… Super Seed Saturday Saturday, January 24, 2026 Special Hours: The Garden is open until 4 p.m. Regenstein Center Hear from experts, explore behind-the-scenes, swap seeds … with gardeners  Admission: Free admission to Super Seed Saturday events; preregistration is not required for the Seed Swap Registration is requested for the free lecture, free tours of … a variety of colorful seed catalogs from the late 1800s-early 1900s.    Lecture by Peg Davis 1 – 2 p.m. | Alsdorf Auditorium Presentation: Low-Water, High-Yield Gardening for Any Space with …
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… February 14, through Sunday, April 19, 2015. The nineteenth-century passion for orchids is evident in the vibrant hand-colored engravings and lithographs that served as the scientific … the Regenstein Center with colorful, fragrant blooms from February 14 to March 15. The display is part of the library’s collection of more than 600 orchid books, including orchid cultivation, … and rare books. Read more about the exhibition here .  Partial funding for this exhibition is provided by the Harriet Kay and Harold R. Burnstein Fund for Exhibits.  … Saturday, February …
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… March to begin pruning and complete the work before the buds begin to plump and open, as this is the optimal window to prune apple trees for plant health. Over the years, I have been in every … are easier to prune than others, and some are downright intimidating. The one tree that is the most difficult to prune has been named “The Spirit Breaker,” and we always draw straws to … Beiser (plant health care specialists and certified arborists) who worked diligently to get the orchard prune completed this year. …
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… Camp Policies Registration and Cancellation Policies Registration Deadline Registration is open until camps fill or one week prior to the start date of camp. Confirmation of your … email messages with important Camp CBG updates. Please note that all camp communication is sent to the email associated with your camp registration (the person who registered the … For nonmedical reasons, you may cancel your child’s Camp CBG registration any time before June 1, 2025. After June 1, refunds will not be offered. Transfers will be granted through June 1, …
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… titan arum photographed April 11 and 12, 2016 A Blooming Titan Arum Smells Rotten Bloom night is the big night for the titan arum’s famous stench. The flowering structure generally opens late in the afternoon, and the scent is released that night. It lingers for several hours—when Alice the Amorphophallus bloomed in … should come now.” The smell attracts the insects…that become unwitting carriers of pollen…that is moved from one titan to another…so that fertilization can happen and the plant can reproduce. …
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… Garden Design Certificate Program Innovation in Healing Gardens The Chicago Botanic Garden is not offering the Healthcare Garden Design Certificate Program.  Instead, the Chicago Botanic Garden is offering healthcare garden design topics under the Garden Design Certificate program . Please … on related course topics.  … Innovation in Healing Gardens The Chicago Botanic Garden is not offering the Healthcare Garden Design Certificate Program.  Instead, the Chicago Botanic …
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… Plant Collections Search the Collections A museum's major function is to collect and preserve objects. As a museum, the Chicago Botanic Garden is dedicated to … hardy herbaceous perennials on display in any public garden in North America. They range from 1-inch-tall thyme to 8-foot-tall compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) and are displayed as … are aesthetic; and they are relevant to the Garden's visitors and consumers.  Quercus (Multi-site) It is estimated that the genus Quercus contains more than 500 naturally occurring taxa that …
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… But no—especially not in a natural woodland like this. A tree’s habit depends on where it is growing—how crowded it is by other trees and what it has to do to catch some sunlight. “Any tree will change its habit … depending on what is given to it,” he said as we walked into the woods. “You can probably get 100 trees in a row, but it’s like a fingerprint. They all have different spaces, different …
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… pollinators. Louise Clemency, Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Louise Clemency is the field supervisor for the Chicago Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. … Garden since 1986. He has a horticulture degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an instructor for the School of the Chicago Botanic Garden, the author of Plant Evaluation Notes , and is an author and contributing editor for Fine Gardening . In 2005, he received the Perennial …
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