… are stone-like garden containers you can make at home from common materials. They are great for shallow-rooted hardy perennials, dwarf alpines, herbs or annuals. Examples of these versatile … Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden . Download step-by-step instructions for building your own trough …
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… fees apply). Register now Join Kris Jarantoski, executive vice president and director, for a visual presentation of the Garden’s development during the past 40 years, showing … some of the people who were instrumental in making it happen. Kris has been with the Garden for more than 35 years, and he will share his memories of its past. …
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… Join us for a morning of jazz, swing, Dixieland, and more… with the Music Institute of Chicago Adult Jazz Combo. The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC), a community music school for all ages and abilities, with over 1,500 students across locations in Chicago, Downers Grove, …
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… fill the garden with color from July through the first part of October. Bred specifically for landscape, pot, and cut flower sales, this cultivar is an improvement over older cultivars … full sun and in well- drained, moisture-retentive soils. This plant is a pollinator attractor for the home and commercial landscape. …
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… remaining constant, what is changing, and how is nature affected? Use winter-based phenomena to drive investigations around these questions. Create tools to measure and graph the position of the sun. Track weather changes, observe animal signs and interactions, and examine adaptations and methods for surviving the winter. CPDUs: 6 Grade level: K – 12 Classroom 9 …
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… Dinner plate-sized, formal decorative-styled blooms in bright yellow with white tips to the petals appear from mid-July up to the end of September. Plant tubers or plants in late spring, after the danger of late frosts have passed, in full sun, moisture-retentive, rich soils and stake for support of the massive blooms. This dahlia is great as a cut flower. …
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… lavender mature into inflated green "hairy" round balls with external appendages that appear to be hairs. This non-hardy perennial attracts and amazes gardeners and their visitors with the … beginning in late July and extending into early winter. Plant in full sun and provide space for these conversation pieces to reach full size. …
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… Pink buds open to incredibly full and fragrant pale pink flowers in spring. Centennial Blush™ is a prolific … Its attractive green leaves grow on an interesting branching structure, and they turn yellow to bronze in autumn. It can be grown as a large shrub or a small tree, perfectly suited for small urban gardens. …
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… This plant is a native of Tibet, Bhutan and China where is loved for its beautiful spring blossoms. These tree peonies are a selection of pink flowering peonies. They are deciduous shrubs that have woody stems unlike bush peonies which dies back to the ground in the winter. They can grow to five feet tall and four feet wide in moist, well-drained soil. …
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… Love majestic shade trees but find gardening under them a challenge due to mature tree roots and a dry shade environment? Solve these problems and learn how to create a low maintenance space that blooms from spring through fall and pleases the eye with a variety of textures, shapes, and colors, all for the shade. Nina Koziol, horticulturist and writer Classroom 6, Learning Center …
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