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  • … babies invade your home! Plants with a taste for flesh? Yes! Carnivorous plants need nutrients from insects and other small animals to thrive. The Venus flytrap, ( Dionaea musipula ), is …
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  • … rootlets will grow along the stem, increasing the plant’s ability to draw nutrients and water from the soil. 2. Tomatoes need space. They’re small at first, and it’s tempting to crowd them. … place. Water tomatoes at the base of the plants—soaker hoses are great for this—to keep leaves from being splattered by soil (which can harbor fungus and bacteria). Water early in the morning … of drought between deep infrequent soakings. Try this next year: Starting Seed Indoors Did you start your seedlings under lights this year? Here are a few tips to try for more robust …
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  • … Roberto Burle Marx Roberto Burle Marx May 26 – September 10, 2017 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Joutras Gallery Burle Marx (1909–94), the Brazilian artist and landscape architect, is known for championing the use of native plants from Brazil and for modernist landscape designs including the promenade along Copacabana Beach in … Atlantica, hand-painted tapestries, and graphic woven textiles. … Roberto Burle Marx May 26 – September 10, 2017 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Joutras Gallery Burle Marx (1909–94), the Brazilian …
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  • Bright orange flowers appear along a long arching flower stalk above the intense silver foliage with spines along the edges of the leaves. This genus has many members that can be found growing on rocky surfaces in the tropics. Grow in bright light to full sun in exceptionally well drained …
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  • … English Walled Garden Some of my New Year’s resolutions are to clean and sharpen my tools, start a compost pile with my kitchen scraps, pet more bumblebees, and sit on a Garden bench every …
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  • … soil-tree relationship as conducted by his doctoral student Chen Ning. Ning is on leave from his position as a lecturer at Central South University of Forestry and Technology while he … next-generation sequencing, to examine the molecular composition of soil samples taken from locations where native or nonnative trees or both were replanted 30 or 40 years ago. … native Chinese pine, and slash pine ( Pinus ellitottii ), a nonnative pine introduced to China from the tropical state of Florida. Ning recently completed his first review of those samples, …
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  • … make plants more vulnerable to disease and insect problems, and warmth can prevent plants from remaining in a dormant state throughout the winter. Plants that are sited in proper …
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  • … of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns 2025 Family Carousel Event dates: October 8 – 12, 15 – 19, 22 – 26 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. Link: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/halloween Specs: 2024 Assets Past: Meta … now Button CTA: Book Now             Adult Carousel Event dates: October 8 – 12, 15 – 19, 22 – 26 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. Link: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/halloween Specs: 2024 Assets Past: Meta … of 1,000 Jack-o'-Lanterns 2025 Family Carousel Event dates: October 8 – 12, 15 – 19, 22 – 26 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. Link: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/halloween Specs: 2024 Assets Past: Meta …
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  • … are highlighted below along with the approximate walking distance to each garden, starting from the Visitor Center. Native Habitats McDonald Woods: 0.25 miles or less than 0.1 mile from … 0.5 miles   Come prepared for your learning experience in the Garden. Download these quick field trip activity ideas. Explore the Garden online before your visit. Get our free … 0.5 miles   Come prepared for your learning experience in the Garden. Download these quick field trip activity ideas. Explore the Garden online before your visit. Get our free …
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  • Walk the Garden and learn about plants that work well in cut arrangements. Then, inspired by our walk, create a beautiful flower display to take home and enjoy. Learn and practice basic floral design techniques. Bring garden shears or scissors, apron, and garden gloves if desired. Dress for the weather.  Tim Pollak, manager of plant production, Chicago Botanic Garden Classroom 6, Learning …
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