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  • … heard, but may be seen, in wet areas of the Dixon Prairie or along restored shorelines. Look for their globular nests in sedges along the Skokie River. …
    Type: Birding
  • … Velvet green tufts of glossy leaves make for an ideal edging plant along shady paths or nestled among stones. Cream colored inflorescences …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … later! She passed her carillonneur exam at the 2023 Congress at Cohasset and is very excited to perform at her first concerts this summer. Outside of her love of tower bells, she does … School of Medicine doing his Ph.D. in molecular engineering. Kevin is from New York and went to college at Yale University, where he majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry and … weights, and playing indie and strategy video games. One day, Kevin hopes to buy a carillon for his backyard. John Mori, Student Carillonneur: John Mori is an economics Ph.D. student at the …
    Type: Event for Calendar
  • … be affected by the viburnum leaf beetle? A. Viburnum leaf beetles prefer viburnums with little to no hair on the foliage. Plants grown in the shade also exhibit more feeding damage.The … ), Judd viburnum ( V. x juddii), and doublefile viburnum ( V. plicatum ), are resistant to viburnum leaf beetle, will show little or no feeding damage, and are capable of surviving … Please contact Plant Information Service at (847) 835-0972 or [email protected] for susceptibility questions on specific species. …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … the Dongting Mountains of China. This selection is slow growing and will mature in ten years to a medium sized tree 32 feet high by 20 feet wide. This tree would be suitable for containers. Being a female tree, if pollinated, it will produce the distinctive smelly fruit … this tree coexisted with the dinosaurs. Ginkgo is sometimes called the maidenhair tree due to its beautiful fan shaped leaves that resemble a maidenhair fern frond. It is one of the most …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … the cyclical rhythms of nature. This drum circle welcomes beginners. Drums will be provided for all attendees. Dress for the weather; class will move indoors if needed. Noah Plotkin owner, Life Rhythms Meet at …
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  • … the cyclical rhythms of nature. This drum circle welcomes beginners. Drums will be provided for all attemdees. Dress for the weather; class will move indoors if needed. Noah Plotkin owner, Life Rhythms Meet at …
    Type: Item Detail
  • … the cyclical rhythms of nature. This drum circle welcomes beginners. Drums will be provided for all attemdees. Dress for the weather; class will move indoors if needed.  Noah Plotkin owner, Life Rhythms Meet at …
    Type: Item Detail
  • … family, which produces spikes of green flowers in late summer. This cultivar is named for the hometown of We-Du Nursery in South Carolina, where this sterile cultivar was created. Plant Polly Spout in shade or woodland gardens for the textural effects of the deeply divided green leaves that resemble jack-in-the-pulpit. One …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … Description: Look for this common migrant and potential breeding species in any wooded habitat at the Garden. Like …
    Type: Birding