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  • … Potawatomi Nation and manager of the medicinal plant garden at the Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg. The author, Gina Roxas-Gonzales, has learned about healing from the traditional … and sore throat.       Love Medicine Amowesh (wild bergamot) is used to promote sweating in the sweat lodge. The flowers have a sweet, pungent smell. In some Native American cultures, amowesh is referred to as love medicine—many claim that it will …
    Type: Blog
  • … Description:  These are seen only in the water of the lakes, often diving or sinking out of sight. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Description:  This black-headed gull species is likely to be seen flying over the Garden in small flocks. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Possibly visible flying over the Garden, this rare, exotic gull species has become naturalized in North America. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Description:  Most often seen or heard flying over, and less often landing in, the Dixon Prairie on migration. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Description: Look for this bird of the shrub prairie in the Dixon Prairie when it is passing through. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Description:  The sora may be visible during spring and fall migration on Marsh Island and in shoreline vegetation. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Description: This very rare Pacific Northwest visitor could be seen in a wooded area, especially where there are conifers. …
    Type: Birding
  • … I am interested in how organisms’ environments and own natural histories come together to support or limit their …
    Type: Staff bio
  • … is a shorter flowering sport of Allium 'Summer Beauty' with lavender flowers at 12 inches in height. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant