… Symphyotrichum shortii , known as Short's aster, is a native of eastern North America that grows well in full sun to partially shaded environments. Among the most floriferous of the native asters, … flowers with bright golden centers that turn brick-red once the flowers are pollinated. In bloom, the flowers are visited by a wide array of insects including butterflies, while the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… dreams. Learn through guided, hands-on instruction, and receive expert feedback on your work. In each session, you will discuss specific techniques, practice taking photos, and participate in an image critique designed to further strengthen your work. A fully charged iPhone is required for this course. Dress for the weather. Expect moderate walking. Robert Erving …
Type: Item Detail
… Learn through guided, personalized instruction, and receive expert feedback on your work. In each session, you will discuss specific techniques, practice taking photos, and participate in an image critique of your photos, designed to further strengthen your work. Topics covered … AE/AF lock for exposure and focus, live photo, portrait mode, and iWatch usage. An iPhone is required for this course. Robert Erving Potter III, photographer and educator Plant Science …
Type: Item Detail
… Description: This state-threatened, migrating species is locally rare, and is associated with old-growth forest that is declining throughout its range. …
Type: Birding
… Carson Landry is a freelance carillonneur from Orlando, Florida. He holds a BA in Music Studies from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, where he studied with Carlo van Ulft. Last year, he received a diploma from …
Type: Event for Calendar
… of the Farm on Ogden, a 20,000-square-foot, multi-use facility, one of the first of its kind in the nation that will bring together job training and certificate programs in farming, food safety, cooking and nutrition, a 7,300-square-foot indoor greenhouse, year-round … Lawndale Christian Health Center Open 20,000 Square-Foot Farm On Ogden. Farm on Ogden Featured in Chicago Tribune Farm on Ogden aims to bring fresh produce and jobs to troubled North Lawndale …
Type: Page
… This evergreen shrub native to the South Pacific islands grows to a height of 10 feet in full sun with moderate moisture conditions. The leaves are large, broad and toothed with a coarse texture and milky sap. In some varieties the leaves are crowded together and cupped or twisted. They are grown for their colorful foliage, which for this cultivar is a blotchy blend of light and very dark red with olive new growth. The flowers of this species …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This cultilvar of Actaea racemosa is distinguished for the burgundy/bronze tinge to its leaves. The 2 - 3-foot wands of bloom are purple in bud, and tinged pink when they first open, maturing to white.In the late summer they form a striking presence in woodland garden, or the back of a shady …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Deutzia rubens is a white flowering species. The genus Deutzia consists of medium sized flowering shrubs native … slender stems and a fine-textured arching habit. The clusters of small flowers that appear in spring or early summer are white on most species, but may be pinkish in a few species and cultivars. Deutzias are best used grouped in informal settings as a hedge or …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Hellebores or Lenten roses are prized for their flowers which appear in late winter or early spring and are often the first flowers to appear in the Chicago garden. The foliage is leathery and dark green with finger-like clusters of serrated leaflets which are evergreen … cool, moist soils with a high organic content but are very adaptable requiring only that the site be well-drained. Typically they are planted in woodland settings under deciduous trees where …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
