… Welcome to winter, one of the best seasons for gardeners. You have time to plan, prune, and enjoy those houseplants that don’t get much love during the outdoor growing season. Make the most of your winter gardening with these dos and don’ts from Chicago Botanic Garden experts. DO prune your deciduous trees. From mid-November … easier to prune because you’ll be able to better see a tree’s branching structure and there is less chance of transmitting diseases from one plant to another. Winter is the perfect time to …
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… Plants give us some amazing gifts: food, shelter, many medicines, even the air we breathe. And they do the same for the world’s wildlife. Indeed, all life depends on plants. The United … recently named the next ten years the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, stressing that now is the time to focus on rebuilding, revitalizing, and restoring degraded lands around the world … representative has signed on here . For more information, visit: https://botanybill.weebly.com/ …
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… Fast and graceful, hummingbirds flit from flower to flower—but which ones and why? A Chicago Botanic Garden scientist and his collaborators have made some unexpected … many gardeners and scientists alike have long assumed their flower type to be one that is strikingly red, tubular, and scentless. Flowers that are often thought of as typical choices …
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… Most butterflies and moths featured in popular magazines and other media are large, well-known species, such as monarchs and luna moths. Within scientific … the multitude of tiny ones. Despite this tendency to favor larger species, the average moth is actually quite small, though far from nondescript! Mompha species moth; photo taken in Utah …
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… Following the recommendations of federal, state, and county officials, the Chicago Botanic Garden is canceling the Inspiring Nature Play conference originally planned for May 6, 2020. Please stay in touch with us through social media and our website in the event we are able to reschedule for later this year. This annual …
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… Ogden Exhibit Four Blanche Killingsworth North Lawndale Community Member Blanche Killingsworth is a longtime North Lawndale community member. It’s so important youth know what healthy eating is. You can’t point a finger at me and say I’m not doing good at eating right when I don’t know what right is. Memories When I think … cooking, how to eat healthy. Some residents believed Windy City Harvest would bring food and a positive attitude to the community. Some were leery of new people coming in. Lifelong …
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… cultivating your practice from home. Remember to register by July 4 for the summer semester, and by October 3 for the fall semester. Individual login instructions will arrive one day before … class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. Steve and Patricia Nakon, Whole Journey Online Course Semester Unlimited Pass 9 Mondays: October 5 – … November 23) 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. and 9 Thursdays: October 8 – December 10 (no class November 26) 6 – 7 p.m. and 9 Saturdays: October 10 – December 12 (no class November 28) 9 – 10 a.m. …
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… Annie Wang, Student Carillonneur: Annie Wang is a rising fourth-year chemistry major at the University of Chicago. She learned about the carillon on a random tour of Rockefeller Chapel during her first week on campus and luckily joined the UChicago Guild of Carillonists a few weeks later! She passed her carillonneur exam at the 2023 Congress at Cohasset and is very excited to perform at her first concerts this summer. Outside of her love of tower …
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… Senior Staff: Greg Mueller Select publications by Greg Mueller Schmit, J. P., J. F. Murphy, and G. M. Mueller. 1999. Macrofungal diversity in a temperate oak forest: A test of species … A.W. Wilson, R. Zhang, C. Ning, G.M. Mueller. 2016. Cantharellus chicagoensis sp. nov. is supported by molecular and morphological analysis as a new yellow chanterelle in the … and biotic indicators to measure success in forest landscape restoration. Restoration Ecology 26:5-12. Ainsworth, A.M, C. Canteiro, A. Dahlberg, B. Douglas, G. Furci, D. Minter, G.M. Mueller, …
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… Professional Development Workshops We invite you to increase your understanding of plants and nature, build your repertoire of teaching techniques, and enliven your classrooms! The … explore topics in biology and chemistry including plant parts, nutrition, freezing points, yeast, and much more. Note: This workshop can also focus on growing fruits and vegetables … up to 30 teachers $300/hour for 30 to 60 teachers (dependent on instructor availability) There is a two-hour minimum. Workshop fees include staff time, workshop supplies, curriculum resource …
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