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  • … & complimentary Internet, based on availability. Treat yourself to refined luxury and superb service at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel. A winner of the AAA 4-Diamond award, the … and packages available. Call directly and ask for the Chicago Botanic Garden’s discount rate with code BQZ, or to book online . The Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel generously supports … in the heart of the North Shore, the Hyatt Deerfield has ideal accommodations combined with excellent service to make your stay a pleasant experience! We have 301 suite-size guest rooms …
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  • … Plant Diagnosis Plant information Service routinely asks visitors to submit plant samples for accurate diagnoses and … Blight, a devastating fungal disease that affects these plants. Please feel free to contact us with questions on Boxwood Blight without bringing plant samples to the Garden. You can also click … mail address regarding a plant disease or pest diagnosis, or contact the Plant Information service during business hours on the Plant Information Hotline at (847) 835-0972. Remember: Our …
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  • … to make a gift To donate securities to the Chicago Botanic Garden, please provide your broker with the following transfer instructions: Receiving Institution: Fidelity Investments DTC Number: … receipting, please notify us when you have initiated a transfer. Email us at Donor Services with: Your full name and contact information Name and type of securities Number of shares and … Fund IRA Gift Corporate support Planned Giving       Your generosity helps us connect people with the natural world, conserve native ecosystems, and cultivate beauty and resilience for …
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  • Discover how to use three basic elements—color, texture, and form—to create a garden setting that is visually engaging. Discover colorful foliage and flowers from a wide palette of annuals, perennials, and shrubs that can light up a shade garden or enhance a sunny border. Please bring a sack lunch. Nina Koziol, garden writer, and Marcy Stewart-Pyziak, horticulturist, The Gardener’s Tutor …
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  • New! Using the science of color theory and optics, this class will explore and deconstruct the richness of color found in nature. Study will include an introduction to light and color, paint mixing, observation, and technique for depicting the natural world. Techniques in water-based media, including acrylic, gouache, and water-based colored pencils will be used to develop rich color …
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  • … Plant or Insect Identification Plant information Service routinely asks visitors to submit plant samples for accurate diagnoses and … Blight, a devastating fungal disease that affects these plants. Please feel free to contact us with questions on Boxwood Blight without bringing plant samples to the Garden. You can also click … . Click here to show mail address for plant identification, or contact the Plant Information service during business hours on the Plant Information Hotline at (847) 835-0972. Remember: Our …
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  • … Tequia Burt grows heirloom collard greens in her Chicago garden. Earlier this year, I read with great interest the story of the Heirloom Collard Project , a community of seed savers, … greens. Through the collective, I realized that there are tons of varieties of collards (with names like Big Daddy Old Fashioned, Green Glaze, Hardheaded, and Henpecked) that I'd never … were allowed to cultivate, collards became a part of the African American culinary tradition, with every household featuring their own tweaks to the recipe (see my grandmother’s to the …
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  • … Dwarf Conifer Garden Even in the darkest days of winter, dwarf conifers hold fast to colors including blues and silvers and to thick, fragrant branches. On a gentle slope, … This four-season garden includes trees that are fragrant year-round, as well as conifers with eye-catching shapes (the globe-shaped center of Little Gem arborvitae, for example) and … to be shed easily. Climb to the top of the steps to see the smallest dwarf conifers, along with a hilltop view of the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden and the Great Basin. The …
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  • Lenhardt Library Staff Leora Siegel, M.S., M.S. Senior Director, Lenhardt Library Click here to show mail address Archives, Collection Development, Grant Project Director   Donna Herendeen, M.S., MLS Manager, Library Public Services Click here to show mail address Reference, Access Services, Interlibrary Loan   Amanda Lettner, M.S. Metadata and Technical Services Librarian Click here to show mail …
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