… Big stench. No, really. Inside the tightly wrapped spathe, the plant uses stored energy from the corm to heat up internally to 90+ degrees Fahrenheit. As the spathe opens, the 750 small … Sumatran rain forests). The scent is a calling card for pollinators. The spathe unwraps from the spadix at bloom time. Photo by Elke Wetzig (elya) (Own work) [ GFDL , CC-BY-SA-3.0 or …
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… moments for many people—including me. On September 28, at 12:51 a.m., I received a text from the Chicago Botanic Garden’s senior director of marketing, Jennifer Napier. All night, she had been watching the feed from a camera trained on the plant we hoped would yield the result that our first titan arum, …
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… I wasn’t sure what to expect. What we found is that the field trips gave students a break from remote learning routines and inspired them to think about and get engaged with nature. The … their joy being able to participate in the nature education program. My favorite reaction was from a student who wrote and drew a thank you letter. His drawing shows me appearing on a …
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… in the spring? Not to me! I’m thrilled by the sight of these flowers, their colors ranging from the most vivid yellows and oranges to muted pastels to pure white. In the early years of the … also signal unrequited love or misfortune. The last two interpretations stem (so to speak) from the plant’s genus name, Narcissus , with its connection to Greek mythology. Most people are …
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… their beauty well beyond the first frost. A container garden that changes its appearance from one season to another is the definition of a seasonal “change-out” concept. Change-outs can … condition. The change-out can add instant color or texture to the display and create a “wow” from one season to another. Color schemes can change through the seasons as well, such as pastels …
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… and went on camping trips with her father. She received a bachelor of science in forestry from Michigan State University and has been with the Garden since 2013. Previously, she interned …
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… the western shore of Lake Michigan, the ravines are a naturally engineered filtration system from land to water. Curving up from the flat lands of Illinois and arching alongside the coast into Wisconsin, their hills and … on the steep slopes.” Those challenges have not deterred Goad and a team of citizen scientists from digging in to look for solutions. For 15 years, the many contributors to Plants of Concern …
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… propagator in 2000. Thomas earned her bachelor of science degree in environmental science from Northwestern University. …
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… assessment . Specifically, we are quantifying the threats posed by seed or plant predation from biological control agents released to control exotic thistles (weevils Rhinocyllus conicus, …
Type: Research
… city of Chicago, along an urbanization gradient paralleling the Union Pacific North Metra Line from the city of Chicago up to the Chicago Botanic Garden. And we’ve also been exploring how …
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