… or a pergola over a patio adds color and texture. Vines can climb up a deck railing or tumble from a railing’s planter boxes. And, how about planting a vine at the base of a lamp post or a … allowing you to try another annual vine the following year. Or, you can save the seeds and start again next spring. Perennial vines like climbing hydrangea and clematis grow larger each …
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… the outdoor growing season. Make the most of your winter gardening with these dos and don’ts from Chicago Botanic Garden experts. DO prune your deciduous trees. From mid-November to mid-March, it’s much easier to prune because you’ll be able to better see a … onto your outdoor plants. You might inadvertently damage them. Let it melt off on its own. DO start to plan your garden for the new year. Order seeds and bulbs during the winter so you’ll be …
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… Former lawn alternatives research assistant and graduate student Alison Branz studies soil from the experimental plots in the soil lab at the Garden’s Plant Science Center. The buzz around … plots in 2021 at Chicago’s Marquette Park and Marian R. Byrnes Park with the help of a grant from the Eppley Foundation for Research. In 2022, Barak received a Biota Award from the Walder Foundation; this award, which is given to early-career researchers who are …
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… behaviors. Click for a larger view of this natural, homemade fairy hideaway constructed from natural materials found around the house, complete with a swing set and resting spaces. … are for all ages and there’s no one way to use them. “Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” – C.S. Lewis Make a Natural, Homemade Play Area Construct a fairy hideaway from natural materials and found objects from around your house including: Twine Small knife …
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… tastes are combined to create these traditional European salads. The mild flavor comes from the many varieties of leaf or Bibb lettuce. The piquant taste is characteristic of mustard … per day). Premixed mesclun seed packets are available for purchase, or you can mix your own from the suggested plants above. The seeds of these plants are very small and should be planted … to be harvested as young leaves. When a plant is six inches tall, cut its leaves one inch from the base. The plant will then sprout new leaves that can be clipped up to three more times. …
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… but more importantly for Rubinberg, it represents a crucial step on his path to recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after leaving the military. “It was scary at first,” … you can say, wow, I was actually a part of that. That’s fulfilling.” Interns and support staff from the 2023 Veteran Internship Program The Veteran Internship Program is made possible by a generous grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. …
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… Hippeastrum ‘Amalfi’ in the Semitropical Greenhouse Hippeastrum papilio by Jerry Richardson from Warsaw, Indiana [ CC-BY-2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons Sonata Amaryllis Amaryllis Amaryllis … In recent years, plant breeders have introduced dozens of new varieties ranging in size from small miniatures no bigger than 4 inches across to giant doubles that can reach 8 inches in … once a month). When you see new growth starting again, move the bulbs to a sunny location, and start the process all over again. As they age, amaryllis bulbs will get larger and larger, …
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… The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Nancy Poole Rich Herbarium is home to 12,000 specimens of plants—from our own Cook County backyard and the Upper Midwest—all the way from Russia, Korea, and China. This biological library enables scientists from around the world to identify plants in our region and to determine where rare species may be …
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… Before planting. Water the plants first if they’re dry and then carefully remove them from the pots and set them in the box. Surround them with more potting mix and tamp it down …
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… Greeley Elementary School, Forest Preserves of Cook County, Kohl Children’s Museum, Natural Start Alliance (a project of the North American Association for Environmental Education), North …
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