… Read Janisse Ray’s The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food , and come to a free discussion. Preregistration required, regular parking fees apply. Regenstein Center …
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… SavATree arborists will be right outside the Krasberg Rose Garden from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer all of your tree care questions. …
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… The perennial requires full sun to partial shade and moderate soil moisture. Blooms in late spring to early fall and had a medium blue flower. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial grows to a height of 1 foot with full to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has yellow blooms from March through August. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cathy Thomas is the plant propagator for the Plant Production department. One of her responsibilities is … and camps. She is especially interested in the complex strategies that plants have developed to prevent the germination of their seeds until conditions are favorable for the seedlings' survival. In her work, she researches and tests different techniques to break these germination inhibitors present in the seeds of native plants grown for restoration …
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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: … Garden’s biggest flower exhibition of the year. The Show features sweeps of orchids native to Asia, blooming with color and scent. In our heated greenhouses and galleries, the exhibition …
Type: Blog
… It’s the season for grilling—time to share a simple, herb-related trick with the grill master at your house. Fashion an herb brush … spoon, a bit of kitchen twine, and freshly-snipped twigs of rosemary. Use the aromatic brush to flavor roasting meats like lamb, chicken, or pork—just dip it into marinade or olive oil and … chunks of meat onto rosemary skewers for a delicious infused kabob. Genius! A sage brush is perfect for sweeping marinades onto grilled chicken. After the meat is cooked, snip the herb …
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… Ground was broken in 1965 and the Garden opened in 1972, but its underpinnings can be traced to 1890, when the Chicago Horticultural Society was founded. To celebrate the Society’s 125th anniversary, the Garden is featuring two special exhibitions, lectures, and the launch of a commemorative book, Chicago … Fire of 1871 to the victory garden era through the present.” A view looking south from the site of the future Chicago Botanic Garden; low in the horizon is the city of Chicago (click on …
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… When I was growing up, there were certain animals I was saddened to think I would never see in my lifetime. There were those species that had become extinct, of … losses were in the past. Unfortunately, the loss of species has not stopped, or lessened, but is increasing at an ever-greater pace, and we are now in what is referred to as the Sixth Mass … and expand, the Garden will be lucky enough to have a pair of these majestic birds nesting on site in one of the large cottonwoods ringing our lake system. Until then, keep your eyes to the …
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… This evergreen shrub grows to a height of 12 feet with full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It belongs in a hedge or a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
