… many seasons of Little Diggers. We have learned new things together and have had a lot of fun with the projects. One of our favorite projects was with insects. We got up close and personal with ants, butterflies, grasshoppers, and ladybugs. The instructor set up habitats in mesh …
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… The last two interpretations stem (so to speak) from the plant’s genus name, Narcissus , with its connection to Greek mythology. Most people are familiar with the story of handsome Narcissus, who spurned the affections of the wood nymph Echo and … irritated Nemesis, the goddess of revenge; Nemesis doomed Narcissus to becoming so obsessed with his looks that he faded away, reborn as a flower that sprang up beside the pool where he …
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… any better than this! A little background first. Mongolia is a large country in Central Asia with a population very close in size to the city of Chicago (Mongolia: 2.89 million; Chicago: … Ulaanbaatar (also spelled Ulan Bator, or “UB” for short). Most of the country is rural with very few people; it ranges from mountains and forests mainly in the north and west, to … and it is breathtakingly beautiful. The elevation is high, the climate is continental, and with Siberia to the north you can imagine what winters are like. Mongolia is a landlocked country …
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… Botanic Garden. He is responsible for designing and maintaining the gardens, and working with the education staff to make all the annual displays at the Children’s Growing Garden … to everyone. At the Cove, Jankowski uses the garden to create an outdoor classroom filled with nature for children to observe and study. He also rotates on weekend duty to water gardens … urban agriculture and horticulture. He previously worked at the Chicago Zoological Society and with a handful of landscaping companies, helping to design and maintain new gardens. …
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… said, “We have millions of acres in the United States that would benefit from restoration with native species, but we currently lack the resources, including native plant seed, to fully … wildlife at relatively low cost and get degraded sites on the road to recovery.” Havens, with Jacob Zeldin and other Garden colleagues, is using the grant to test this novel restoration … this summer. Photo: Garden scientists investigate the degraded habitat before planting with the mix of “native winner” seeds. Photo by Dr. Andrea Kramer. …
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… look outside to know that it has been raining lately. My phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from the Illinois Poison Center requesting help with potential mushroom poisoning cases. I helped with four different cases today! Three of them … lawn mower’s mushroom, is also nonedible. (Photo with permission Michael Kuo, mushroomexpert.com .) Not all mushrooms growing in lawns are toxic. But the only way to tell is to know what …
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… number one irrigated crop in the United States. Given cultural maintenance norms associated with lawns, such as mowing, watering, fertilization, and herbicide applications, these broad … change mitigations in the form of carbon sequestration, and reduced emissions associated with mowing, watering, and fertilizing. This project represents a collaboration with Chicago Park … at University of Michigan-Flint). For more information, please see www.rethinkinglawns.com . All artwork on our signs and website is by Liz Anna Kozik. This research is funded by the …
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… even knows where each daffodil is— Narcissus ‘Bittern’, yellow petaled daffodils with orange cups, is under the crabapple trees in the Graham Bulb Garden, masses of large-cupped … pensive mood,” Wordsworth writes that he thinks back to his lakeside walk: “And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.” You don’t need to come across 10,000 or more daffodils to bring good cheer. …
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… storm felled several trees on the grounds, Bartram’s Garden devised a collaborative project with The Center for Art in Wood, also in Philadelphia. The project, Bartram’s Boxes Remix, … throughout the Eastern seaboard to collect seeds and plant specimens. He packed wooden boxes with his finds and shipped them to British merchants, helping to seed the gardens of Europe with magnolias, azaleas, and other new plants from the New World. The three boxes honoring …
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… gardens. Harvesting homegrown fruit continues to be a gardener’s most satisfying pleasure, and with a bit of advance planning, choosing suitable varieties to plant in the spring is possible. … berries left over to make strawberry jam. Choose healthy plants for a healthy harvest Start with quality, virus-free, and disease-resistant plants. Mail-order nurseries and garden centers … and Phytophthora that can affect new plantings. While strawberries prefer to grow in soil with a bit of acidity, a pH of 6.2 is ideal; the varieties mentioned above perform well in …
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