… I maintain around five miles of restored shoreline at the Chicago Botanic Garden. My role is primarily leading and assisting the seasonal aquatics crew with fieldwork during the growing …
Type: Staff bio
… Natalie Love is an urban and spatial ecologist with a focus on urban trees. Her research focuses on assessing …
Type: Staff bio
… should be allowed to ripen on the vine. Harvest them before a hard frost, but be sure the skin is hard and not able to be pierced with your fingernail. You can store them for five or six …
Type: Plant Info
… New! Having a clear understanding of photographic composition is important regardless of what kind of camera you have. This class will explore basic …
Type: Item Detail
… if weather doesn’t permit to be outside. In order to receive free parking, registration is required prior to attending. Chicago Botanic Garden Members do not need to register. Offered …
Type: Item Detail
… a pre-emergent weed killer in the same area. Fertilize lawn in mid-May if necessary. Late fall is a preferable time to fertilize. Monitor for weeds and hand pull or spot treat accordingly. …
Type: Plant Info
… mixing, brush technique, composition, and drawing skills will be covered. No prior experience is necessary. A supply list will be sent. This class will be taught online via Zoom. All …
Type: Item Detail
… native to the Far East, can be grown only in very protected areas if you live in Zone 5. It is an exceptional small ornamental maple. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… that are 2 to 3 feet long. Smooth brown nuts in husks ripen in late fall. Bottlebrush buckeye is a beautiful, mounding, shrubby species of buckeye with spectacular flowers in mid-summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 6-inch globes of purple (rarely white) flowers. It prefers well-drained soil in full sun in a site protected from the wind. Key to naturalizing the giant onion in the garden is allowing the soil to dry from midsummer to fall and applying an annual layer of mulch before …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
