Learn to animate your botanical landscape painting with the addition of figures. This will bring your paintings to life by incorporating interest, storytelling, and perspective. Students can work in any media. A supply list will be sent. The School’s CEUs=18 hours ART elective This class will be taught online via Zoom. All registrations must be submitted online two days before your class starts. …
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Glowing lavender pink double flowers 'pop' against the dark maroon foliage starting in late summer and continuing into fall. This cultivar is smaller statured, reducing the need to stake the plants to keep them upright when they come into flower. Plant dahlias in the garden in June, after the risk of late spring freezes has passed, and in sunny, well-drained locations in moderately rich, …
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LUCKY STAR® White Improved Pentas Pure white, star-shaped flowers top the mounded green foliage in clusters throughout the warmer months of the year. This variety exhibits tighter, more compact growth and all of the flowers appear at the same height. Pentas are an insect pollinator and hummingbird magnet of the first order. Plant in full sun, moderately rich, well-drained soils and water whenever …
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… Members of the genus Salix are commonly known as willows. These woody plants range in size from the imposing weeping willow tree to small shrubs. While not fussy about soil quality, they … willows are often used to control erosion in such areas. They are easily propagated from cuttings; willows root and grow quickly. Of the estimated 350 species in the genus Salix , …
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… out of the upcoming growing season. With a little advance planning, you can harvest something from your garden from April through October. The trick is to gather what you need now and start dreaming so you can get a jump on things as soon as the weather warms. That’s what our …
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… A Very Different Garden Walk What is it about walking in the Prairie that is so very different from any of our other Garden walks? Perhaps it’s the experience of seeing hundreds of diverse … gardeners, bird-watchers, and nature enthusiasts—with its rich communities of life. From the largest great blue or migrating white herons to the tiniest spiders spinning webs among … surprising to many visitors who think of the prairie as a dry, sunny, flat, open grassland. A quick stroll to the mounded hilly section of the Dixon Prairie, known as the gravel hill prairie, …
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… Weed control is another fall lawn task. When the summer heat subsides in late August, weeds start to grow actively again, taking nutrients into their root systems. If the lawn is small, you … Untreated clippings can be added to a compost pile. Heavy, wet clippings should be removed from the grass. If you are sowing grass seed, do not use a pre-emergent weed killer in the same … area. Watering Fall weather sometimes brings dry spells. Like other plants, grass benefits from regular moisture. Water deeply and allow soil to dry out before watering again. This …
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… the best and most secure service to our campers and staff, Camp CBG is partnering with CampDoc.com . CampDoc.com is an electronic health record system for camps, and will help us consolidate … site is secure, encrypted, and password protected. On May 1, you will receive a Welcome Email from CampDoc.com with information about how to complete your camper’s health information. … document must be filed with the director at the time of registration and no later than the start of the Camp program. Staff will adhere to the custody pick-up schedule per the document …
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This attractive vigorous native vine in the grape family can be found growing in woods throughout east and central North America. It has strong, thick stems covered with large palmate toothed leaves with five lobes. Each leaflet is about five inches long by two inches wide. In fall, the leaves turn a beautiful crimson. The flowers and fruit are not ornamentally significant, but birds relish the …
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This attractive vigorous native vine in the grape family can be found growing in woods throughout east and central North America. It has strong, thick stems covered with large palmate toothed leaves with five lobes. 'Engelmannii' has smaller leaves than the species. In fall, the leaves turn a beautiful crimson. The flowers and fruit are not ornamentally significant, but birds relish the little …
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