… “Titan Tim” Pollak here, with today’s update on Spike, our first-ever corpse flower. The corm of an Amorphophallus titanum : after a dozen or so years, it’s large enough to produce a bloom! Spike just keeps on growing at the Semitropical Greenhouse, and visitors are … leaf shoots are true to center, we knew that a flower shoot powers up in a slightly different way. Again: it’s subtle but telling! Horticultural intuition. Both Deb Moore—our indoor …
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… How often have you heard that the true lilies (Lilium) are either difficult to grow or are not well adapted to the Midwest? Fortunately, these are merely myths. Lilies are … from winter cold and summer heat. Lilies—like daffodils and tulips—grow from bulbs, which are best planted in early to mid-autumn or in spring. A good rule of thumb is to plant lilies with …
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… It still counts as summer as long as there are dragonflies around. Some years at the Chicago Botanic Garden, there are dragonflies everywhere! The quick, strong fliers seem to love the Garden. Eastern pondhawk dragonfly, female. Most dragonflies have very different-looking males and females. This one was in the Native Plant Garden. Photo ©Carol Freeman. Some of the dragonflies migrate south toward …
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… Partners & Funders Partners The impact of Windy City Harvest is rooted in collaboration. The Chicago Botanic Garden’s institutional commitment, combined with … Botanic Garden gratefully acknowledges the institutions and individuals who share our vision for a more sustainable, inclusive, and healthy food system. Major support for Windy City Harvest … Partners The impact of Windy City Harvest is rooted in collaboration. The Chicago Botanic Garden’s …
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… Lentz Garden Chef Recipes This recipe was provided by Chef Hans Lentz of Zest Restaurant at the InterContinental Chicago. It's a great appetizer to serve at a cocktail party. Bon appétit! Grilled Peach Crostini with Spicy Beef Salad … cup water 1 tablespoon minced mint Directions Combine all the dressing ingredients in a medium bowl and refrigerate the mixture overnight. Beef Marinade 1 pound hanger steak ½ …
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… Java 2.0 Java Scores a Second Bloom Java also known as a titan arum , grew to 7 feet tall–our tallest corpse flower ever. Will Java be pollinated? Yes. Our experts pollinated Java, using pollen from another corpse flower known as the Velvet Queen. The pollen was donated to the Garden by Eastern Illinois University after the … necessary to support a bloom. What is Java’s background? You might remember our giddy news in mid-2017: " We’ve got twins . " Two corpse flowers, J ava and Sumatra —both of which came …
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… bamboo poles, seeds Location: Lawn near Thomas English Walled Garden Artist statement: As the Earth changes faster than life can keep up, scientists seek biodiverse possibilities for the … future. The greenhouse, called the “Gleanhouse,” celebrates the crucial role seed banks play in such efforts. If we represent biodiversity as a spectrum of colors, then seed banks are like … multicolored clusters of poles. The dispersal and crossbreeding of rare plants gives rise to more genetically diverse—and thus more resilient—plant populations into the future. …
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… collage, graphic design, and illustration Location: Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden and the Farm on Ogden Artist statement: Rhizomatic is a collaborative art installation between … together cultural and scientific stories about diversity and collaboration. Featured plants in the artwork include ginkgo biloba, pawpaw, horsetail, white sage, eastern prairie fringed orchid, kernza, and amaranth. We aim to contribute to multicultural perspectives on plants, share the Garden’s scientific research, …
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… Plants give us some amazing gifts: food, shelter, many medicines, even the air we breathe. And they do the same for the world’s wildlife. Indeed, all life depends on … the next ten years the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, stressing that now is the time to focus on rebuilding, revitalizing, and restoring degraded lands around the world if we want a habitable planet in the future. But ecosystem restoration is complex. It requires both a large amount of seeds …
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… Jamie Berlin is the horticulturist for the Lavin Evaluation Garden and Green Roof Gardens at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center. The Lavin Evaluation Garden is home to the Garden's Plant Evaluation Program, featuring plants best suited for Midwestern gardens and those in similar climates. The Green Roof includes a south …
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