… Get growing all year round! This is a technical training course intended for aspiring growers interested in learning best-practice season-extension techniques to grow year around. Windy City Harvest coordinator Farm on Ogden, 3555 W. Ogden Avenue, Chicago …
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… Bingo Bingo Four Seasons of Fun Play @the Garden: Click below to download a bingo activity card of your choice, print, and play during your visit . Spring Bingo Summer Bingo Fall Bingo Winter Bingo Play @home: Click below to download, print, and play from your porch, in your backyard or next time you walk the dog. … Bingo Four Seasons of Fun Play @the Garden: Click below to download a bingo activity card of your choice, print, and play during your visit . Spring …
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… our region. But how can you identify an ash tree? And what exactly is this tiny insect doing to cause such a big problem? Join us for a no-nonsense look at the emerald ash borer. Using the Chicago Botanic Garden’s … emerald ash borer management plan as a case study, we’ll consider what you can do to preserve your trees. An outdoor demonstration of tree treatment will be included as part of …
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… Saturday, June 28, 2014 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Fee: $110 (20 percent discount for Educator Members) Grade level: PreK-12 CPDU credit: 7.5 Whether you’re just getting started … demonstrations of techniques for working with soil and plants while making connections to your curriculum. This year’s conference will highlight ways to use gardening to support Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards across grade …
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… New! Learn how to overcome one of watercolor’s most common challenges—muddy color—and replace it with clean, … the pure beauty of a transparent watercolor. Explore techniques like glazing and lifting out to enhance luminosity. Learn which colors to select for your palette that let the beauty of the white paper show through, enhancing the vibrancy, …
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… let us know what they want to learn, what they want to eat; we try to make it a two-way street. We never go into the space thinking, ‘Oh, we’re going to teach you how to … know where their food comes from. And hyperlocal produce is always the freshest, always the best. Also, the skill of knowing how to grow your own food is important. I think everyone should … plants that call our space home. In honor of The Orchid Show: Magnified , open through March 26, 2023, we chatted with one of the people who see the show through from vision to reality. …
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… While it isn't difficult to grow herbs inside your home, it can be tricky when it comes to two important plant needs … for a container, indoor window `box planter, or a large strawberry pot. The latter is a great way to create an instant indoor herb garden: place rocks or broken pottery pieces in the bottom … the garden in spring. Thyme can be repotted and brought inside; as with chives above, it's best to use it up during the indoor season. Tri-color sage appreciates a manicure (prune back …
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… in a facility or at a personal home, particular symptoms of decreased quality of life begin to show during these stages. These symptoms are often displayed in the form of boredom, … of self. There are many measurable health outcomes for seniors and the outdoors. Even a short visit in a garden can lower blood pressure, improve vitamin D absorption, improve stability, and … of being “stuck” or agitated if confusion sets in. Not knowing which route to take or how to get back can be very stressful for someone with Alzheimer’s. Instead, create a series of large …
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… ! Colchicum is a group of flowers also known as autumn crocuses, though they’re not related to the true crocus. Seventeen species and varieties of Colchicum grow in the Graham Bulb … and include doubles and bicolors. Colchicum cilicum Colchicum blooms are a great way to brighten up the early autumn landscape. They’re best grown in a groundcover or as an underplanting for taller bulbs such as lilies ( Lilium sp. …
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