… Native Plant Garden Discover ideas for using native Illinois plants in your home landscape. The Native Plant Garden displays three distinct areas—a woodland path, close to the lake, with native plants preferring part shade; a sunny prairie, showcasing the diversity … pollinator area showcases additional native plants that will encourage bees and butterflies to visit. In addition to forbs (an ecological term for herbaceous perennial plants that are not …
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… spent the past year collecting and preserving individual specimens from across the grounds for this site-specific installation. This artwork is dedicated to the Garden and its people, admiring all it does in the conservation of nature. Our … need these spaces to appreciate all we still have.” About the artist: Rebecca Louise Law is best known for her colossal installations created with natural materials, namely flora. Since …
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… premier kindie bands. Mary and her Impastas have an interactive music show guaranteed to bring dancing, singalongs, instruments, and even a little magic for the kids to enjoy. Mary … connect and engage children with their music and mayhem. Mary was recently voted Chicago’s Best Clown by ChicagoKids.com. In the show, kids get to help Mary Macaroni with magic tricks, shakers, and dancing along to rockin’ tunes with …
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… Pollak wishes he could teach gardeners, it would be this: go deep. It's essential, he says, to work garden soil a good 6 to 12 inches down, all the way through the plants' root zones. "People ignore that," he says. "They may work the soil for a … roots will grow throughout the bed, instead of huddling in the planting hole where the soil is best. However, when planting trees and shrubs, it's rarely a good idea to add any soil amendments …
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… Though it prefers shade, it will tolerate full sun if kept constantly moist, and it will grow to a size of 2 feet high to 3 feet wide, quickly forming large colonies. In the fall it turns a delicate yellow. A native to the Midwest, it is best used as a ground cover or an understory. …
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… however. Illinois rose is larger than most wild roses of the prairies—often growing up to 8 feet tall, while others rarely grow more than 4 feet tall and usually less. When growing in … Upon landing on a receptive stigma, they will not germinate and fertilize the flower. The best way to tell female plants from male plants is in the fall when the female plants produce the …
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… It happens every year—like Groundhog Day—and I have the same déjà vu annually! Each winter for the past more than 20 years, I have supervised and worked on the pruning of the apple orchard … (that I manage) many years ago. Tom Tiddens and Tom Fritz pruning the apple orchard. To prune the north orchard (about 43 trees) it takes three people about two weeks. We wait until … Beiser (plant health care specialists and certified arborists) who worked diligently to get the orchard prune completed this year. …
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… The garden and the kitchen are “dancing partners,” according to a cookbook from the team behind Blackberry Farm , the luxurious farm and inn in Tennessee. … but that knowledge has been lost,” Ross said. It’s not just edibles. Ross looks to the garden for home décor ideas, such as using okra pods in creative ways, and as an unexpected source of … farm. Ross spent nearly ten years managing the gardens at Blackberry; now he helps chefs get more involved in the garden. Even though the farm is a large operation, the lessons learned …
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… dogwood gets its name from the abundance of white flowers appearing in late spring, which give way to white berries on showy red stems in late summer. The pinkish pedicels remaining after the … Members of the genus Cornus , commonly known as dogwoods, are welcome in the home garden for their multi-season interest -- be it flowers, fruit, foliage, and/or bark -- and their range …
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… This wisteria is native to Asia. It can grow to 25’ in length with an 8’ spread. It blooms in May with 6-12” long … bloom simultaneously on each raceme providing a dramatic visual display. The flowers give way to bean-like seedpods that ripen in fall and may persist into winter. It prefers slightly acidic, moderately moist and fertile, well-drained soils in full sun (needed for best flowering). It can be slow to establish and may require three years or more to flower. Once …
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