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  • … Bingo Bingo Four Seasons of Fun Play @the Garden: Click below to download a bingo activity card of your choice, print, and play during your visit . Spring Bingo Summer Bingo Fall Bingo Winter Bingo     Play @home: Click below to download, print, and play from your porch, in your backyard or next time you walk the dog. Spring Bingo Earth Day Bingo   … Bingo Four Seasons of Fun Play @the Garden: Click below to download a bingo activity card of your choice, print, and play during your visit . Spring …
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  • … It’s that frightfully fun season again at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and so we encourage you to set the tone with plants we’re certain would be found in the home of any respectable witch or goblin, and are easy to care for, too! Snap! Watch a Venus flytrap snag its next meal. Our top choices are the spider … “Gollum” ).      Kalanchoe, also called “mother of thousands” ( Kalanchoe daigremontiana ), is a fright to anyone who remembers the 1951 science fiction classic “Day of the Triffids” where …
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  • … Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the National Park Service joined forces to restore the gardens and today a small staff and army of dedicated volunteers plant and prune, … compost and weed. This makes 2013 a significant milestone in the history of Alcatraz. It is the ten-year anniversary of this collaboration to resurrect, preserve, and amplify the gardens. Join Shelagh Fritz in what promises to be an …
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  • … Q. When I clean up my vegetable garden this fall, should I add any amendments to the soil? A. Fall is an ideal time to give a little something back to your garden soil after it has produced so generously for you …
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  • … Parrotia persica or Persian ironwood is a small, single trunk, deciduous tree eventually growing 20-40 feet tall (but typically 10 feet after 7-8 years) or a large, multi-stemmed shrub growing to 15 feet tall. Apetulous flowers with dense, red stamens surrounded by brownish bracts appear in late winter to early spring before the foliage. Flowers are attractive on close inspection, but are generally …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … or attracting butterflies. They can help children discover nature. And…creating a theme garden is just plain fun. Here’s a look at some popular planting themes.   Of all the creatures that … are certainly the most exotic and magical. On warm summer days, they sail from one flower to another in search of nectar. In sunlight, the shimmering wings of the violet-spotted charaxes … appear iridescent. And while the large, brightly colored swallowtails and painted ladies tend to grab our attention, there are countless smaller species—colorful coppers, crescents, …
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  • … plant health care supervisor at the Garden, shares soil basics for home gardeners, how to do your own soil analysis, and how to interpret the results. Limit 20.  Pre-registration required. This workshop is suitable for ages 10 (with accompanying adult) and up; adults only may also register. Plant …
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  • … extends well into winter and often provides food for birds and animals. Allowing the roses to "go to seed" and produce their hips is an important part of their preparation for dormancy. …
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  • … a virtual tea party. We’ll learn where tea comes from, make a classic tea sandwich, and listen to a short story. This experience is recommended for children ages 3-6 with an adult, but siblings are welcome to join. A list of ingredients needed will be included with your registration confirmation email. …
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  • … This North American native can grow up to about 25 feet in height with a spread of 20 feet. It is another "snakebark" maple and has green and white striped bark. As the tree matures, these … foliage resembles a goosefoot in shape. It emerges with pink tinges in the spring and matures to a deeper green in summer. It turns bright yellow in the fall. It can tolerate quite a bit of …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant