… Its trailing stems support round leaves that form rosettes at the tips. Star-shaped white to pale pink flowers appear from July through September. It can be grown as a ground cover in full sun to partial shade in well-drained soil and is perfect for a rock garden or a dry slope. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Description: Look for this medium-sized diving duck on the lakes. …
Type: Birding
… Walk into the Garden and discover portraits that reveal a message. We will search for stories of people, take authentic portraits, and create candid to abstract portraits. A digital camera with aperture priority and shutter speed priority is …
Type: Item Detail
… Join this award-winning kindie band from Brooklyn, New York, for a high-energy, interactive show that’s a mix of funk, rock, and folk music mashed into … about natural living, eating healthy, and staying active! Please note: You are encouraged to bring your own chairs, as the Garden has a limited supply available each evening. …
Type: Event for Calendar
… presentation and tour followed by a period of questions and answers. Each program runs 30 to 45 minutes. Call (847) 835-6851 for more information. …
Type: Event for Calendar
… This fast-growing shrub with cherry-red stems is a great choice for brightening the winter garden, according to outdoor floriculturist Tim Pollak. Cardinal dogwood offers multiseason interest—white flowers …
Type: Plant Info
… It’s the leaves of this orchid that tell a story: strongly vanilla-scented, they were brewed for a fragrant tea in Victorian times. It was called faham, or Bourbon tea—the latter referring to the island of Bourbon (later named Réunion), where the orchid is native. …
Type: Plant Info
… Bill Smith, National Park Service ranger for the Indiana Dunes National Park, shares information about local National Park Service locations and resources. Learn more about historic Chellberg Farm—from the garden to the livestock including steers, heifers, nanny goats and kids, pigs, chickens, and turkeys. …
Type: Event for Calendar
… balsam fir is an evergreen conifer with dense dark green needles. Used as a specimen plant for rock gardens, it displays bright lime-green new growth each spring. The slow growth rate makes it an ideal low-maintenance plant. It grows in full sun to partial shade in a slightly acidic, well-drained soil. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Chocolate Cherry Pepper This new pepper has green- and white-striped sweet peppers that turn to chocolate and red when mature. The foliage on the plant is also variegated with yellow and green leaves. The small fruits are perfect for snacking, grilling or roasting whole. 2021 – Ball Horticultural featured plants @ Chicago …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
