… Fully double rose-red flowers are edged in burgundy on this hardy perennial that thrives in shaded conditions and moist acidic soils. The trademarked name refers to a series of large, double flowered Lenten roses that must be hand pollinated in order to reliably set seed. Rabbits and deer avoid all parts of this plant. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: Often seen in fall, this migrant raptor may be visible flying over, or in a wooded area. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This uncommon migrant may be found in any wooded habitat in late spring and early fall. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This uncommon migrant may be found in any wooded habitat in late spring and early fall. …
Type: Birding
… Garden about using light as a garden element. Why light a garden? Light creates a feeling in space, according to Ms. Moyer, as well as serving as a directional tool. It provides visual transportation in a garden from one area to another. Lighting can say "welcome" if the front entrance is lit or … isolation of winter's long hours of darkness. It can guide us toward what is most interesting in a landscape. Careful lighting of a garden creates a nighttime space that adds a new dimension …
Type: Plant Info
… mainstays at all of our Windy City Harvest locations. Hoophouse A hoophouse, either in-ground or attached to a raised bed, is a manageable way to try it. Along the way, you might … Fruit & Vegetable Garden are equipped with practical brackets/pipe segments for hoops to fit in. Think of a hoophouse as a lightweight mini-greenhouse without the glass. A sheet of heavier plastic, draped over wire or plastic pipe arches creates the following benefits: holds in heat; keeps the soil warmer for longer; limits weather damage; helps hold in moisture; and is …
Type: Plant Info
… intricately veined throat of this Dendrobium grex. Foliage matures at 8 inches in height with the flower stalks just above the topmost leaves. The parents of this grex originated in New Guinea. Andree Millar can repeat bloom up to three times per year—a rarity in Orchidaceae. Grow this Dendrobium in full sun and in well-drained bark chips or volcanic …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… solitary or three-branched. Inconspicuous, greenish yellow to greenish white flowers appear in racemes in late spring. Flowers are followed by long, twisted and flattened, dark purplish-brown seedpods (to 18 inches long) which mature in late summer and persist well into winter. Seedpods contain, in addition to seeds, a sweet …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the winter. What is the best way to do this? A: Iris plants are best divided after flowering in late spring but no later than August to assure that the roots become adequately established … and will dry out from lack of moisture, if stored indoors. After the plants flower next year in late spring or early summer, separate the rhizomes into segments with one set of leaves in each fan along with at least several healthy roots. Prune the foliage back to approximately …
Type: Plant Info
… filmmakers to tell underreported stories of social injustices and agency via music and film. In witnessing the catharsis people experience when their voices are finally heard and represented … Centers and collective healing workshops that can reach people who have been marginalized. In 2020, Ruiter-Feenstra & Dutch journalist Jet Schouten co-created “Healing Bells,” a community-building pandemic, anti-racist response that concurrently premiered in 14 countries. Her explorations as Senior Researcher at the Göteborg Organ Art Center in Sweden …
Type: Event for Calendar
