… Description: This tiny, long-tailed bird is usually found in wooded areas of the Garden, where it occasionally builds its small …
Type: Birding
… Description: One of the earliest nesting species in our region, this grassland species is most often seen flying over in spring, but occasionally lands in the Dixon Prairie. …
Type: Birding
… soil conditions. From May through October, it produces fragrant orange and yellow blooms. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This plant is part of a genus of four species that are semi-evergreen plants. The cultivar Green Carpet has …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… It has blue, lavender, and purple blooms that attract butterflies in May and June. It is a specimen in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Aloi & Jenny Kendler—Chicago, IL Medium: Gravel and soil mound with plant species native to Bell Bowl Prairie, cedar fence, recycled polyester “silk” flags with silk-screened pigment, … installation inspired by the well-known Renaissance Unicorn Tapestries—encourages us to rethread our connections with nature. More than just memorializing, it urges us to engage in ecological preservation—from “freeing” grasslands in our own yards to restoring …
Type: Page
… Urban Agriculture Toolkit Tools for Urban Agriculture Programs Designed to support public gardens and other organizations interested in initiating, expanding, or … current urban agriculture programs, this Toolkit uses Windy City Harvest as a case example to illustrate key concepts in urban agriculture program development and operation. The toolkit … readers will find example lesson plans, standard operating procedures, program outlines, farm site layouts, funding resources, and other reference materials. These tools can be flexibly used …
Type: Page
… in Illinois, this now commonly seen raptor may be spotted anywhere in the Garden. Note: This is an image of a juvenile bird and not an adult. …
Type: Birding
… Description: This elusive, medium-sized shorebird is known for its distinctive courtship flights at dusk in early May. It can be seen on the ground …
Type: Birding
… From May through August it produces fragrant red blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
