… Patterned by Nature – Diamonds (are a garden’s best friend) Buehler Enabling Garden Coordinator: Alicia Green What’s behind the design: One of the Enabling Garden’s unique features is the six vertical walls that are planted each summer. The wood used to create these walls is set in a diamond pattern. I thought it would be a natural fit to plant …
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… Q. For the best spring flower display, when should I fertilize my tulip and daffodil bulbs? A. To produce the maximum number of top-quality spring flowers, tulips and daffodils require care … will initiate new root growth in fall, thus utilizing the available fertilizer. Fertilizer is only one of several ways to encourage bulbs to generate and store food for their spring flower …
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… Photo by Jeremie Fant. While last seen in the wild a decade ago, with just one plant clinging to a wind-swept sea cliff on a Hawaiian island, alula is still seen today by visitors at botanic … That’s why Garden scientists helped develop the “plant studbook” approach—inspired by the way zoos manage breeding—so botanic gardens can share genetic information about individual plants … plant extinctions here and around the world, and the plant studbook approach is now one of the best hopes for thousands of rare and endangered species. “It’s clear we’ve devastated …
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… It’s going to be a banner year for annuals. This course presents many new cultivars, along with several …
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… It’s going to be a banner year for annuals. This course presents many new cultivars, along with several …
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… Q. How do I grow roses? A. Select a rose that is cold-hardy for your region. Provide a site with full sunlight (six hours or more), good air circulation, and well-drained soil that is high in organic matter. Roses are best planted in the spring, although they can be successfully planted in the fall if done early enough for their roots to become established before the onset of freezing temperatures. Ensure that the planting site …
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Fuchsia-pink blooms contrast with the dark central eye and stems on this tissue cultured cultivar known for tight compact growth and multiple side stems (more flowers). Hummingbird, insect and songbird favorite in the …
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… adequate water, plants can suffer from drought stress and stressed plants are an invitation to insects. Spider mites, flea beetles, Japanese beetles, squash borers, aphids, several types of … Gift Shop and check out some of the many insect identification books. A good bug I.D. book is a great tool for the gardener. Each morning, two of the Garden’s plant healthcare technicians … the chewed leaves and petals to eventually fall from the plant. The simplest and cheapest way to control the beetles is to knock them into a bucket of soapy water. A good time to do this …
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… Environmental Education Programs How to build out culturally relevant environmental education programs with community partnerships The … in STEM by providing resources to support them along their college and career pathways. In its 26-year existence, the award-winning program has evolved the way it delivers science education. Over the past three years, Science Career Continuum students …
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… It is hard not to be enamored by the incredible flowering diversity at the Chicago Botanic Garden … besides, as a botanist, I feel compelled to point out that the range of flower colors extends way beyond the rainbow, including browns, grays, black and white, and even ultraviolet, a color … exists, but the natural world has shown me that there is no ideal form and no singular way to exist. So, as a scientist with 30 years of experience, I have come to appreciate that …
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