… little chef to the Garden for stories, songs, and games followed by a cooking activity. This one-hour caregiver-and-child program is designed for children ages 4 – 5. It is the perfect way …
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… pick it up, it morphed into a slipper orchid of gold. Linnaeus packed a lot of meaning into one name: Cypripedium combines Cyprus (Venus’s sacred island) and pedilon or slipper; calceolus …
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… yet, renovate overgrown shrubs including redtwig dogwood, lilac, and forsythia by removing one-third of the oldest canes. Prune out all ground-level sucker growth from crabapple, apple, …
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… online two days before your class starts. Registered students will receive login instructions one day in advance. Prerequisite: Beginning Watercolor or similar experience. Judith Joseph, …
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… of the euphorbia family, a milky sap is exuded by the stems and leaves. There are two forms. One has broad, maple-lobed leaves and stinging hairs. The Estrella form has more deeply-lobed, …
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… Pinkish-lilac spurred flowers with dark purple lips are one of the harbingers of spring at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Delicate dark to blue-green …
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… a good cut flower with long stems, which won its class in exhibition. It is an iconic dahlia -one of oldest dahlias being grown and shown - bred pre-1900 but not introduced until 1927, winner …
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… Artocarpus altilis is the breadfruit tree and the one you see here is a hybrid with its wild ancestor, Altilis mariannensis. It’s native to …
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… blooming in May and June, have numerous overlapping petals and a fruity scent. This is one of a series of recent hybrids between our native Calycanthus floridus and Calycanthus …
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… finely drawn yellow striations. Cannas are native to Central and South America and they’re one of the oldest domesticated plants in the world, going back thousands of years. Today, they’re …
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