… New! Gouache is an opaque watercolor medium traditionally used in botanical art. Learn how to use gouache to capture the textures found in spring bulbs from lush petals to textured roots. Students will work from live specimens. Some gouache materials will be …
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… The grounds around the school can provide all the nature you need to support NGSS life sciences in a meaningful way. From weed population studies to animal behavior investigations and even habitat design, teachers can find lots of opportunities to apply science around the school, and we’ll show you how. CPDUs: 6, Gateways: 6 Grade level: …
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… Learn a variety of techniques to make homemade chicken stock. Students will prepare and take home a sample of stock to use in recipes at home such as wild rice with ham, roasted pumpkin with apple and chipotle, and shrimp wonton. This class is a great precursor to the Sauce class offered on October 20. Mary Kay Gill, professional culinary instructor ITW …
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… This tree is another snake skin maple that is native to China. It can grow up to 30 feet high with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. Its bark is green with pale green and white …
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… This maple is native to Japan and China and is another snake bark maple. It is not common in the wild and very rare in the trade. It can grow to a height of 20 feet with a slightly narrower spread. The bark is striped with silvery lines and the new foliage emerges as a bright red, turning to yellow and a deeper red in the fall. …
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… This is a small to medium sized tree (25 feet tall with a similar spread). It blooms with small panicles of yellow flowers in the spring. Unlike many buckeyes, this cultivar is resistant to summer leaf scorch and has deep maroon fall coloring. It prefers full sun to light shade and will tolerate dryer conditions that other buckeyes once it is established. …
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… Honey scented pink bell shaped flowers in spring lead to bright red berries in fall beloved by birds on this hardy evergreen groundcover that thrives in sandy acidic soils. Flowers are attractive to a wide range of pollinating insects. The lustrous dark green foliage changes to a deep burgundy with the onset of cooler temperatures in the fall. Will tolerate some shade. …
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… Birthwort is is an upright perennial that grows to a maximum height of 3 feet. It requires full sun or partial shade and moderate moisture … or brown flowers. This vine can be used as a ground cover or in a border. It was considered to be medicinal but has been found to be highly toxic. …
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… 'Plum Fantasy' has huge magenta red flowers with deep red centers. It blooms from mid summer to mid fall with flowers measuring 8-9 inches across. The petals have a puckered and crinkled … At maturity the plant stands 4-5 feet tall. It is hardy in zone 4 -9 and is attractive to hummingbirds while resistant to deer. …
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… Jubilee Nootka cypress, native to the Pacific Northwest, is a distinctive narrow conifer that is extremely fast growing. Older … as a specimen plant in the border or grouped in foundation plantings. It will reach 10 to 25 feet high and 3 to 8 feet wide. …
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