… borders and garden beds. Keep feeding the compost heap Continue to feed the compost pile with grass clippings and dried plant material removed from garden beds. Avoid adding diseased … to the pile. Turn the pile regularly to speed decomposition. Tend to garden tools and supplies With the outdoor growing season coming to an end this month, it’s a great time to inspect your … store in a frost-free space. Soil from containers can be stored in a pile outside and combined with equal parts fresh mix for next year’s containers. Potting soil from window boxes can be …
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… keep the fine detail of traditional botanical art. Several techniques will be explored along with emphasis on composition. Basic drawing skills are required, but students will be guided and …
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… variety of fiction and nonfiction science books depicting people of color and pair these books with science activities to investigate patterns in nature, ecosystems, plants and animals, and …
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… soil like a professional soil scientist. Then decide if the movie got it right. Ages 8 & up with a caregiver Plant Science Lab, Regenstein Center …
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… and healthy in your container garden. It includes hands-on work and an informative lecture with plenty of time for questions. Kris De la Torre, Windy City Harvest coordinator Farm on …
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… of Ikebana International and taught by Ilse Beunen, will focus on the concept of ikebana done with one leaf and one branch. This is an off-shoot of school founder, Sofu Teshigahara's …
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… Theatre, inside Writers Theatre 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe Cathy Jean Maloney will discuss with WT Literary Manager Bobby Kennedy the styles of landscape architecture depicted in the play, …
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… specimen can attain heights of 30 to 50 feet. It is a stately, pyramidal-shaped evergreen tree with pale, flat, bluish-green needles. The white fir withstands city conditions better than any …
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… This maple is native to Taiwan and parts of China. Its smooth bark is green with thin, waxy, white stripes. The leaves are broadly palmate. It can grow to a height and width …
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… This tree matures to a height of 8 feet with a similar spread. Its lacy foliage emerges bright cherry red in spring on purple leaf …
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