… best given a head start inside where it's warm, beginning in late February or March for some plants. Expert greenhouse growers carefully fine-tune conditions for different species and varieties, as outdoor floriculturist Tim Pollak does when he supervises hundreds of thousands of annual, perennial, and vegetable seedlings every year for the Garden's displays. A beginner can start with a dozen plants on a windowsill. Seeds are so …
Type: Plant Info
… Description: Look for the shaggy-black head and narrow-toothed bill of this medium-sized duck as it dives on the …
Type: Birding
… Description: A rare bird of marshes and sedge meadows. Look for this hard-to-find bird on Marsh Island in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… Description: A fairly common migrant and breeder here. Look for it in any wooded habitat on migration or in McDonald Woods in summer. …
Type: Birding
… Wednesday, September 14, 2016 TICKETS FOR HARVEST CIDER ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE Autumn Brews tickets on October 13 are on sale now. …
Type: Event for Calendar
… design studio to the dinosaur gallery. I’m excited to now devote my energies to advocating for plants and deepening our relationship to them. I’m thrilled to return to Chicago and honored … its founder. Assuming the role of President and CEO at the Garden marks a return to Chicago for Gretchen, who began her career at the Field Museum. Over her 18-year tenure there, she had a … design studio to the dinosaur gallery. I’m excited to now devote my energies to advocating for plants and deepening our relationship to them. I’m thrilled to return to Chicago and honored …
Type: Page
… publication of Plant Evaluation Notes , highlighting the most extensive list of best plants for green roofs in Zone 5. Press Release The Chicago Botanic Garden has released the results of … publication of Plant Evaluation Notes , highlighting the most extensive list of best plants for green roofs in Zone 5. Press Release The Chicago Botanic Garden has released the results of …
Type: Page
… The Dune Willow Wading through frigid flood waters with a GPS unit, David Johannesen searched for the 12 remaining dune willows ( Salix syrticola ) at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion, IL. … and pushed Lake Michigan inland, flooding vast areas of the park. Now Johannesen, a volunteer for the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plants of Concern rare plant monitoring program , aimed his … Illinois and is listed as endangered in the state. Dune willow’s spring blooms provide meals for early emerging pollinators and its leaves feed the caterpillars of many butterflies and …
Type: Blog
… swear by it, but you need to have all-around good horticultural practices, like scouting for pests.” Japanese beetles Aphids Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA , CC BY 2.0 , via … of different insects is not a bad thing. Beneficial insects come when there’s something for them to eat. “We want to mimic Mother Nature by having diversity in the landscape to strike a … is just one of those techniques,” Tiddens said. While scouting or monitoring the Garden for pests, Tiddens says, “When I see my first aphid, I don’t get too worried. I’ll come back in a …
Type: Plant Info
… is often heard, but less often seen, in shrubby areas or in the McDonald Woods foraging for caterpillars. …
Type: Birding
