… Description: This dove is a common bird that can be found all over the Garden all year long. …
Type: Birding
… Description: A loud member of the mimic family of birds, the brown thrasher is characteristic of shrubby habitats. …
Type: Birding
… Description: If this uncommon migrant is seen, it will generally be in shrubby areas of the Garden. …
Type: Birding
… Winter protection of roses is not necessary until late November, when the ground has frozen. …
Type: Plant Info
… This pyramidal shrub needs partial shade to full shade to reach a height of 8 feet. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… In Chicago, February is too early to start gardening outside, but herbs may be started indoors during the winter. Sow seeds of annual herbs, such as basil, cilantro, dill, and parsley. One seed packet goes a long way—sow only a few seeds at a time indoors and save the rest for planting in the garden later this spring. Learn More In the produce section …
Type: Plant Info
… New! Before factory farms and processed foods, people ate traditionally prepared nutrient-dense foods, such as sourdough bread, fermented sauerkraut, and bone broth. These foods were not only tasty but very nutritious, and people were relatively … prepare fermented foods such as sauerkraut, berries, and cultured salsa; and bone broth, which is full of bioavailable minerals, gelatin, and collagen. Tamara Mannelly will share tips to get …
Type: Item Detail
… Experimental Words is the premier performance project from Manchester, U.K.-based scientist Sam Illingworth, Ph.D., and poet Dan Simpson . Biology and plant science meet balladry, as five Chicago Botanic Garden scientists are paired with …
Type: Item Detail
… I study how plant traits vary by populations and factor up to interactions that may influence whether species can coexist together in the long term. This is critical for understanding how the plants and their traits that we choose for restoration may hinder or promote restoration goals. I have …
Type: Staff bio
… 'Chocoholic' bugbane is prized first and foremost for deep burgundy color of its foliage. Then, come mid-summer, that … in a woodland setting or at the back of shady border, they provide a strong vertical accent, and lasting bloom in high summer. There are over 25 different species of bugbane or Actaea , …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
