needing to reach for light, …
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… run by Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Flower timing is critical for many reasons. For the earliest of the spring bloomers, earlier flowering provides first access to important … there better reproductive times to flower over others? It’s an important question to explore for the health of wildflowers and their pollinators. Beyond their subtle beauty and symbol for …
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… The clock was ticking—a little girl was seriously ill—when I got the call for help. A Denver hospital needed living tissue from Thujopsis dolabrata or any of its … Jewish Health. After I got the call, I looked into the hospital, which is known worldwide for treating patients with respiratory, immune, and related disorders. In the girl’s case, the … , a rare evergreen shrub that is native to Japan. A hospital official began the search for the plant with a colleague of mine at the Denver Botanic Gardens. My colleague met the girl’s …
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… to study "phenology," or the life-cycle events of plants. Wildflower phenology events , for example, are fairly simple: first flower, full flower, first fruit, and full fruiting. … to notice this kind of changing nature around us and record the information to a database for scientists to review. As director of Budburst, I'm excited to hear about your observations on … trees ( Liquidambar styraciflua ) underneath my window at the Regenstein Learning Campus, for instance. I can’t wait to see the beautiful shades of yellow or orange or…well, you just …
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… out there was going to be a model railroad out there. Then one of the secretaries, who worked for a vice president, found out that I had been into model railroads all my life. So one day, the … It sounds like you were a busy kid. A. My family had 2.5 acres that we farmed in World War II for vegetables. I sold vegetables in the neighborhood in my little wagon. Then I was in the Boy … and I became a photographer. Q. What keeps you motivated after all these years? A. My passion for the railroad is what drives me—I absolutely love this railroad. The same passion goes for …
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… have mandibles, but they not as impressive as those of the males. The large mandibles are used for territorial defense and also to protect the beetles from any birds or other animals that … and so on. These mites do neither the beetles nor the grubs any harm; they are just along for the ride and probably snacking on any choice fecal pellets deposited by the beetles. If you …
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… so they prefer hot temperatures and high humidity. Still, these days can be great for taking pictures. Butterflies tend to stay at rest to conserve energy to stay warm. So you … to snap a picture of their ventral side. After the rain passes, humid conditions are ideal for the butterflies, and you can find them roosting or drying their wings in the post-rain … well. Our butterflies tend to be very interactive on these days, so be sure to keep an eye out for butterflies flying in a flutter (or group), mating, and even fighting. Mornings: Butterflies …
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… and they’re mainly on the lower parts of the plant, remove the leaves and destroy them (don’t place them in the compost pile). If the yellowing quickly spreads upward and the plant is wilting, it’s best to remove and destroy it. Twisted leaves mottled with light and dark green streaks is often … produce fruit. Learning which varieties are disease resistant and disease tolerant can make for a better harvest next year. Seed catalogs often include letters after a tomato plant’s name …
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