… Description: This is an infrequent visiting western species with similarities to the common goldeneye. …
Type: Birding
… a sunflower seed Although it may not look like it, spring is on its way, which means it’s time to start prepping for the anticipated spring planting season. This is a great time of year for horticultural therapy contracts. Everyone is itching to start planning and prepping for a successful horticultural therapy outdoor garden program, …
Type: Blog
… run by Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden. Flower timing is critical for many reasons. For the earliest of the spring bloomers, earlier flowering provides first access to important natural resources and pollinator services. However, these early individuals are at higher risk of exposure to extreme weather events. In contrast, later flowering individuals risk flowering in an …
Type: Blog
… There’s nothing quite like a fresh start to the new year. For gardeners, this is a great time to set goals and to think through plans for the year. We asked our dedicated team of …
Type: Blog
… The clock was ticking—a little girl was seriously ill—when I got the call for help. A Denver hospital needed living tissue from Thujopsis dolabrata or any of its cultivars within 24 hours to determine if the plant was the cause of the girl’s life-threatening allergic reaction. The girl had been flown in from Japan to be treated at the hospital, National Jewish Health. After I got the call, I looked into the …
Type: Blog
… As fall approaches and the leaves begin to change, the Chicago Botanic Garden bids adieu to our beautiful summer blooms until next year. The air starts to get crisper (and your summer plants will too), but September isn’t the expiration date for color and excitement at the Chicago Botanic Garden—and it shouldn’t be in your garden either. …
Type: Blog
… extends 20 miles north from Chicago. The Chicago Botanic Garden has long been a destination for riders who begin and end rides at the 385-acre oasis of spectacular scenery. For many cyclists, the alternative has been to ride up or down the very steep incline of Lake Cook Road on the roadway. The Garden, in … multiuse path a lovely improvement for reaching the Garden, as well as returning after their visit. Hop on your bicycle, don your walking shoes, and come experience the Garden from a new …
Type: Page
… Garden in 2017, brings together citizens, research scientists, educators, and horticulturists to study "phenology," or the life-cycle events of plants. Wildflower phenology events , for example, are fairly simple: first flower, full flower, first fruit, and full fruiting. Deciduous trees , on the other hand, are more complex, with stages from first buds to leaf drop. Budburst builds on the basic human drive to notice this kind of changing nature …
Type: Blog
… You don’t have to be Martha Stewart to fashion this charming star-shaped wreath from branches, raffia, zip ties, and a little duct … Heather Sherwood, one of our very creative senior horticulturists, to get your own star appeal for the holidays. Heather has selected red-twig dogwood ( Cornus sericea ) for its warm, cheery …
Type: Blog
… train exhibitions at the Chicago Botanic Garden—and he still plays with trains. “I hardly get to play with my railroad at home because I get to play with this one,” said Dave Rodelius, in the tone of a man who can’t believe his good … out there was going to be a model railroad out there. Then one of the secretaries, who worked for a vice president, found out that I had been into model railroads all my life. So one day, the …
Type: Blog
