… Mixed media Location: Joutras Gallery, Regenstein Center Artist statement: A Summer Journey is an installation that captures fragments of the landscape we inhabit. The work is an attempt to imagine a time when prairie land occupied two-thirds of the midwestern … Medium: Backlit digital print, transparencies Location: Visitor Center Artist statement: How is nature’s palette composed? Is there more to the colors we perceive in nature? The scientific …
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… a new facility to better meet the needs of its users. Now located in the Regenstein Center, it is open to the public. Today, the collections of the Lenhardt Library hold approximately 150,000 … Botanic Garden. About Lenhardt Plant Science Library The Lenhardt Plant Science Library is located in the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center. Although it is in a staff-only area, all of the materials appear in the Library’s online catalog and can be …
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… when it eventually reopens or are available now from online sellers, including smile.amazon.com (your purchases through this link support the Chicago Botanic Garden, if you designate us as the recipient). Bonus for members: While the Lenhardt Library is closed, more than 7,000 horticulture and gardening e-books are now available for online … guide is filled with ideas on how you can incorporate nature materials and play structures to get kids exploring and learning outside. The author includes illustrated, step-by-step projects …
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… our programming possible. $100,000 + Ball Horticultural Company Ball Horticultural Company is a leader in all facets of horticulture. With headquarters in West Chicago, Illinois, their … materials to grow and create beautiful displays in our 28 gardens. BMO BMO is driven by its purpose to boldly grow the good in business and life. BMO is committed to … Foods Nicor Gas Sedgebrook Suntory Global Spirits Takeda Trellis US Bank Ventas, Inc. $1,000 to $9,999 Alera Group Berends Hendricks Stuit Insurance Agency, Inc. Blue Chip Marketing …
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… plants, or sculptures featuring the human face. Garrity, who resides in the West of Ireland, is an award-winning sculptor who previously served as sculptor-in-residence of the Mount Rushmore … is required. Additional information concerning the artist is available at www.djgarrity.com . Students of all ages have enjoyed the light approach that Garrity brings to the art of … is required. Additional information concerning the artist is available at www.djgarrity.com . Students of all ages have enjoyed the light approach that Garrity brings to the art of …
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… on the Chicago Botanic Garden's North Lake, along 800 feet of restored shoreline gardens, is all this—and more. Designed by Oehme, van Sweden & Associates, the Cove opened in September … wildlife and habitat. Audience The Cove serves 75,000 family members who take part in on-site programs, as well as thousands of students from Chicago Public Schools and other school … groups, Scouts, and participants in the Garden's Science Career Continuum programs. More than 1,000 teachers from early childhood through high school visit the Cove annually through teacher …
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… Ticket Exchange Lightscape ticket exchange is offered online. Follow these easy steps to change your Lightscape event date and time, or download the PDF with the same instructions. Step 1: Locate your ticket confirmation number on your purchase order confirmation email. Step 2: On … button. Step 7: View the calendar and select desired date . Step 8: New price information is shown. Select Go to Cart button. Prices vary. Step 9: Cart view includes time, new price, and …
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… outside, in the Sensory Garden . The corpse flower, or titan arum ( Amorphophallus titanum ), is an unpredictable plant that can grow 6 to 8 feet tall and unleash a rotten stench to attract pollinators. Infrared photography is used to monitor the bloom to estimate the best time to pollinate. Haven't you had other titan … effort to preserve the species. Many of our titans were acquired at the same time, which is why the Garden has had several ready to bloom in a short time period. But whether a titan arum …
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… App when you visit to use this tour on your phone Distance: .165 miles Time: 25-35 mins Stop 1: Guardian English gardens have history. That's what makes legendary landscape designer John … jasper from Arizona, quartz from Arkansas, and copper from Portugal). Mr. Verity's work is also in the private collections of the Prince of Wales and Sir Elton John. Stop 2: The Perennial Borders A walled garden is an ancient idea: think the hanging gardens of Persia, the Imperial Garden of China, and …
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… the past year collecting and preserving individual specimens from across the grounds for this site-specific installation. This artwork is dedicated to the Garden and its people, admiring all it does in the conservation of nature. Our relationship with nature has never been as fragile as it is today—we need these spaces to appreciate all we still have.” About the artist: Rebecca …
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