… Spring Photo Tour Explore Visual Perspective Download the GardenGuide App when you visit to use this tour on your phone Distance: .5 miles Time: 1 hour 20 mins - 1 hour 40 mins … a mystical glow. Combined in a frame with the darker, cooler greens of the nearby boxwoods, for stunning color. Stop 3: Photo Tip: Spring-Landscape Garden Keep your eye close to the … the stone. Capture their image against the unique background. In the rock garden area, look for a dwarf iris named Katherine Hodgkin; or the low, dusty-pink prairie smoke in the Native …
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… English Spanish As an intern, I grow fruits and vegetables, harvest, and prepare produce for sales. I’ve learned how to properly care for everything, and I like seeing what I’ve … good morning to you. Everybody is here for everybody; we have each other’s back. This place is family. I’ve been working with Windy City Harvest for six years. I started here … people growing food, and people growing for life. For me, the Farm on Ogden is a positive place. I can be myself here, and there are always people to support me. This place is family for …
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… Map Full Screen GardenGuide App Google Maps The entrance to the Garden is on Lake Cook Road. For directions click here . Use the map below of the Garden's grounds to plan ahead or use during your visit. Note: the North orientation points down. Click in the map below to navigate virtually, … Map Full Screen GardenGuide App Google Maps The entrance to the Garden is on Lake Cook Road. For directions click here . Use the map below of the Garden's grounds to plan ahead or use during …
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… the Legends Farm; the Lake Country Forest Preserves and its Preservation Foundation; McCormick Place and its food service operation, Savor…Chicago; and business partners like Midwest Foods and … County Health Department Lawndale Christian Health Center Liberty Prairie Foundation McCormick Place—Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, SMG, and SAVOR…Chicago Midwest Foods … NeighborSpace Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves Proviso Partners for Health Roots of Success Sodexo Land-use Partners Brinshore-Michaels Development Chicago …
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… on-site visits, interviews, experts, and photos. Press Photos View Gallery Contact Us For media inquiries: Erin Benassi, Director, Social Media & Public Relations (847) 835-6819 … show mail address Julie McCaffrey, Public Relations Manager Click here to show mail address For event ticket inquiries: Customer Support (847) 835-6801 Click here to show mail address … on-site visits, interviews, experts, and photos. Press Photos View Gallery Contact Us For media inquiries: Erin Benassi, Director, Social Media & Public Relations (847) 835-6819 …
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… Q & A with Richard Hawke Plant Evaluation Manager for the Green Roof Garden The Chicago Botanic Garden’s 16,000-square-foot Green Roof Garden is … plant in all three growing depths increases our knowledge about the appropriate depth for best growth of the species. Q: Is there a roof garden plant that you consider the most elegant … of green roof you're planning. Our Plant Evaluation Notes on green roof plants is the perfect place to start locally. If you’re planning a semi-intensive system (greater than 6 inches of …
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… (Asclepias) are native: Asclepias amplexicaulis is native to our prairies and is suitable for planting in sunny perennial flower gardens. The flowers are described as "eraser pink" in … color and are fragrant (honey). Asclepias exaltata is native to our woodlands and is suitable for planting in partially shaded gardens. The flowers are white and also fragrant. Asclepias … is fragrant. A native of sunny prairies, it also has cultivars that have been selected for specific colors: ‘Hello Yellow’ ‘Western Gold Mix’ ‘Gay Butterflies’ (orange, red, yellow) …
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… in our national seed bank at the National Seed Storage Laboratory (now the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation). Hundreds of other varieties have disappeared—not only of … the next crop is planted—a nod to the constant production that was a matter of survival for our forefathers and foremothers. Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage Mammoth Red Rock cabbage As …
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… Plant Evaluation Garden The Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden is one of three sites for the Chicago Botanic Garden's Plant Evaluation Program, where scientists study plants to determine which are best suited for midwestern gardens and those in similar climates. Sun-loving herbaceous … period, the detailed findings are published in Plant Evaluation Notes, where you can find the best plants for your garden. Read more about our Green Roof Garden , and the Mitsuzo and Kyoko …
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… Description: The earliest and latest migrant of the brown thrush species can be seen with its characteristic tail bobbing …
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