… I maintain around five miles of restored shoreline at the Chicago Botanic Garden. My role is primarily leading and assisting the seasonal aquatics crew with fieldwork during the growing … monitoring. Paired with fieldwork, my role includes surveying the lakes and shorelines to monitor species diversity, garden aesthetics, and shoreline stability. …
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… This cute, inconspicuous prairie plant is one of the few non-tropical members of the sandalwood family. It produces single-stemmed … in poor, gravelly soils. By June they are usually overwhelmed by taller prairie plants, not to be noticed again until the following spring. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Mirranda' is a diminutive cultivar of mountain hydrangea with a mature size of just around four feet. In … of the Chicago region they are pink. As the flowers age their color changes from light blue to mauve, creamy white and finally a pale pink (in acidic soils). The leaves are a yellowish …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… on bright windowsills with almost no water during the summer, this long-lived plant continues to reward such inattention with masses of blooms. The variety name is of dubious validity, but it differs from the species with larger leaves and more flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Tamarack or American Larch, is one of the deciduous conifers that they drop their leaves in fall. Early spring growth brings … young bark beneath. Some of the Canadian First Peoples used the wood for snowshoes. Adapted to acidic very moist soils. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Champlain hardy shrub rose ( Rosa 'Champlain') is one of the very hardy and disease-resistant shrub roses developed in Canada known collectively … hardiness, a light fragrance, and showy orange hips in fall, all of which recommend it to gardeners in the Chicago area. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… summers now, I have noticed plenty of bumblebees in my garden but very few honeybees. What is the reason? A. The honeybee has been a victim of two different mites—a tracheal mite and a … their numbers. There are, however, many other native bees, perhaps not as well-known to gardeners, that are capable of pollinating fruits, vegetables and other crops. Some nest in … that "strange flying insect" in your yard, make sure it isn't a beneficial pollinator. A few to look for include mason bees, leafcutter bees, digger bees, sweat bees, plasterer bees and the …
Type: Plant Info
… cold temperatures combined with a lack of protecting snow cover will sometimes cause plants to die back to the ground. This should not affect the general health of the plant and new growth will be … cultivars of English Ivy are 'Thorndale' and 'Bulgaria'. A commonly grown Japanese spurge is 'Green Carpet'. …
Type: Plant Info
… THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Thursday, October 20, 2016 7 p.m. Bennett Gordon Hall, Ravinia Festival, Highland … Group discount available via phone at (847) 835-8261. Bridges has worked for equal access to high-quality education since her first day of first grade, when 6-year-old Ruby, surrounded by … New Orleans. Through activism and her foundation, Bridges shows how giving all students access to careers in science, math, and technology can inspire environmental and social change. …
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… Wednesday, September 12, 10 a.m. – noon Garden View Room Tru Blooms Chicago is the city’s first-ever fragrance derived from locally sourced plants. Roses, lavender and violets combine to create this bright floral scent. The roses and lavender are grown and harvested through our … 10% off the 3.4 oz bottle, available in the Garden Shop or online beginning October 19. To learn more about Tru Blooms Chicago click here . …
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