… Summer Photo Tour Shapes and Texture Download the GardenGuide App when you visit to use this tour on your phone Distance: .35 miles Time: 40-50 mins Stop 1: Photo Tip: … Garden Observe the texture of the water lilies floating on the rippling aquatic pools. If you visit this garden in the evening, note the dramatic effect of the lighting. Stop 2: Photo Tip: … Bridge Enjoy the views of Evening Island. No matter where you are, turn around and look for what might be behind you. Stop 8: Photo Tip: Summer-Evening Island Pay attention to how the …
Type: Page
… Tony Wittrock on guitar and mandolin, and Grammy winner Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith on drums for a fun show. Donna’s latest album, Bang at the Door won Best Acoustic Blues Album and Donna won Best Traditional Blues … at numerous blues and music festivals in the United States as well as Europe. donnaherula.com oldtownschool.org/hireus …
Type: Event for Calendar
… Tour the Krasberg Rose Garden Demystifying Roses Download the GardenGuide App when you visit to use this tour on your phone Distance: .3 miles Time: 35-45 mins Stop 1: Terrace Overlook It's one of the most popular destinations at the Chicago Botanic Garden for good reason: three acres (one of the largest public rose display gardens in the United … thousands of roses in bloom. The layout of the garden invites you to stroll the perimeter and get up close to smell the roses, which are arranged by color—darker roses near the terrace, light …
Type: Page
… students is required . Pondering The Prairie (90 Minutes) Fall through 10/27, Spring Students visit the Garden’s Dixon Prairie to study ecosystem conditions, measure diversity, and observe … Early Spring Plants have found ways to survive in most of Earth’s challenging environments. Visit gardens that represent different ecosystems to identify relationships between the way … plants and answer questions about photosynthesis. Students will then construct an explanation for the role plants play in the cycling of matter and flow of energy through all living things. …
Type: Page
… Botanic Garden—which starts long before the Garden’s groundbreaking in 1965. Next time you visit the Garden, take a closer look at the topography and you can still make out the origins of … as 5 feet deep covered much of the swampland and were used by Native Americans and settlers for fire. The river and marshes, which once posed persistent flooding problems in the Skokie … most iconic monuments, built in stages starting in the early 18th century as a scenic retreat for emperors. An imperial palace and garden, it was destroyed by British and French troops in …
Type: Blog
… 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Regenstein Center Free; regular parking and Garden admission fees apply for nonmembers Stunning quilts, woven wall hangings, knitted art wear, unique fabrics, detailed … clothing, and one-of-a-kind jewelry are among the abundant handcrafted items on display and for sale during this event. Viewers of the exhibition will be awed by over 150 pieces from … North Suburban NeedleArts Guild and Weavers Guild of the North Shore. For more information visit fineartoffiber.org . …
Type: Page
… lately? Many of these open spaces boast blankets of gold sunflowers, the native plants that for me signal the approach of autumn. They belong to the Asteraceae family (previously known as … fills a vase or two in the kitchen. The name Helianthus is derived from the Greek helios for sun and anthus for a flower. Vincent van Gogh paid tribute to their beauty in a series of … so that the sticky yellow pollen won’t drop from a vase onto furniture or clothing. Bees visit pollen-free sunflowers because they offer nectar, but what they really want is pollen. …
Type: Blog
… windowpanes now is less intense and of shorter duration than in summer. But that’s no problem for several indoor plants that can spotlight a drab corner with intriguing sword-like foliage or … can thrive indoors and brighten the sometimes bleak winter months. Here are some workhorses for low-light settings. Snake Plant ( Dracaena trifasciata —formerly Sansevieria ) … or wavy horizontal markings. And talk about lower maintenance—plants can be left in their pots for many years before repotting. Growth is quite slow in low-light situations, but plants perform …
Type: Plant Info
… Gardener training online and in person throughout the state of Illinois. To find information for online training at other locations, contact your local county extension office or visit the University of Illinois’s Local Master Gardener Programs information page. There is also a non-volunteer training option available. For information, contact Candice Anderson, state of Illinois Master Gardener specialist, by email …
Type: Page
… Winter Photo Tour Shadows & Shapes Download the GardenGuide App when you visit to use this tour on your phone Distance: .4 miles Time: 40 mins-1 hour Stop 1: Photo Tip: … Stop 2: Photo Tip: Winter-Greenhouses The Arid Greenhouse is a particularly good experience for the Midwestern photographer. Because of their need to store water, many of these plants have greater volume than the ones growing in this climate. Look for cylinders, spheres, cubes, rectangles, and maybe even a triangle. Photograph the plants from …
Type: Page
