… never been much of a coffee drinker—tea has always been my drink of choice. So, what better way to enjoy my favorites than by growing my own tea garden? And you can, too! Herbal tea … is a vigorous grower and should always be grown in its own pot—plant it in a raised bed or in the ground at your peril. If you do so, it will take over your yard, and you’ll be digging it out … herb is also known as sorrel, Florida Cranberry, and Flor de Jamaica. In the Caribbean, it is best known as the main ingredient in the holiday drink Sorrel . Although a perennial in tropical …
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… Here’s what you should know about taking pictures at Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It’s a great chance for photographers of all abilities to practice … view will cause more camera shake. Yep, you can move your camera—intentionally My favorite way to photograph holiday lights is with intentional camera movement. While a little camera shake … will create beautiful light trails and unlock a new realm of possibility. Experimenting is the best way to learn. Start by moving your camera in a continuous path while pressing the shutter. …
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… In 2015, we displayed four new bonsai trees in the Semitropical Greenhouse in the Regenstein … these trees were displayed in this fashion here at the Garden, giving visitors the opportunity to see tropical and subtropical trees that otherwise would not be able to be shown in our …
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… The plants you see from your train seat on the Metra Union Pacific North line may help … think of honeybees when they think about bees, there are more than 4,000 native bee species in the United States and 500 species in Illinois alone. Like their honeybee counterparts, native … is investigating how urban areas may affect native bees in Chicago. Chicago is an ideal city to study the impact of urbanization on native bees because the intensity of urbanization slowly …
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… Green Teacher Network Green Teacher Network has supported teachers’ efforts to create school gardens and use green spaces as multidisciplinary teaching tools, enhancing curricula for all students. Members of the network have access to informative teacher-training sessions and special events that champion the use of plant-based learning in Chicago-area schools. Green Teacher Network is a partnership between Openlands, the Chicago …
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… Have you been to the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden lately? If you have, you probably saw some of the garden staff perching in the branches of the niwaki . We’re not building nests or hiding out; we’re candling. In early …
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… The hand-carved Buddha is in the house. A circa-1850 glazed Chinese jar is filled with green Cymbidium orchids native to Asia. And we’re pampering 10,000 other orchids so they’ll be in full flower for Asia in Bloom: … dry garden surrounded by rolled bamboo walls: It took three crew members two days to get the rolled bamboo walls just right. The finished walls support moss baskets filled with …
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… Seed Sourcing through the Lenhardt Library It's January, and it's time to order seeds for your garden. You type seeds … on the screen. rareseeds.com Nourse. A Massachusetts fruit resource that specializes in "the best berry plants since 1932." noursefarms.com Ball Horticultural Company. Although home … really are comfortable)…a stack of seed and nursery catalogs to leaf through…it's a smart way for a gardener to spend a January day. Karen Zaworski was a garden writer and photographer . …
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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 atop … know? Hawke: It was all theoretical when we started in 2009, so I’ve learned a lot along the way. It’s been amazing to watch the plants grow and communities form. This experience has … plant in all three growing depths increases our knowledge about the appropriate depth for best growth of the species. Q: Is there a roof garden plant that you consider the most elegant …
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… Next to the royalty on the orchid tree is a close relative, Miltassia 'Charles M. Fitch'. This plant … result of crossing two different genera, Brassia and Miltonia . Orchid enthusiasts, beginning in the early twentieth century, pioneered the hybridization of different genera and the embryo … Orchidaceae, is the second largest plant family in the world, with 880 genera and more than 26,000 species. Orchid breeders have created more than 100,000 hybrids, some of them combining …
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