… texture enhance the drama of color intensity. Students learn camera settings and adjustments for each color as the class visits different parts of the Garden. Prerequisite: Beginning …
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… down the lateral buds starting shortly after mid-summer and continuing up to frost. For those with allergies to pollen this is an ideal cultivar as it is pollen free. Strong lateral stems are ideal for cutting for indoor use. …
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… Christian Health Center (LCHC), and the University of Illinois-Chicago’s Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion (CPHP) to help patients with diet-related diseases who are also food … bundle of collards 1 bundle of beets 2 cucumbers 2 tomatoes 2 bell peppers 2 squash 2 onions Visit & Contact VeggieRx Location: Farm On Ogden Address: 3555 W. Ogden Ave., Chicago IL Phone: … bundle of collards 1 bundle of beets 2 cucumbers 2 tomatoes 2 bell peppers 2 squash 2 onions Visit & Contact VeggieRx Location: Farm On Ogden Address: 3555 W. Ogden Ave., Chicago IL Phone: …
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… and red on plants maturing between four and five feet in height. All of the flowers are pollen free - great for gardeners allergic to sunflower pollen; not so great for pollen collecting insects. …
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… Nature and Wellness Resources for year-round healing Five ways to heal with plants in winter When winter takes its toll—dry … spirit. You can take a class at the Chicago Botanic Garden to learn more. Nature Activities For a Break Inside or out, connecting with nature helps reduce stress. Utilize what is around … an enormous tree. Reduce stress, anxiety, and relax. Green Cart Green carts are perfect for high stress/busy workplaces where nature-breaks are hard to schedule. Visiting a cart allows …
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… they relied on pawpaw fruits.” Explorers Lewis and Clark subsisted on pawpaws alone for three days during their explorations. Thomas Jefferson planted the trees at Monticello and … of butterflies and moths, including the pawpaw sphinx moth. And, it is the only host plant for the spectacular female Zebra Swallowtail butterfly, which will lay its eggs on the leaves. Although the plants are generally free of pests and disease, caterpillars can put some holes in the foliage but the damage is …
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… Looking for a meditative moment? Check out some of our favorite footage of summer at the Garden, … breeze, lush vistas, and unique perspectives of the green world around us. If you’re looking for the firsthand experience, come visit and catch these moments yourself before summer turns fall. Bonus tip: Seek out the monarch …
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… cultivar grows to about two feet tall, with flowers 3-4 inches across. Butterflies love to visit the flowers for their nectar, while various seed-eating songbirds flock to the dried flower heads for ripe seeds in fall. Plant in full sun, and water only enough to establish the plant root …
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… Growing food Health VeggieRx offers 330 nutrition sessions and distributes 11,000 pounds of free produce in 2019. Learn more Jobs The Farm is home base for 20 full-time Windy City Harvest staff and more than 100 trainees. Creating jobs Food … led by Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion dieticians. The participants also receive free weekly “doses” of fresh produce. Windy City Harvest now operates the program at PCC Wellness …
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… white flowers cover the informally arching branches in May in a dazzling display that can last for weeks. This easy-to-care-for hardy shrub is forgiving of poor soils, which endears it to Chicago area gardeners. Free of insect and diseases, its one drawback is the musty socks smell of the flowers. …
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