… foliage, and makes a visually stunning combination. It prefers cooler climates and moist soil to thrive. The primary ornamental feature of birch trees is the bark. Many of the common names of birch … susceptibility to bronze birch borer infestations, birch trees can be challenging to cultivate in the Chicago region. The genus Betula includes an indeterminate number of species of the birch …
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… In a daring and unprecedented collaboration with world-class cellist Jill Kaeding, Michael J. Miles has taken his extraordinary banjo journey into the deep waters of the Johann Sebastian Bach cello suites. This concert features “American Bach Revisited,” Miles’s 8th CD, presenting his breathtaking, note-for-note banjo arrangements of J.S. Bach’s cello suites I and III, his original works, and some …
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… Nodding onions are petite natives found growing in praries and margins of wooded areas. They form petite clumps of foliage with narrow leaves. … shallow and rocky soils and can grow under black walnut trees. This species is a larval host for the hairstreak butterfly; the flowers attract butterflies and bees that don’t mind feeding on the …
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… Yellow wild indigo is a 2- to 3-foot tall native perennial plant known for its small yellow, pea-like flowers that top yellowish green flower stems in May-June. The flowers are replaced by ornamental tan seedpods that make attractive additions to dried …
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… Further your knowledge of selections and layers, allowing for photo enhancement and manipulation in this photography class. Projects include black and white with color accents, old photo … and a digital camera are required. Prerequisite: Photoshop 1 or approval of instructor. The School’s CEUs=15 hours FPC elective Iris Allen, freelance photographer and instructor …
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… Margaret Pan is a freelance carillonneur based in Boston. She began studying carillon in 2007 at Princeton University, graduated from the Belgian carillon school in 2012, and was a fellow at Bok Tower Gardens in 2015. Margaret was … and given master classes at Yale and Toronto. She has also served on the GCNA exam committee for over a decade, first as juror and currently as co-chair. Margaret's academic degrees (S.B. …
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… is a Chicagoland Grows® selection. Chicagoland Grows® is a plant introduction partnership of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois formed to promote plant cultivars that perform well in northern Illinois. This variety was developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden; it was selected …
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… of what kind of camera you have. This class will explore basic composition along with some of the better-known smartphone apps and how to use them for nature photography. We will go over smartphone photography and do some fieldwork, and then …
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… Q. I have ash trees on my property that are doing poorly and haven't been healthy for the last few years. Do I have Emerald Ash Borer? A. Ash trees can be afflicted by many … rust, ash yellows, and borers. Early infestations of Emerald Ash Borer are very difficult to detect. …
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… New! Discover the world of natural ink and create beautiful pigments to take home. You will learn a variety of ink-making techniques that can be used for painting and drawing projects. Inks will be made using walnut husks, indigo, ash pigment, and …
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