Season Extension 1 Dates: September 9 – October 14, 2017, Saturdays, 9 a.m. – noon Class Location: Arturo Velasquez Institute, 2800 S. Western Avenue This is a technical training course intended for aspiring urban agriculture entrepreneurs and individuals who are interested in learning best practice season extension techniques. The course has been designed for individuals who already have a firm …
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Season Extension 2 Dates: October 21 – November 18, 2017, Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Class Location: Arturo Velasquez Institute, 2800 S. Western Avenue This is a technical training course intended for aspiring urban agriculture entrepreneurs and individuals who are interested in learning best practice season extension techniques. The course has been designed for individuals who already have a …
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Online Group Classes Looking for an opportunity to bring friends or work colleagues together for a fun and relaxing learning experience? Book a private online class for your group with an expert instructor from the Chicago Botanic Garden. Fill out the Online Group Class Inquiry Form to submit your inquiry, and we will connect with you to arrange a date and time for your program. Please contact us …
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… won’t kill you, but I’m told that it makes one sick enough that people think that they might die. Symptoms involve vomiting and/or diarrhea, often severe, starting one to three hours after … lawn mower’s mushroom, is also nonedible. (Photo with permission Michael Kuo, mushroomexpert.com .) Not all mushrooms growing in lawns are toxic. But the only way to tell is to know what …
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… identify leaves by shape, size, veins, etc. If you have problems identifying a plant, try a website that allows you to crowd source a photograph. Pick a day to go out when there was a …
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… freezing and thawing cycles that can heave perennials out of the ground and cause plants to die. Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or …
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Colchicum ‘Autumn Herald’ produces goblets of amethyst violet flowers beginning in mid-September with orange stamens and a broad white blotch at the base of the petals. Plant this fairly large corm in sun or partial shaded conditions in soils that never completely dry in summer. The broad elegantly pleated foliage appears in spring and dies down by early summer. Shortened days, cooling …
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… hardy in the Chicago region, the plant has broad green leaves that are produced in spring and die back in early summer, so the flowers appear to spring from the bare soil in fall. Deer and …
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Furcraea 'Medio picta' is is less well known than aloes and yuccas, but you can see the family resemblance in the spiky succulent leaves and rosette form. It's native to deciduous tropical forests and open land from the Caribbean well into South America. In fact, one of the common names for it is Brazilian aloe. After maturing for years, it flowers just once, but …
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The leaves of 'Remember Me' emerge bright yellow with dark green margins but the centers turn bright white by summer. This small to medium (15 inches tall, 20 inches wide) hosta is a sport of H . 'June'; the cultivar was introduced and named by Walters Gardens to honor an employee who died of breast cancer. Hostas are shade tolerant, easy to grow, and long-lived. Although they produce flowers …
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