… Photographer Julie Kaplan—named best photographer by Make It Better magazine for three years—is offering family portraits for an additional fee during our Easter Egg and Mother's Day brunches. The sitting charge is $100 for a ten-minute session and one fully edited digital file of your photo choice, paid in advance. …
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… Do you have hydrangeas at home and want to learn how to care for them? Learn about the most commonly planted hydrangeas in northern Illinois and techniques for pruning and caring for them in this introductory class. A Garden walk to examine the various types of these …
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… Fall is the best time to prepare for a healthy, lush lawn in the upcoming season. Learn the basics of lawn renovation and how to prepare your lawn for winter. Discuss and observe proper techniques for installing sod, seeding and overseeding, and aerating and fertilizing—all aimed at …
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… Indie pop for kids and great music for the whole family. Festival Field …
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… Q & A with Richard Hawke Plant Evaluation Manager for the Green Roof Garden The Chicago Botanic Garden’s 16,000-square-foot Green Roof Garden is … in the Green Roof Garden? Hawke: Keeping the goal of compiling a broad list of good plants for green roofs in mind, we’ll continue to add new plants into the evaluation plots beginning in … And we continue to compile a list of potential plants, both native and nonnative species, for testing on green roofs. Q: What happens to the plants that succeeded? Hawke: Plants that …
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… their connections to plants, by studying how to save native bees and sourcing milkweed seed for monarch habitats. Monarch Habitat Restoration Efforts Monarch butterfly numbers have dropped … change may lead to the local extinction of mason bees native to the Southwestern U.S. The good news? He sees potential for the bees to adapt — something he hopes to investigate in the future. Native Bees and Urban …
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… Garden Plus (Household) membership. View a Gallery of Entries What to Enter We are looking for striking digital images in two categories: Winter landscapes at the Garden Winter landscapes … with watermarks, including watermarks of the photographer’s name, will not be considered for judging. The Garden may collect a photograph’s metadata upon entry. The maximum amount of entries is ten images per person. For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must secure a model release from the subject …
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… to be bound by these rules. If you are a parent or legal guardian agreeing to these rules for the benefit of a minor between the ages of 13 and 18, you are fully responsible for his or her entry in the contest, including without limitation any legal liability that he or … (children, siblings and spouses), and others living in their households are not eligible for any prize. The Garden will determine winners’ eligibility in its sole discretion. All …
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… PCC Austin Family Health Center discuss nutrition with their patients, there is a new option for them: They may prescribe access to fresh produce that can be filled just around the corner at … to establish an urban farm to grow local and sustainable vegetables, and to help provide land for Austin residents to grow their own food. This community health center’s response to food … and an allotment garden. In addition, in 2015, PCC Austin Farm provided 20 weekly produce bags for WIC clients in Austin over an 18-week period. Staff, allotment gardeners, and Austin …
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… born December 24, 1927, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He trained as a biologist and was recognized for his exceptional abilities in plant systematics, particularly the taxonomy of angiosperms and … of Reading, where he taught from 1968 to 1987. He built Reading into a leading center for taxonomy, systematics, and biodiversity studies. He trained multiple generations of botanists … (BGCI), establishing the first global framework linking the world’s botanic gardens for plant conservation. His leadership helped define the modern conservation missions of botanic …
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